In other words, not only does it take the care and consideration of a nursing school’s faculty to mold a person, but it also takes into account the individual’s ability to have compassion about the well-being of others. One fundamental truth about nursing as a profession is that it focuses on the care and prospective recovery of people who are not in the position to act alone (Kirwan, 2014). That is why one statement that can be ascertained at this point is that one cannot be a nurse and not have the ability to care for …show more content…
In their theory “Nursing as Caring,” they delve into the characteristic and moral traits that are needed for a positive relationship to develop between a nurse and a client. Another part of this relationship is the nurse’s ability to walk in the shoes of their patient and be able to “come to know the other [individual as someone who is not only alive, but also a person that has the ability to express] personal dreams and aspirations [for their growth and care. For it is in that] ‘coming to know,’ that the nurse is able to offer a straightforward invitation to the other to ‘express calls for nursing, calls for caring in relation to that which matters to the patient’” (Bailey,