Watson's Theory
Watson 's Theory of Human Caring
Carolyn Smith
NUR/403
January 10, 2011
Karen Benjamin
Watson 's Theory of Human Caring
Jean Watson was born in West Virginia, a graduate from the University of Colorado with her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) as well as her Master’s in psychiatric mental health nursing and PhD in educational psychology and counseling. Watson founded the “caring Theory in nursing in 1979, and was revised in1985 and 1988. Her theory has served as a guide for the core of Nursing. Watson’s caring theory allows nurses to return to their professional roots and values. This theory represents one of the original models surrounding the ideal nurse. According to Sarah, Nursing Journey (2010), by using Watson’s Caring Theory, it endorses our professional identity within a context where humanistic values are constantly questioned, and challenged. “Jean Watson defines caring as a science. She states; “caring is a science that encompasses a humanitarian, human science orientation, human caring process, phenomena, and experiences” (RN Journal, 2009). The foundation of Jean Watson’s theory of Nursing was published in 1979 in Nursing: “The philosophy and science of caring.”
Watson proposed seven assumptions about the science of caring, (1) Caring can be effectively demonstrated and practiced interpersonally, (2) Caring consists of carative factors that result in the satisfaction of certain human needs, (3) Effective caring promotes health and individual or family growth, (4) Caring responses accept a person as not only he or she is now but also what he or she may become, (5) A caring environment offers the development of potential while allowing the person to choose the best action for himself or herself at a given point in time, (6) Caring is more healthogenic than is curing. A science of caring is complimentary to the science of curing. Finally, (7) the practice of caring is central to nursing. Out of these assumptions, Watson developed
Carolyn Smith
NUR/403
January 10, 2011
Karen Benjamin
Watson 's Theory of Human Caring
Jean Watson was born in West Virginia, a graduate from the University of Colorado with her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) as well as her Master’s in psychiatric mental health nursing and PhD in educational psychology and counseling. Watson founded the “caring Theory in nursing in 1979, and was revised in1985 and 1988. Her theory has served as a guide for the core of Nursing. Watson’s caring theory allows nurses to return to their professional roots and values. This theory represents one of the original models surrounding the ideal nurse. According to Sarah, Nursing Journey (2010), by using Watson’s Caring Theory, it endorses our professional identity within a context where humanistic values are constantly questioned, and challenged. “Jean Watson defines caring as a science. She states; “caring is a science that encompasses a humanitarian, human science orientation, human caring process, phenomena, and experiences” (RN Journal, 2009). The foundation of Jean Watson’s theory of Nursing was published in 1979 in Nursing: “The philosophy and science of caring.”
Watson proposed seven assumptions about the science of caring, (1) Caring can be effectively demonstrated and practiced interpersonally, (2) Caring consists of carative factors that result in the satisfaction of certain human needs, (3) Effective caring promotes health and individual or family growth, (4) Caring responses accept a person as not only he or she is now but also what he or she may become, (5) A caring environment offers the development of potential while allowing the person to choose the best action for himself or herself at a given point in time, (6) Caring is more healthogenic than is curing. A science of caring is complimentary to the science of curing. Finally, (7) the practice of caring is central to nursing. Out of these assumptions, Watson developed
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