Jean Watson’s Philosophy of Nursing NUR/403-Theories and Models of Nursing Practice August 9th‚ 2010 Introduction Jean Watson’s theories of nursing are instrumental in today’s structure of nursing. Watson’s theories are being practiced in various health care setting all over the world. One of these theories in the nursing process. This entails first assessing patient‚ planning
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Behaviourist approach This approach refers to behaviour being mainly influenced by the environment also by reinforcing rewards for positive behaviour and punishments for negative behaviour. B.F. Skinner investigated Operant Conditioning of voluntary and involuntary behaviour. He explained that behaviour occurs for a reason‚ and the three main behaviour shaping techniques are positive reinforcement‚ negative reinforcement and punishment. Behaviourism has been criticised in the way it under-estimates
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Theories of Development There are many branches of psychology. The field of human development is divided into five theory groups. The theory groups are Psychodynamic‚ Cognitive‚ Systems‚ Biological and Behavioral. Each theory group has many contributing theorists. Some theories overlap while others are independent. Often theories are credible whereas others cause skepticism. There are many contributors to the world of psychology with different views and beliefs about human development. Psychodynamic
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evaluates‚ diagnoses‚ treats‚ and studies behaviour and mental processes. Albert studied and wrote theories on social learning. Social psychology is about understanding individual behaviour in a social context. Social psychology is to do with the way feelings‚ thoughts‚ beliefs‚ intentions and goals are constructed and how such psychological factors‚ influence our interactions with others. Bundrua’s theory says that people learn new concepts most effectively through imitation‚ modelling and observation
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Compare and contrast Karl Marx’s and Walt Rostow’s theories of stages of social and economic development. By Daniel C. Phiri‚ Lusaka‚ Zambia 28/11/2013 Introduction This essay attempts to compare and contrast Karl Marx’s and Walt Rostow’s theories of stages of social and economic development. A theory is an interconnected‚ logical system of concepts that provides a framework for organising and understanding observations. The function of a theory is to allow us to understand and predict the behaviour
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Jean Watson believes that through the nurse’s attitude and competence‚ a patient’s world can become: larger or smaller‚ brighter or darker‚ happier or lonelier‚ secure or threatening. Jean Watson is a well known professor of nursing at the university of Colorado‚ she believes that nursing can be a transforming process through which both the client and nurse can be changed. Her theory of nursing practice‚ formally known as the ‘Theory of human care’‚ outlines basic premises of nursing and combines
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Describe and evaluate the behaviourist approach in psychology INTRODUCTION Psychology as a subject offers a number of different approaches contributing in their own specific ways to the understanding of behaviour. Each perspective begs of certain assumptions on the functioning and behaviour of humans. Amongst the various approaches‚ each boasts several theories‚ all contributing to the strengthening of the core assumption. All perspectives carry their own individual strengths and weaknesses
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Human caring‚ according to Watson‚ is based on human values such as "kindness‚ concern‚ and love of self and others." She differentiates altruism from self-sacrifice and describes it as a fullness of being that allows the nurse to be authentically present with clients. Watson states that a humanistic-altruistic value system begins early in life but continues to be influenced through interactions with parents‚ family‚ friends‚ and others‚ including nurse educators. Furthermore‚ she asserts that such
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Lamarck’s Influence on the Development of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Dec. 4 1996 Marc Weinstein There have been many ideas on the theory of evolution. Some simply take our existence for granted‚ others prefer to explain all evolution in terms of the bible and the presence of a God. However‚ there are those who have researched the topic of evolution and have offered an explanation as to where a species comes from and how they evolved in the manner that they did. This type of science has been
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With reference to chosen theory of learning (behaviourist‚ social learning) discuss its application to patient education in context of general nursing. It may be said; why is psychology significant in nursing care and why do we use learning theories to assist in patient care? Well according to Walker et al (2007)‚ in the caring profession nurses‚ spend most‚ if not all of their working lives interacting with other people. A key part of a nurse’s job is to promote healthful behaviour. When a patient
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