FloridaAtlanticUniversityChristineE.LynnCollege of Nursing
Archives of Caring in Nursing
Sister M. Simone Roach, RN, PhD
Papers, 1958 - 2005
Archives Collection ARC-005
Extent: 1.3 linear feet
Provenance: Sr. M. Simone Roach
Access: This collection is unrestricted.
Citation: Sr. M. Simone Roach Papers, Archives of Caring in Nursing, ChristineE.LynnCollege of Nursing, FloridaAtlanticUniversity
Selected Biography, M. Simone Roach, C.S.M., Ph.D.:
Sister M. Simone Roach was brought up in a large, Roman Catholic family in a coal mining area of Cape Breton, NS, Canada. After high school she completed a nursing diploma program at St. Joseph’s School of Nursing, Glace Bay, NS. Following a year of nursing practice, she entered the Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish, NS, serving in a variety of clinical areas and teaching in Schools of Nursing. She completed a nursing undergraduate degree at St.FrancisXavierUniversity, Antigonish and graduate study at University of Toronto, BostonUniversity, and the Catholic University of America. There she completed a Doctoral program with a major in Philosophical Foundations of Education in 1970. She pursued two years of post-doctoral work, one year at HarvardDivinitySchool (Ethics), and one year as Reader at RegisCollege, Toronto, during which time she completed the second revised edition of her book on Caring. While Caring was always central as the core of nursing in her teaching, Sister Roach did not begin formal study of Caring until 1970 when she was Chair of the Department of Nursing, St.FrancisXavierUniversity.
The following publications are foundational:
1984. Caring: The Human Mode of Being, Implications for Nursing, a Monograph. Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto.
1987. The Human Act of Caring, A Blueprint for the Health Professions. Ottawa, Canadian Healthcare Association Press.
1997. Caring From the Heart: The Convergence of Caring and Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. (a compilation of chapters by 13 authors, each relating to a theme but with a unique focus)
2002. Caring, the Human Mode of Being: A Blueprint for the Health Professions (2nd rev. ed.). Ottawa: Canadian Healthcare Association Press (ISBN 1-896151-44-2; )
In her original research, Sister Roach was responding to the question, “What is a nurse doing when he or she is caring?” Because the list became too specific and unmanageable, data were identified within five categories that became known as the “Five C’s” (later “Six C’s”) ─ Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment (added later.) Reflections on these C’s can be found in all her writings.
While the Six C’s as attributes of caring have an important practical application, this aspect of Sister Roach’s research did not fully address a more fundamental ontological question, “What is Caring, in itself?” Reflection on this question led to the insight, “caring is the human mode of being.” We care, not because we are nurses, physicians, social workers, parents, etc; we care because we are human beings. We differ in how we care, not in that we care. Caring is not unique to nursing or even to the caring professions; it is a primary characteristic of being human. Further reflections in Caring from the Heart, noted above, examined the convergence of caring and spirituality. Sister Roach’s research, inspired by The Universe Story (Swimme, Berry, 1992) and other writings, pursued the more universal call of care as a “child of the universe.” This is an exciting, ever-expanding development moved by rapid developments in science and technology.
Sister Roach has lectured internationally, with presentations in Australia, Bangkok, Finland, Cambridge (England), Russia, Sterling (Scotland), Canada and the US. She shares her work with the expectation that it will be helpful to students teachers and practitioners alike, and that application will continue to be made at all levels of health care. (M.S. Roach, 2007)
Summary:
This collection contains five series: I) Copies of essay for BSN requirements and thesis for MSN requirements; II) Collection of notes marked “consultations 1980-81, before writing book”; III) Prepared speeches and presentations given at various school of nursing commencements, hospital in-service sessions, and other similar venues; some are complete, others are notes or outlines; IV) Curriculum vitae, portrait and correspondence, V) Three-ring binder containing handwritten and typescript notes, photocopies of papers; VI) Caring, the Human Mode of Being: A Blueprint for the Health Professions (2nd rev. ed.). Translated into Japanese.
Summary of box contents:
Series I, folders 1-2: Box 1
Series II, folders 1-3: Box 1
Series III, folders 1-33: Box 1
Series III, folders 34-72: Box 2
Series IV, folders 1-3: Box 2
Series V, 3-ring binder contents:Box 3 (clamshell)
Series VI, books:Box 4 (legal size)
Series II, folder 1; Series III, folder 27A: Box 4 (legal size)
Detailed Contents:
Box 1
Series I: BSN essay (1958) and MSN thesis (1967)
Folder 1. Roach, Sister Marie Simone, C.S.M. (1958, May). The nursing program: A preparation for Christian family living. An essay submitted to the Department of Nursing Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [34-page carbon copy of typescript, in red binder]
Folder 2. [Roach], Sister Marie Simone, C.S.M., B.Sc.N, St.FrancisXavierUniversity, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. (1967). The development of an instrument to measure selected affective outcomes of a diploma program in nursing from verbal responses of nurses on completion of the program. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the School of Nursing, BostonUniversity, June 1967. [108-page poor-quality photocopy of a carbon copy of a typescript; post-it note stated original is in BostonUniversity archives]
Box 1, continued
Series II: “Consultations 1980-81, before writing book”
Series II, Folder 1 (Legal size paper – see Box 5) Correspondence with Leonard C. Feldstein, January – February 1981. [2 letters; stored in but not inserted in original 3-ring binder]
Folder 2. Photocopy of Widerquist, J.G. (1993). “Dearest friend”: The correspondence of colleagues Florence Nightingale and Mary Jones. Nursing History Review, 1, 1993, 25-42.
Folder 3. Photocopy of Slater, V.E. (1994). The educational and philosophical influences on Florence Nightingale, an enlightened conductor. Nursing History Review, 2, 137-152.
Box 1 continued:
Series III: Speeches and presentations, 1970 - 2005
Folder 1. Roach, Sister M. Simone, R.N., Ph.D., C.S.M. (1997, November). A global agenda for human caring: A paper prepared for the 7th Asian Regional Conference of CICIAMS, November 10, 1997, Bangkok, Thailand. [21-page photocopy of typescript or computer print; some handwritten notes; a second copy that was farther down in the original box is also in this folder]
Folder 2. Roach, Sister M. Simone, R.N., Ph.D. (1994, September). Ethics, technology, and long term care: The need for a new model. Annual Provincial Conference of the Gerontological Nurses’ Group of British Columbia, September 30 and October 1, 1994. [photocopies of 6 transparencies used for the presentation; some handwritten notes on several
Folder 3. Roach, Sister M. Simone. (1993, November). Realities of the caring commitment in a demanding work situation. Address to Nursing Staff, RiverdaleHospital, November 3, 1993. [1-page computer print, with attached post-it note “used transparencies”]
Folder 4. Roach, Sister M. Simone. (1995, May). Reflections on the occasion of Hospital Week activities, SalvationArmyScarboroughGraceHospital. [7-page computer print, with 1-page diagram showing varied causes of mistreatment of patients in long-term care, 1-page list of qualities relating to the Concept of Caring, and 1-page “Plan for the Day” schedule of meetings]
Folder 5. Roach, Sister M. Simone, R.N., Ph.D. (1992, June). [no title] Commencement address, St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 3, 1992.[11-page typescript; letter of thanks from Katherine Daley, St. Clare’s Hospital School of Nursing.]
Folder 6. Roach, Sister M. Simone, R.N., Ph.D. (1991, June).Nursing: The professionalization of the human capacity to care. Commencement address, Mennonite College of Nursing, Bloomington, IL, June 15, 1991. [11-page copy of computer print; 2-page background material on Mennonite College of Nursing; 4 letters: correspondence pertaining to invitation, response and thanks.]
Folder 7. Roach, Sister M. Simone, R.N., Ph.D. (1991, May). Nursing: The professionalization of the human capacity to care. National Nurses’ Week presentation [to] Nursing Staff, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, May 9-10, 1991. [6-page original computer print with some handwritten notes (final page photocopy?), letter of thanks for honorarium check, to Louise Luxmore, RN, Assistant Director Staff Development, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, June 5, 1991] [handwritten card from Denise Pittinger, Barberton, OH, inquiring how to purchase Sr. Simone’s book.]
Folder 8. Roach, Sister M. Simone. (1991) Creating communities of caring. Paper presented at National League for Nursing Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, December 5-8, 1990. In: Curriculum Revolution: CommunityBuilding and Activism (pp. 123-138). NY: National League for Nursing. [with cover letter transmitting her complimentary copy of the volume]
[in same folder] Background material, preparatory resources, NLN presentation, Scottsdale, Arizona – 8-page computer print “National League for Nursing, 7th National Conference on Nursing Education: Curriculum Revolution: Community Building and Activism - Themes from program”
[in same folder] 8 photocopies of papers from Journal of Nursing Education:
Tornyay, R. (1990). The curriculum revolution [editorial]. Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 292-294.
Waters, V. (1990). Associate degree nursing and curriculum revolution II. Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 322-325.
Bevis, E.O., & Murray, J.P. (1990). The essence of the curriculum revolution: Emancipatory teaching. Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 326-331. [following this is a single-sheet computer print of p. 15 of a document referencing a Roman myth on “caring,” with glued cut sheet copy of the myth.]
Diekelmann, N. (1990). Nursing education: Caring, dialogue, and practice.Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 300-305.
Tanner, C.A. (1990). Reflections on the curriculum revolution. Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 295-299.
Moccia, P. (1990). No sire, it’s a revolution. Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 307-311.
Allen, D.G. (1990). The curriculum revolution: Radical re-visioning of nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 312-316.
Chinn, P.L. (1990). GOSSIP: A transformative art for nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 29(7), 318-321.
Folder 9. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1990, September). Caring: The essence of nursing and health. A paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of Therapeia, St. John’s, Newfoundland, September 27-29, 1990. [11-page computer print]
Folder 10. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1989, November). Care for the caregiver. 46th Annual Convention of the Catholic Health Association of Alberta, [no place] November 28, 1989. [14-page computer print]
Folder 11. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1989, June). Commencement address, Brandon General Hospital School of Nursing, Brandon, Manitoba, June 30, 1989. [9-page computer print, with some handwritten notations]
Folder 12. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1989, June). Commencement address. The St. Boniface General Hospital School of Nursing, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 16, 1989. [11-page computer print; letter acknowledging her response to their invitation, from Pat Murphy, Student Affairs.]
Folder 13. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1988, June). Nursing: The professionalization of the human capacity to care. Prepared for Health Sciences Alumni Jubilee Memorial Lecture, St. Boniface General Hospital [Winnipeg, Manitoba?], June 22, 1988, [5-page computer print; notation on face page: “Summary only: Lecture Videotaped”]
Folder 14. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1988, February). Psychogeriatrics: Ethical issues. A paper presented at SevenOaksGeneralHospital, Psychogeriatrics Program, February 26, 1988. [13-page computer print or copy of computer print]
[in same folder: 6-page conference program: Psychogeriatrics: Who needs it? A conference presented by theSevenOaksGeneralHospital, Psychogeriatrics Program, February 26, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba.]
Folder 15. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1988, April). Ethical conflicts: The quality of life. NAACOG: The Organization for Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nurses, District VI, Manitoba-Saskatchewan Section Spring Workshop, “OGN nursing: Past, present and future,” Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 28-29, 1988. [9-page typescript with some handwritten notations, 2 pages photocopy from unknown printed source, 1 page typescript: “A key question.”]
[in same folder: letter dated February 2, 1988 acknowledging her presentation title, discussing honorarium, from Susan Mussell, Program Chairperson; letter enclosing completed information sheet (2 pages) and objectives for her presentation, from Sr. Roach.]
Folder 16. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1987, October). Nursing: The professionalization of human caring. Address to students, Service of Dedication, The Salvation Army Grace General Hospital, October 8, 1987. [7-page copy of computer print]
Folder 17. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1987, January). Ethics, nursing and society. Address presented to Catholic Nurses Guild of Manitoba, January 11, 1987. [11-page copy of computer print, some handwritten notations on last page]
Folder 18. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1986, November). The denominational health care institution: “A caring community.” An outline of a luncheon address, Annual Meeting of Catholic Health Conference of Manitoba, November 19, 1986. [8-page typescript or computer print]
Folder 19. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1985, January). The hospital: A caring community. A lecture presented to staff, University Hospital of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, January 30, 1985. [14-page typescript or computer print]
Folder 20. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1981, October). Ethical decision-making in day-to-day activities. An address to ANDSOOHA [Association of Nursing Directors and Supervisors in Official Health Agencies in Ontario], St. Elizabeth’s Nursing Association, and VON, Toronto, October 22, 1981. [2 copies of 10-page copy of typescript]
Folder 21. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1995). Power, politics and public policy: The challenge of a new metaphor. Paper presented at 16th Conference of the International Association of Human Caring. [note states: Published in Boykin, A. (1995). Power, politics and public policy: A matter of caring. NY: National League for Nursing Press.]
Folder 22. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1995, March). Transpersonal healing modalities: Use of self. Paper presented for the conference, “Nurses as healers: The power of personal encounter”, The Institute of Religion, Houston, Texas, March 31, 1995. [10-page computer print with handwritten notations]
Folder 23. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1995, March). Caring from the heart: The healing metaphor. Paper presented for the conference, “Nurses as healers: The power of personal encounter”, The Institute of Religion, Houston, Texas, March 31, 1995.[15-page computer print; post-it note on title page: “This is the paper Gwen Sherwood gave”.
Folder 24. Roach, M. Simone, C.S.M, Ph.D. (n.d.) Human caring as virtuous activity. [33-page computer print; handwritten notation on p. 1 “edited 18/01/02 minor changes”; post-it note on title page: “working paper - Simone”]
Folder 25. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1994, September). Ethics, technology, and long term care: The need for a new model. Annual Provincial Conference of the Gerontological Nurses’ Group of British Columbia, September 30-October 1, 1994. [19-page computer print with handwritten notations’]
[in same folder: Fax dated 9/2/1994 from Fiona Sudbury, GNGBC Conference Committee, confirming travel and accommodations arrangements for the conference; letter dated 7/19/1994 from Jessie Mantle, Program Committee Chair, outlining travel and accommodations, honorarium arrangements.]
Folder 26. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1998, November). [no title] Convocation address, St. Augustine’s Seminary of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, November 16, 1998. [11-page computer print, no title]
Folder 27. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1980, March). Caring: A concept central to nursing. The Gladys Josephine Sharpe Memorial Lecture, McMaster University School of Nursing, 11 March, 1980. [2 copies of 16-page typescript with some handwritten notations]
Series II, Folder 27A(Legal size paper – see Box 5)Poster/flier for 2nd Gladys J. Sharpe Lectureship, Sponsored by School of Nursing and Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, March 11, 1980. Keynote speaker: Sister Simone Roach, R.N., Ph.D., Caring: What do we mean? [8 ½ x 14” black-and-white photocopy page]
Folder 28. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1988, November). Panel response to: The economic edges of excellence in critical care (Dr. John Home). Response: Ethics/Religion. Edge of excellence: A conference on critical care nursing, Winnipeg, [Manitoba], November 21-22, 1988. [6-page typescript or copy of typescript, with pencil notations]
Folder 29. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1994, January). Ethical challenges in a caring relationship. Opening address for conference “Ethical issues in pediatric practice: Issues for the 90’s”, Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 26-27, 1994. [17-page computer print with some handwritten notations]
Folder 30. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1994, January). A multidisciplinary approach to ethical decision making in the 90’s. Concluding paper presented for conference “Ethical issues in pediatric practice: Issues for the 90’s”, Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 26-27, 1994. [9-page computer print with some handwritten notations]
Folder 31. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1995, April). The challenge of caring in a changing society. Gladys Sharpe Alumnae Lecture, [McMaster University School of Nursing?], April 3, 1995. [18-page (double-sided) copy of computer print]
Folder 32. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1997, June). Transpersonal healing: The use of self. A paper prepared for seminar, Helsinki, Finland, June 11, 1997. [12-page computer print]
Folder 33. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1998, June). Healing through story: Personal and universe. Prepared for the 4th Reflective Practice Conference, Robinson College, Cambridge, England, June 24-26, 1998. [17-page computer print with some handwritten notations; last page a 2x2” color image of Earth from space]
[in same folder: 1-page prospectus for Healing through story: Personal, universe: An experiential encounter. Presented by Sister M. Simone Roach and Dr. Carol Picard. Prospectus prepared for possible presentation of the “encounter” at the Annual Conference of IAHC, Boca Raton, 2000.]
Box 2: Series III, continued:
Folder 34. Roach, Sister M. Simone (2003, May). Caring, the human mode of being: Global challenge. Presentation at University of Indianapolis, [Indiana], May 7, 2003. [19-page computer print with handwritten notations]
Folder 35. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1993, September). Ethical challenges in the caring relationship. Clinical Nurse Specialist National Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, September 23-24, 1993. [17-page computer print with handwritten notations]
Folder 36. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1987, January). Ethics, nursing and society. Address presented to Catholic Nurses Guild of Manitoba, January 11, 1987. [16-page copy of typescript or computer print, minor handwritten notations]
Folder 37. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1984, September). An ethical reflection on the value of human life. Prepared by the author at Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [22-page photocopy of computer print]
Folder 38. Roach, Sister M. Simone (1971, April). Values in nursing: Explicit and implicit. Annual Meeting, CCUSN-AR, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, April 19-20, 1971. [12-page photocopy of typescript]
Folder. 39. Roach, Sister Marie Simone, C.S.M. (1970, June). Resume of Doctoral Dissertation: Toward a value oriented curriculum with implications for nursing education. Canadian Conference of University Schools of Nursing, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 1970. [27-page photocopy of typescript, with minor handwritten notations]
[in same folder: Roach, Sister M. Simone (n.d. “early 70’s”). Elements of a basis for nursing. 1-page list of ten items.]