Running head: WATSON ’S THEORY OF HUMAN CARING Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Amber Carter University of Phoenix Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Introduction The purpose of this paper is to take an in-depth look of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring. I will describe a caring moment that I have had with a patient in the past and I will describe how Watson’s carative factors were utilized in the transpersonal relationship. Watson has a total of ten carative factors
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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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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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practical purpose (Oxford Dictionary‚ 2015). Jean Piaget (1896-1980) defined play as the child’s efforts to make environmental incentive to match his or her own concepts‚ children adjust and build their mental structures to suit what they are experiencing which he called adaption. Piaget believed that children actively construct their own cognitive worlds and are not just passive receivers of information. There are four key concepts that relate to Piagets theory‚ they are: I. Schema: This is a mental
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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 caring factor in the nurse-patient
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Concept analysis of caring in nursing Elizabeth Adkison Chamberlain College of Nursing Theoretical Basis for Advanced Practice Nursing NR 501 Dr. Robyn Rice Aug 3‚ 2014 Concept analysis of caring in nursing Maya Angelou once said “People may forget what you said‚ but they will never forget the way you made them feel.("Maya Angelou‚" 2014‚ p. 1)” The profession of nursing is often defined as not only a science but also an art. Jean Watson and her Theory of Caring defines nursing as the art of
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In this article the author‚ Watson‚ reports an experiment that was done with Little Albert. Little Albert was an infant during the experiment period and Watson thought he would be a good candidate for the experiment because he seemed stable and healthy. Watson was trying to determine several different factors starting with if fear could be conditioned on animals like white rats‚ by presenting the animal and striking a steel bar to create a loud sound at the same time. If it turns out so that fear
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Watson’s Theory of Human Caring Karen Monico Vidal NUR/403 May 28‚ 2013 University of Phoenix Watson’s Theory of Human Caring According to Watson a “caring moment” encompasses the following: the nurse and patient make contact‚ the nurse enters the patient’s room‚ a feeling of expectation is created‚ through the nurse’s attitude and competence‚ a patient’s world can become larger or smaller‚ brighter or dull
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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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“On the contrary‚ I think we are particularly hot upon the trail‚ Sir Henry.” Holmes countered me. “Watson here knows more about my methods than you do‚ but I fear that even he has not quite grasped the significance of this sentence.” “No‚ I confess that I see no connection.” Watson humbly admitted. “And yet‚ my dear Watson‚ there is so very close a connection that the one is extracted out of the other. ’You‚’ ’your‚’ ’your‚’ ’life‚’ ’reason‚’ ’value‚’ ’keep away‚’ ’from the.’ Don’t you see now whence
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