Jan Marie Anderson, EdD, RN, AHN-BC
WCSI Faculty Associate
Past Director, Caritas Coach Education Program®
WCSI Caritas Coach®
Caritas Colleague
Jan Anderson is a Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI) faculty associate and the past director of the Caritas Coach Education Program (CCEP) for WCSI. She has studied caring science for many years, implementing it into nursing curriculum and teaching. Jan completed the University of Colorado International Certificate Program in Caring and Healing, and the Caritas Coach Education Program as one of the first graduates. Jan’s doctorate in nursing education focused on implementing caring science in the Caritas Coach role. She has been honored to walk along side those who have been willing to take the caritas journey into wellness, health and healing.
Jan has been a board member of the International Association for Human Caring (IAHC) and has been honored to help plan the Annual IAHC conferences. She co- authored Caritas Coaching: A Journey Toward Transpersonal Caring for Informed Moral Action in Healthcare (2018) with Sara Horton-Deutsch, and one chapter in A Handbook for Caring Science, titled, Caritas Coach: The Future of Health and Well-Being. She co-authored an article published in The Journal of Nursing Administration titled, Evaluating Changes in Caring Behaviors of Caritas Coaches Pre and Post the Caritas Coach Education Program. She has published an article in the International Journal for Human Caring (IJHC) titled, Exploring the Application of the Caritas Catch Role in Nursing Practice. Her most recent publication, Human Caring through Healing Haiku: Mindful Journaling for Healthcare Providers was a creative project with Janette Moreno, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Caritas Coach, to heal, love, support and nurture all healthcare professionals.
Jan is blessed to share individual and collective accomplishments of Caritas Coaches around the world to inspire and embrace caring science as a path towards a more biogenic future for all of us.
Jan Anderson, EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, Caritas Coach®
WCSI Faculty Associate & Consultant
anderjanm@gmail.com