Watson’s theory of caring is associated with attitudes and behaviors that are related to one’s will, intention, or an obligation that displays itself in their behavioral acts (1985). Watson’s theory has ten interventions characterized as Carative Factors that centers on helping people across the life course. The manifestations that were associated with the Carative Factors were include manifested as having a higher degree of harmony within their minds, bodies, and souls. Watson’s 10 Carative Factors include: (1) Establishing a humanistic-unselfish system of values, (2) Inspiring faith-hope to increase well-being, (3) Promoting sensitivity to self and others, (4) Building a helping-trusting, human care relationship (5) Stimulating a safe…
Jean Watsons Theory of Caring has become essential in nursing. Caring is at the core of nursing and is vital in providing positive patient outcomes. Watson’s theory is based upon human caring relationships and experiences in human life. She acknowledges a caring relationship and caring environment preserve human dignity, wholeness, and integrity and to restore the person’s harmony it is the nurse’s responsibility to assist an individual to establish meaning in illness and suffering (Cara, 2008). Nurses have a responsibility to evaluate the patient’s physical, mental, and emotional well- being.…
A Nurse is defined as a “person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital” (The free dictionary, 2002) while caring is defined as “a feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others; showing or having compassion” (The free dictionary, 2002). The two are very intertwined with each other. To be a nurse you must show both aspects. An ideal nurse to me is someone that goes out of their way to help others, someone that is an overall caring person that is professional, passionate and is wanting to make a difference in the community while applying their knowledge. Nursing is more than just taking care of client while their ill, nursing is creating relationships, show characteristics of the CNO standards while also implanting…
I felt as though I knew every face that walked through the hospital doors. I watched as nurses provided passionate care to their patients. However, it wasn’t until members of my own family fell ill that I knew the career path that was meant for me. When my grandfather lay miserable in the hospital bed, I could not help but be touch by the compassionate staff that helped nurse him back to health time and time again. I came to the cessation that I would aid people the same way I feel my father had during his service in the Air Force, but I would do it from a…
My passion for nursing grew when I was a child, because my grandfather was a nurse. I appreciate the love and gratitude his clients exhibited as a sign of reward from them been cured from their ailment, after receiving their treatment from him. I also see the trust they have in him that they confide in him for everything regarding their health. When I reminisce about this, I feel overjoyed because I see this everyday at my…
Nursing is closely related with caring because you cannot be a successful nurse if you do not demonstrate any emotion/compassion to your patient. We as professionals should understand that nursing involves caring for everyone regardless of what they believe in, what mistakes they have committed, or what they look like. Being a nurse is such an honorable profession because we are the person who helps patients get through tough situations. Nursing is integrated into the nursing practice because the relationship built between the patient and nurse is initialized by the patient feeling cared for. In order for a patient to allow you to administer any medications, injections, or other healthcare treatments, the patient must trust that you are treating them with the same care you would if they were a loved one.…
Nursing is a profession that constantly evolves to improve itself. There is a high demand for nurses all across America. Excellent nursing practice is achieved by understanding the history of nursing and integrating the milestones achieved with the present practice. Through advanced education and new technology the nurse can provide the patient with the best care and promote community health. Knowledge gives us power to change and advance in healthcare. My mission is to demonstrate excellence in clinical care by my commitment to evidence-based practice research, continuing education, and by delivering culturally competent patient…
There have been many occasions in my life that I have spent time in hospitals, nursing homes and by the side of a sick relative. When my grandfather was dying of cancer, he spent as much time as he could at home with his family by his side and when the time came, he was transferred to hospital, I was 14 at the time, still very young I knew it was not about how I was feeling, this pain was his and my grandmothers. I helped look after him for the two years he was diagnosed and it was during that time, I knew where my heart was and that was nursing. With my own experience of being in and out of hospital with two complicated pregnancies, I was in awe of the nurses and midwives who did everything they could to make me feel secure and safe, I was inspired and made an already certain career choice, even more evident.…
Caring has been a primal concept and the heart of nursing since before it became recognized as a profession. The word “nursing” itself means to nurture or care (Smith, Turkel & Wolf, 2013) and so in my opinion, it is not possible to respond to the calls of nursing without caring at its forefront. This unit’s readings have not changed by views, but rather enhanced them. I have learned about the historical debate that has taken place with those who oppose caring as being part of the unique perspective of nursing. For example, Mary Jane Smith argues that caring is present in many professions, not only in nursing, and so it is not unique to nursing (Smith et al., 2013). While it is true that caring is used in all types of professions and ultimately in all human relations, nursing is the only discipline that is developing knowledge about how caring “facilitates health, healing and the quality of life” (Smith et al., 2013).…
Joseph, I appreciate your insights and thoughts on Ms. W.'s care and your application of Watson's theory. Watson's theory combines both art and science and puts a spiritual emphasis on caring and healing moments (Masters, 2015). She believes transpersonal connections are reciprocal in nature, and therefore involve healing and caring for both the nurse and patient (Masters, 2015). In today's fast-paced world, it is very easy for nurses to get hung up on tasks. Watson maintains that while tasks are important, they are second to the caring factor in the nurse-patient connection (Masters, 2015). Waston developed 10 Caritas in which to establish the transpersonal caring connection. (Masters, 2015). In other words, regarding your diagnosis of imbalanced…
As a curious child, my love for reading stories led to a lot of my spare time in the school library. At age 12, I read many of the stories in the childrens' Encyclopedia Britannica. Amongst other stories, I read about Florence Nightingale, a lady from high class family who decided to join nursing – a much lower class job in her time. Her story introduced me to a new definition of career and service. I chose nursing as a profession to serve God and in service of fellow human beings in need. I was captivated by Florence Nightingale's vision and insight into the expanding role of nurses to provide holistic care in the health care system.…
The other day I purchased a shoe lace from Tesco’s Supermarket and it was a Punch brand, I had never given the company a second thought before except that I had seen a shoe polish with my husband of that name, but my attention was caught when I saw the tagline “Caring since 1851” on the product I just bought. I got curious about the company, not just because they said they cared but because of the no of years the company had been around. To me that connotes success. 150 years and still strong.…
By relating and defining these four concepts mentioned above, I developed my philosophy of nursing based on Watson’s theory of caring. Jean Watsons theory of caring proposed that, “caring is the unifying focus for the nursing practice”(Kozier & Berman, 2012). Along with Watson’s, I’m also a big believer that the practice of caring is one of the most essential aspects of the nursing profession. One of Watson’s assumption was that “caring promotes health more than does curing” (Kozier & Berman, 2012), and that’s exactly how I felt when I encountered a sad situation with a patient during my clinical rotations in school. This female patient was being treated with chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, and on this specific day was feeling more nauseated…
Jean Watson began her theory of human caring in 1979 and over the years, she has been revising her theory to provide more specific explanations of her concepts and philosophy. The core of her theory remains, that human caring is based on values such as kindness, concern, and love of self and others.(Falk Rafael, 2000). This paper exhibits human caring as it relates to the patient -nurse interaction in a caring moment. Caring moments are relational, reciprocal and the patient is the focus of the nurse’s thoughts and actions.…
During high school my older cousin, who is a nurse and the most influential person in my life helped me affirm my decision to pursue nursing. Over the years, I watched her excel in her career and heard her express how much she truly enjoys her job. She always said the feeling of giving yourself to a complete stranger in their greatest time of need is like no other feeling on earth. Each day we talk, she would describe what her patient did that day and how today was better than yesterday. Her many stories from the hospital inspired and convinced me that nursing is truly a very rewarding career. After finally speaking with her regarding my career goal, she convinced me that since I enjoy helping…