Grand and Mid Range Theories Nursing theories are organized‚ patterned or systemic approaches to provide guidelines for professional nursing practice. Theories “consists of sets of interconnected propositions designed to describe‚ explain and practice an event or phenomenon” (Lortenz p. 39). Chinn & Krammer (1991) discuss a theory as a systemic abstraction of reality intended to serve some purpose. The continuum of theories range greatly from grand theories at one end‚ theories that focus on
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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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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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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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Implementation of Jean Watson’s Caring Theory in Nursing UTHSCSA The Implementation of Jean Watson’s Caring Theory in Nursing Dr. Jean Watson defined nursing as a “Human science of persons and human health-illness experiences that are mediated by professional‚ personal‚ scientific‚ esthetic‚ and ethical human“(Watson‚ 1988‚ p. 54). The Caring Theory of Nursing is a relational caring for self and others based on a moral‚ ethical‚ and philosophical foundation of love and values (Watson Caring Science
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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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Jean Watson’s Theory NUR/403 Jean Watson’s Theory As a nurse establishing a caring relationship with a client is not easy. Jean Watson was the developer of a theory‚ which emphasizes how nurses express care to their patients. In this paper the author will discuss Jean Watson’s theory‚ background‚ descriptions of her four concepts; environment‚ human being‚ nursing‚ and health‚ also describe of an actual nurse-client relationship which includes the description of the caring moment between a
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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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Price Watson - Due to the bulk purchase of products by centralized sourcing with AS Watsons Group and purchasing process‚ it can lower the cost and apply medium to low price strategy. Mannings - Take competitive advantage of mother company “Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited” with low price bargain power. Moreover‚ there is a price differentiation in different district. The pricing method is to comparing with the price within the district in order to reach the lowest price of some selected
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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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