Jean Watson's Theory Of Human Caring

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 chose this article because she expressed the importance of a caring environment to keep patients overall satisfied with their hospital experience. While providing this theory DudKiewicz encountered the overwhelming demand on healthcare workers leading to stress, which had a major impact on the a person’s behaviour. Due to this negative behaviour it resulted to decreasing client- nurse relationships. To prove her theory Dudkiewicz compared Jean Watson theory of caring to express the importance of caring to an individual; therefore showing that caring conveys a positive levels of satisfaction. It was determined that satisfaction levels did improve significantly following a caring-based intervention (Dudkiewicz, 2014, Bell,
Lymphoma is a form of cancer that impacts the immune system and the lymphocytes in a person’s body, this is very critical. Jim went to the hospital many times, seeing many nurses. While he was being treated, he expresses how he felt “smaller and smaller as a person” due to the way to nurse’s and health team cared for him. As a nurse I would treat Jim as a person and not a disease being professional and personal at the same time. People want to be treated as a person and not an object. A thumbprint I would leave on Jim is just being as caring as I can, a simple touch can go a long way and improve a person’s mood. If I was caring for Jim or any patients at the hospital I would want them to know that I am there for anything they need, even if they just need someone to talk to. When patients express their feelings, it could be due to being in a state of helplessness, just by listen to them can go a long way. A moment that made me laugh was when the nurse took her shoes off and talked to Jim while he was at the hospital. It reminded me of something I would do. There has been many times when volunteering at the hospital I sat with patients and they told me about their life. Sometimes patients want to talk about their life and remember the good times in their life before they came to the hospital. Jim story affected me because I want to be that nurse that makes an impact on a person life. You can care for a person, but you