Milton Mayeroff's On Caring
Many concepts are involved in nursing care. Culture and caring are two important concepts used in nursing. The purpose of this paper is to discuss and explain Mayeroff’s caring philosophy as well as how culture relates to one of Mayeroff’s ingredients, knowledge.
Milton Mayeroff uses several concepts to allow the person caring and the person receiving the care the opportunity to personally grow. In Mayeroff’s book, On Caring, Mayeroff describes his ingredients of caring, which are knowledge, alternating rhythms, patience, honesty, trust, humility, hope, and courage (1971). For my paper, I decided to use Mayeroff’s ingredient of knowledge. Mayeroff states that knowledge is an important aspect in caring because in order to care for a patient, you must be able to understand the other’s needs and be able to respond properly to them (Mayeroff, 1971, p. 19).
The concept of culture is crucial in understanding how to provide nursing care for patients. Because the concept of culture is very broad, it requires a great amount of knowledge. Knowledge, when it comes to caring for a patient that meets their cultural needs, does not suggest learning facts about every culture, but to expose one’s self to other cultures and be influenced to learn about them (Giddens, 2017, p. 32). In order to understand other’s culture, you need to learn about it. For example, if an …show more content…
Mayeroff writes about concepts to use in order for allow the one caring or receiving the care has personal growth. For knowledge, Mayeroff explains that, in order to care for someone, you have to understand and be able to react properly to their needs. If someone needed to care for a patient with a different culture than their own, they would need to know about their culture and their beliefs within the culture to meet their needs. Being connected to others make people view what is going on around them more clearly allowing them to want to know more about
Milton Mayeroff uses several concepts to allow the person caring and the person receiving the care the opportunity to personally grow. In Mayeroff’s book, On Caring, Mayeroff describes his ingredients of caring, which are knowledge, alternating rhythms, patience, honesty, trust, humility, hope, and courage (1971). For my paper, I decided to use Mayeroff’s ingredient of knowledge. Mayeroff states that knowledge is an important aspect in caring because in order to care for a patient, you must be able to understand the other’s needs and be able to respond properly to them (Mayeroff, 1971, p. 19).
The concept of culture is crucial in understanding how to provide nursing care for patients. Because the concept of culture is very broad, it requires a great amount of knowledge. Knowledge, when it comes to caring for a patient that meets their cultural needs, does not suggest learning facts about every culture, but to expose one’s self to other cultures and be influenced to learn about them (Giddens, 2017, p. 32). In order to understand other’s culture, you need to learn about it. For example, if an …show more content…
Mayeroff writes about concepts to use in order for allow the one caring or receiving the care has personal growth. For knowledge, Mayeroff explains that, in order to care for someone, you have to understand and be able to react properly to their needs. If someone needed to care for a patient with a different culture than their own, they would need to know about their culture and their beliefs within the culture to meet their needs. Being connected to others make people view what is going on around them more clearly allowing them to want to know more about