Watson ’s Theory of Caring NUR/403 02/20/2012 Dr. Ethel Jones Watson ’s Theory of Caring Watson’s philosophy of caring can be traced back thirty years; it started as a textbook for a nursing curriculum at the University of Colorado. It started with a question of the relationship between human caring and nursing‚ this was the foundation for her book The Theory Of Human Caring: Retrospective an Prospective (1997)‚ Nursing: Human Science and Human Care (1988)‚ Caring Science as Sacred Science
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Caring theory is the description of the care healthcare professionals provide in caring practice with the aim of communicating caring as a phenomenon (Ranheim et al‚ 2011). Through the years caring theory has developed in healthcare. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the term caring. In order to understand the term better‚ caring can be divided into several concepts. This essay will focus on the concepts of caring for‚ caring about‚ caring theory and caring science. These concepts will be explained
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everyone’s dying process is unique. Many people think of dying as merely a physical process‚ but dying is an experience of the whole person and is influenced by a combination of physical‚ psychological‚ social‚ cultural‚ and spiritual factors. There are as many ways to die as there are to live‚ so in order to better understand how people who are dying experience the process‚ researchers and clinicians have developed different models or theories that attempt to account for how people cope with dying. THEORIES/MODELS
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In this essay I have been asked to discuss three ethical choices that might arise when providing end of life care to children. End-of-life care is also known as palliative care and it is the care that is given to someone who is terminally ill and dying. Palliative care‚ as defined by the Department of Health (200b)‚ is the holistic‚ individualised care of someone who has been diagnosed with an incurable or life-limiting illness. (The Open University 2009). Here in the UK the NHS is responsible
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nursing care is aimed at caring for the needs of a machine rather than considering the needs of the patient attached to the machine. According to Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Care‚ “Nursing is concerned with promoting health‚ preventing illness‚ caring for the sick‚ and restoring health (Nursing Theory‚ 2016).” Watson believes that caring is the essence of nursing practice‚ and promotes health changes. The profession of nursing requires that nurses show compassion to patients within their care to promote
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REGRETS OF THE DYING Bronnie Ware For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions‚ as expected - denial‚ fear‚ anger‚ remorse‚ more denial and eventually
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Caring‚ central to nursing practice as it promotes patient health outcome spiritually‚ physically‚ and emotionally. Society sees nursing as a caring profession and it is also a reason why many of us chose this career path. Caring is one of the main reason why I decided to pursue nursing as my profession. Earlier this year in my intro to nursing class‚ I presented on the Watson’s Caring theory for our class project. It was also where I discovered that Kaiser Permanente whom shares the same belief
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1.1- Explain why it is important to recognise and respect an individual’s heritage. It is important to recognise and respect an individual’s heritage because a heritage is the past life history of each individual. If we learn more about the heritage of a person we can identify the person’s character‚ like and dislikes and habits. By doing this you enable each individual to be themselves and feel valued while doing so. And also to feel accepted within the environment. 1.2- Compare the experience
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------------------------------------------------- Student Nurses’ Perception on the Caring Attributes of their Clinical Instructors ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- A Synthesis Paper ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Dying with Dignity: Journal Entry Seton Hall University When I first heard the word cancer I was in elementary school and I had no idea of what it meant; all I knew was my grandmother had it. The word cancer was something I never really understood until I got older and heard a friend of mine say that her father was dying from brain cancer. My grandmother fought cancer for fives years until she got tired of the never ending fight. That was my first
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