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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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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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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compassion‚ caring‚ self-discipline‚ hard work‚ responsibility‚ intelligence‚ and honesty. I could go on and on with the characteristics that describe nursing. I believe in Christian values and attach them to nursing. I think of the words of Jesus and the Bible when taking care of patients; “And as you wish that others would do to you‚ do so to them” (Luke 6:31). The Bible is a great source of strength and rules to live by for me. Because of this‚ I chose Watson’s Theory of Transpersonal Caring. Jean Watson’s
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The Stages of Dying and of Losing a Loved One Usually‚ a person (or their loved ones) will go through all or some of the following stages of feelings and emotions. The dying person’s stages can often be more predictable than the stages experienced by a loved one who has just suffered a loss. 1. Denial • The dying person being able to drop denial gradually‚ and being able to use less radical defences‚ depends on: - how he/she is told about his/her status; - how much time he/she has to acknowledge
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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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Caring for Our Elderly Caring for Our Elderly It is estimated that the number of Americans over the age of sixty five years old will multiply times four in the next thirty years. With this being said many of us will be faced with providing care for our loved ones ("Elderly Caregiving‚" n.d.). The current research studies completed in geriatric studies indicate that currently family members are providing approximately eighty two percent of the care for their elderly family member. Generally
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