Practice-Specific Concepts
Caring and Education are two specific practice concepts critically important for the nursing practice.
Caring. According to the theory by Jean Watson, nurses and nursing professions goal is to help people achieve a higher level of or harmony of body, mind, and spirit. In order to achieve this harmony Jean Watson list down 10 carative factors which later becomes 10 caritas …show more content…
- Assisting with all basic needs that still provides caring, alignment of mind, body and spirit, wholeness and all aspects of care.
- Being open-minded for spiritual beliefs, mysterious and unknown existential aspects of life, death and suffering (Masters, n.p).
Caring, is essential for every nursing practice, and holistic care is fundamental during the disease process and improvement of patients’ outcome. Nurses must be knowledgeable about diseases and how diseases affect our patients. It is important to us, nurses, to care for our patients in a holistic way, taking into consideration not only their bodies, but their minds, emotions, individuals relationships, religion, and cultural preferences; in order to provide proper patient …show more content…
She pointed out that it is as much as important to have the proper knowledge and skills in order to provide patients with proper and right amount of care that can improve their overall state of health. Through education nurses not only are well prepared to practice, and provide patient care, but they are equipped to educate their patients and their families as well; offering them the necessary information to participate in the management of care of their diseases, avoid complications, and promotion of health. The combination of knowledge, clinical education, and experience furnish a strong educational foundation for the holistic approach to patients; being this critical for a quality