Bevis Caring In Nursing

Bevis refers to caring as a life force, one of life's essential ingredients and possibly the most essential. She refers to caring as an art that requires theory, philosophy, and practice. In the article she defines caring as a feeling of dedication to another constructively and positively by increasing intimacy and mutual self-actualization, and that the purpose of caring is to facilitate that self-actualization. "Caring helps prevent disease and promote health." Bevis states "It is the rare person who can really care about others, about self, about things or events without the lifelong study of and commitment to caring." (Bevis) Nurses can use this theory to improve their practice by using it everyday. If they truly have a caring