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Dr. Schoenhofer completed the BSN at Wichita State University in 1972, the MN at Wichita State in 1981 and PhD at Kansas State University in 1983.Ìý She began the study of caring in nursing in 1984 on her appointment to the Faculty of Nursing at Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ.Ìý In the summer of 1985, she attended her first conference on caring and has been a member of the International Association for Human Caring since its inception.Ìý As a member of the Faculty and chair of the curriculum committee of Nursing at FAU, she was a leader in the efforts to refine the caring-based curriculum in preparation for initial national accreditation.Ìý At the conclusion of that process, she and her colleague, Anne Boykin continued to study and develop an understanding of caring in nursing that led to the 1993 publication of the theory of Nursing As Caring, with an updated version in 2001.Ìý Dr. Schoenhofer began her nursing career, first as student and then as faculty at Wichita State University where she taught nursing for 10 years.Ìý In 1996, she joined the Faculty of Nursing at Alcorn State University and later the University of Mississippi.Ìý Savina, who lives in Jackson, MS retired from teaching in 2014, but continues to study, write and collaborate inÌýÌýnursing education, research and practice grounded in caring, and the theory of Nursing As Caring.Ìý She was a founding Board Member of the Anne Boykin Institute for the Advancement of Caring in Nursing.Ìý More about Savina Schoenhofer and the theory of Nursing As Caring can be found atÌý