Madeleine Leininger ’s Cultural Theory Madeleine Leininger founded transcultural-nursing care. She is one of the very first nurse anthropologists that recognized care and culture as two major significant phenomena in nursing (Leininger.2002). Care according to Leininger’s concepts has different meaning in different cultures but in general‚ care refers to assistive or supportive behaviors that improve an individual’s condition (Leininger.2002). According to Madeleine Leininger‚ care is essential
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Jean Watson ’s Caring Theory Paula Inman NUR 403 September 5th‚ 2011 Stephanie Guignard Jean Watson ’s Caring Theory Jean Watson’s theory is the basis of nursing. She looks at caring separately from curing. She developed the 10 carative factors. The four discussed in this paper focus on the aspect of how hospice nurses care for their patients. Watson’s theory looks at the relationship between the patient and the nurse with her interpersonal caring. Interpersonal caring is a spiritual interaction
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care for patients (Leininger‚ 1998). The aim of the paper is to represent my understanding to the cultural care theory application by using concepts and assumptions are mentioned‚ and then it applied to a case study. Leininger’s Transcultural Theory: The central concept of Leininger’s theory is human care in diverse or similar context. Leininger states that care is a universal phenomenon but the expression of care differs from culture to culture‚ Leininger also stresses understanding
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fulfil combined responsibilities and to be trustworthy enough to act on behalf of a person. “Caring is the central concept in the discipline of nursing” (Vance 2003). ‚ therefore caring is the principle objective of the nursing profession (Leininger 1991). If it is delivered correctly‚ caring can preserve life or allow a patient to have a peaceful death (Vance 2003). Edwards (2001) refers to caring as having three types. They are ‘deep care’‚ ‘intentional care’ and ‘identity constituting care’
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Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring Dr. Jean Watson developed a theory of human caring that has become essential in nursing. Caring is at the core of nursing and is vital in providing positive patient outcomes. Watson’s theory of caring can be applied to patient situation and his or her environment. She based her theory upon human caring relationships and experiences of human life. She acknowledges a caring relationship and a caring environment preserve human dignity
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but one of the most important transitions has been related to the increasing cultural diversity of the American population. In the article‚ Leininger ’s Transcultural Theory and Prayer; author D.E. Allyn expresses how prayer has benefit according to the cultural care theory. The first nurse to emphasize cultural care was Madeleine Leininger. According to Leininger‚ the goal of cultural care is culturally congruent care. Thus‚ when a client requests prayer as an intervention‚ supporting this request
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The theorists of this decade included Rogers‚ King‚ Orem‚ Travelbee‚ Levine‚ Neuman‚ Meleis‚ Paterson and Zderad‚ Roy‚ Barnard‚ Newman‚ and Watson (George‚ 2011‚ p. 11). Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory focused on the independence of the patient and caring for themselves for faster recovery. This model can apply to different nursing settings. Her theory discusses the patient’s
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Nursing theory combines four common elements: the client‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Nursing theory guides nursing decisions and actions to explain a phenomenon and to give the appropriate care to a client. Madeleine Leininger incorporates all of these elements in her cultural care diversity and universality theory. She theorized and researched the importance of recognizing the client’s cultural differences and incorporating this knowledge along with caring in the client’s care. The goal
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person who has compassion and a sense of responsibility for caring for people in need both physically and psychologically through hard times. They‚ in my point of view‚ were just as important in the development of nursing through time as Florence Nigthingale‚ Elizabeth Neil‚ Henrietta Edwards‚ and Alice Magaw. They all shared the most important nursing quality: passion to help. Florence nightingale was the pioneer in hygienic practices‚ and proper medication administration; her work lead to the development
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differences and gain an understanding of transcultural concepts has been repeatedly stressed by Leininger (1988) and is the aim of this piece of writing. Our group hails from diverse locations and is working in different parts of not only the Philippines‚ but also of the world. With different upbringings and different customs that we grew up with and encounter on a daily basis as nurses‚ we chose Madeleine Leininger‚ who was a pioneer in her time‚ as our nursing theorist. When Madeleine Leininger’s
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