Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Blum is a Certified Nurse Educator since 2007. She obtained her PhD from Florida Atlantic University, where caring is studied as integral to knowing self and other. This work emphasizes the importance of self-care as a basic premise to honoring self. Dr. Blum teaches an elective course, Caring for Self, for undergraduate students at FAU.