is guided by ethical theories and principles which help guide them as a patient advocate. It is these ethics that make a nurse so valuable to clients and ultimately makes a nurse the client’s best advocate. In this paper the core ethical theories and principles will be discussed and how exactly this helps RN’s be the best possible advocate and what benefits the clients themselves derive from these ethical theories. In order to properly understand the ethical theories of nursing one must first know
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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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Introduction Nursing is a profession that involved in identifying its own unique body of knowledge essential to nursing practice. To identify the knowledge base‚ nurses should develop and recognize theories that are specific to nursing. Parker and Smith (2010) define theory as a set of concepts‚ definitions and propositions that project a systematic view of phenomena by designating specific interrelationships among concepts for purposes of describing‚ explaining‚ predicting and controlling phenomena
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Communication as a Moral Caring in Nursing Faith Eric Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 101: Transitions in Nursing January 2015 Communication as a Moral Caring in Nursing Introduction Nursing remains practical and hands-on‚ however‚ it is also strengthened by conceptual and theoretical knowledge applied artfully and scientifically. The practice of advance nursing requires a higher level of knowledge and skill‚ but it is still built upon the fundamental moral commitment of caring in nursing (Sumner‚ 2004
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Watson’s Theory of Nursing Care Dorcas Gray NUR/403 January 20‚ 2014 Marilyn Moorhouse Watson’s Theory of Nursing Care Over the years‚ nursing has evolved and blossom into the noble profession that exist today. With the development of theories‚ members of the profession have been molded and fashioned to be givers of care who operates with bowels of mercy and compassion. According to Watson (2009) “Caring is a professional ethical covenant that nursing has with the public to sustain human caring
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Story Theory is a middle-range theory put forward by Mary Jane Smith and Patricia Liehr in 1999. They believe that stories are an essential part of nursing practice. They believe that stories are just as important to diagnose and treat as the physiologic bodily responses of the patient. In fact‚ often it is the stories that clarify and give meaning to the measurements of physiologic response. Smith and Liehr posit that all nursing encounters take place within the framework of a story. Story
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Nursing Accountability in Caring Central Venous Catheter Katie Rha Grand Canyon University NRS 430V August 19‚ 2011 Accountability means “obligation of being answerable for one’s own judgments and actions.” If someone gives you a job to do‚ you may be able to get others to carry out that task‚ but you are still held accountable to produce the results. In the nursing profession‚ a nurse is accountable for the actions towards his or her patient‚ even if he or she has delegated
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Health Policy: Childhood Obesity Surname Professor Course Date Health Policy: Childhood Obesity The childhood obesity has become a burning issue of the contemporary society with vivid example seen in the United States of America and other countries. In spite of the actions taken by the local governments and on the national level‚ we still have “one-third of American children overweight or obese and national health care spending on obesity nearing $150 billion annually” (National Conference
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Leadership Styles and Theories Effective leadership is comprised of multiple principles‚ characteristics‚ and techniques (Huber‚ 2014). There are many roles that go into making a great leader or nurse manager. Along with the roles and responsibilities of being a great leader comes knowing how to manage your facility and what management style works best for you and your nursing staff. For this discussion‚ the topic will be on personal leadership styles‚ leader and management theory‚ and key behaviors
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Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Stephanie M. Collins NUR/ 403 August 4‚ 2014 Esther Van Baren‚ MSN Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Caring and nursing are deeply interwoven. Caring in the nursing profession can be expressed in many forms such as when a nurse performs a careful assessment‚ provides education to patients and their families‚ answers their questions or is just simply provides a therapeutic presence. Jean Watson is a well-known nursing scholar who has developed her own theory on caring
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