Caring Gallery – Massachusetts Regional Caring Science Consortium

About MRCSC

The Massachusetts Regional Caring Science Consortium (MRCSC) is a local grass-roots forum, that emerged from the Watson Caring Science Institute’s International Caritas Consortium (ICC), to increase opportunities in exploring the philosophy, ethic, and practices of Caring Science in the Massachusetts and New England area. With the suspension of in-person meetings during the pandemic, MRCSC has been organizing bi-annual web-based programs that are open to those interested in Caring Science, world-wide.

Next Consortium Program

The next MRCSC Program will be on Exploring the Theory of Human Caring, Transformative Caring Moments, and Micropractices; Sustaining Caring-Healing Relationships with Self and Others. It will be help on Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM ET, in a web-based venue. The featured speaker will be Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL (AAN), famed nursing theorist and transformative leader.

Registration, via the MRCSC Autumn 2022 Program page, starts on 18 July.

Most Recent Consortium Program

The last free, online MRCSC program, entitled Healing the Caregiver: Sustaining Self-Wellbeing Practices in Stressful Times, was held on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The program explored healing practices for the caregiver through the lens of Caring Science, including experiential activities around mindfulness, reflective practice, meditation, and other mind-body-spirit renewal practices. The speakers were:

Lynne Wagner, EdD, MSN, RN, FACCE, HMCT, Caritas Coach®, Faculty Associate, Watson Caring Science Institute;

Danielle Leone-Sheehan, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA;

Christine McNulty Buckley, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ, NEA‑BC, Caritas Coach®, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, and

Rachael Salguero, MSN, RN-BC, CNEcl; Instructor, School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions.

The MRCSC thanks the speakers, Merrimack College for providing the Zoom Webinar venue and for applying for attendees CEUs, and of course the MRCSC leadership team for arraigning this program.