Dr. Jean Watson’s Theory: The Philosophy and Science of Caring “Caring is the essence of nursing”~Dr. Jean Watson Major Concepts of Watson’s theory: • Main focus in nursing is on carative factors • For nurses to develop humanistic philosophies and value sytem • The caring stance that nursing has is threatened by the demands of the curative factors ( Sitzman‚ 2007) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Published
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Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient Introduction In this essay about the care required for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease‚ the essay will discuss of the holistic care needs for the patient‚ holistic care is total care of a patient which means caring for everything the patients emotional‚ physical‚ spiritual‚ social and psychological needs. Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient is it important that they are always reassured and feel secured‚ when caring for an Alzheimer’s patient finding out the patients
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Epidemiology in the Elderly with Heart Disease Epidemiology in the Elderly with Heart Disease Public health promotes healthy living for each community through epidemiology. Disease prevention and control is the common goal of epidemiology‚ nursing practice‚ and public health. “Epidemiology is the study of the population in order to monitor the health of the population‚ understand the determinants of health and disease in the community‚ and investigate and evaluate interventions
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Caring is viewed as the essence of nursing‚ discuss... Introduction Lenninger (1984) described caring as the “essence of nursing”. Over the years many nursing theorists and researchers have examined the concept of caring and written extensively on the importance of caring in nursing. Going back to the foundation of modern nursing Nightingale (1859) wrote that nursing’s most important work is caring. Despite the wealth of ground covered in these works the term “care”‚ is rarely defined as a theoretical
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Jean Watson’s Caring Theory in Nursing UTHSCSA The Implementation of Jean Watson’s Caring Theory in Nursing Dr. Jean Watson defined nursing as a “Human science of persons and human health-illness experiences that are mediated by professional‚ personal‚ scientific‚ esthetic‚ and ethical human“(Watson‚ 1988‚ p. 54). The Caring Theory of Nursing is a relational caring for self and others based on a moral‚ ethical‚ and philosophical foundation of love and values (Watson Caring Science Institute
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various specialized literature on caring‚ I have developed a widened perspective and a new appreciation for caring. This knowledge has improved and reshaped my approach to caring. As a nurse‚ I am considered a leader in my community and through leadership I am able to create change. As a transformed leader I have a deeper understanding of myself as caring and as a result am able to initiate change to the current system from an approach of healing and caring. Watson (2000) notes‚ “Transformed
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Watson’s Theory Watson’s Theory of Human Caring Barbara Eisenach University of Phoenix MSAO1JX19/NUR-403 Marilyn Moorhouse‚ RN‚ MSN November 28‚ 2011 Watson’s Theory of Human Caring This paper will explore Jean Watson’s theory of transpersonal human caring as well as a description of the major concepts of Watson’s theory. I will apply Watson’s theory to two nurse/ patient relationships and describe the caring moments that occurred. I will discuss Watson’s major assumptions and relate this
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Lisselot Mesa Elderly Interview with Mrs. G Geriatrics Ms. Georgia De La Poza 7/7/2014 Mrs. G was chosen for a formal interview‚ the purpose of this interview was explained before she signed the consent form. The meaning of OT and the role of OT in wellness was discussed with her. The interview was scheduled at her son’s home in the living room for approximately one hour. She was seen at 5pm in the afternoon. According to the Quality of Life Index for Adults 1997‚ Mrs. G is
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Should elderly people be neglected? Recently‚ a report has stated‚ to many people’s amazement‚ as many as 30% elderly people live below the poverty line in Hong Kong. An increasing number of the elderly in the territory have received social security assistance from the government. In the absence of adequate savings and regular income‚ little difficulty is there in understanding why the elderly more rely on the government. There are some difficulties that the elderly have to come to grips with
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Do not resuscitate: A different caring As stated by Fields‚ “Do not resuscitate does not mean no care; it means a different kind of care that can be best achieved through end-of-life protocols and education” (2007‚ p. 294). According to Lachman (2010)‚ do- not-resuscitate orders‚ or DNRs‚ are not being initiated early enough in their hospital stay for identified terminal patients. The purpose of this paper is to investigate and focus on a few reasons why this is happening‚ as well as to provide
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