Assessment Tools Analysis Doreen M. Giglio University of Phoenix NURS/440 Professor Carol Dallred Jean Watson’s theory of human caring focused on establishing a caring relationship with patients. She believed in treating them as holistic (mind‚ body and spirit) being (Watson‚ 1979). To further secure our understanding and relationship with our patients we can use our assessment tool analysis to better know them. Daily Hassles Scale‚ dysfunctional attitude scale and social support are the
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and thoughts on Ms. W.’s care and your application of Watson’s theory. Watson’s theory combines both art and science and puts a spiritual emphasis on caring and healing moments (Masters‚ 2015). She believes transpersonal connections are reciprocal in nature‚ and therefore involve healing and caring for both the nurse and patient (Masters‚ 2015). In today’s fast-paced world‚ it is very easy for nurses to get hung up on tasks. Watson maintains that while tasks are important‚ they are second to the
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Throughout history‚ many people have made many contributions to the school of psychology. One individual is that of Jean Piaget and his theories on the cognitive development stages. Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel‚ Switzerland‚ where he studied at the university and received a doctorate in biology at the age of 22. Following college he became very interested in psychology and began to research and studies of the subject. With his research Piaget created a broad theoretical system for the development
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Theory Critique of the Human Caring Theory Adele Wolf Maryville University NUR 600 October 03‚ 2012 Theory Critique of the Human Caring Theory The Theory of Human Caring was written by Jean Watson. This model consists of ten carative factors to assist nurses with caring for their patients. Dr. Watson calls this a transpersonal relationship. Watson defines transpersonal care ‘as the capacity of one human being to receive another human being’s expression of feelings and to experience those
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Watson ’s Theory of Caring Crystal University of Phoenix Theories and Models of Nursing Practice NUR 403 Watson ’s Theory of Caring Jean Watson’s caring philosophy and science in nursing is traced back to its earliest beginning as a textbook for the nursing courses at the University of Colorado (Alligood‚ 2010). Her initial work at the university laid the foundation for Watson’s theory of caring. Watson’s philosophy “defines the outcome of nursing activity in regard to humanistic aspects
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Watsons’s Theory The theory is set on four main ideas; person‚ health‚ society‚ and nursing (Gonzalo‚ 2011). According to Dr. Watson (Watson‚ n.d.)‚ this theory of Human Caring‚ identifies that caring is at the core of nursing and as a professional nurse‚ we have a responsibility to provide the best possible setting for healing to take place. This theory has evolved over time since the founding of the theory in 1975-1979; a spiritual element and a sense of kindheartedness and love were added(Watson‚ n
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Assignment 1: Theories of Development There are many theories about the way children learn‚ many practitioners believe that children learn in a variety of ways. Some key theories have shaped and continue to shape work with children. I am going to look at development psychology such as cognitive language and emotional development etc. Cognitive Cognition is a group of mental processes that includes attention‚ memory‚ producing and understanding language‚ learning‚ reasoning‚ problem
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Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring Aaron Greer RN Nur 403 June-12-2011 Karen Benjamin RN‚ MSN Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring In this paper the subjects to explore are the background and major concepts of Jean Watson’s theory of caring. Major theory assumptions related to person‚ health‚ nursing‚ and environment will also be discussed as they apply to a nurse patient interaction. Examples of Watson’s carative factors used in the transpersonal relationship of this nurse patient interaction will
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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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Watson’s theory of caring and applying it to practice Jean Watson is from the Appalachian Mountain region of West Virginia. She attended the Lewis Gale School of Nursing‚ graduating in 1961. She went on to obtain her bachelor’s degree in 1964 and went on to eventually obtain her PhD in educational psychology and counseling in 1973. Dr. Watson served as Dean of Nursing at the University Health Sciences Center and was the President of the National League for Nursing and is a fellow of the American
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