Four Metaparadigms Of Watson's Theory
Watson’s HCT significance to nursing and patient care is appraised using Fawcett’s (2005) theory evaluation criteria. The HCT has meta-paradigm concepts and propositions, a philosophical theoretical foundation, and a clearly derived conceptual model.
Masters (2002) describes four metaparadigms of Watson’s theory:
Person -- the unity of mind, body and spirit.
Environment -- an energetic vibration with the person and the nurse is not only in the space of the environment but is the environment.
Health -- a state of harmony, a sense of wholeness and comfort.
Nursing -- the transpersonal relationship of caring guided by the carative factors and caritas processes
Watson’s philosophical basis of HCT is to attain a higher level of harmony— balancing
Masters (2002) describes four metaparadigms of Watson’s theory:
Person -- the unity of mind, body and spirit.
Environment -- an energetic vibration with the person and the nurse is not only in the space of the environment but is the environment.
Health -- a state of harmony, a sense of wholeness and comfort.
Nursing -- the transpersonal relationship of caring guided by the carative factors and caritas processes
Watson’s philosophical basis of HCT is to attain a higher level of harmony— balancing