Theory provides professional independence by guiding the practice‚ education‚ and research functions of the profession. The study of theory helps to develop analytical skills‚ challenge thinking‚ clarify values‚ and assumptions‚ and determine purposes for nursing practice‚ education‚ and research (Reed‚ Shearer‚ and Nicoll‚ 2004). According to Reed‚ Shearer‚ & Nicoll (2004) Jean Watson presents the most current nursing theories. She is the only nursing theorist to support the concept of soul and
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characteristic that seems to be consistent through time is a nurse should be caring. Jean Watson incorporated a theory- The Theory of Human Caring. Watson (2002) developed a theory in which nursing is centered around helping the patient achieve a higher degree of harmony within mind‚ body‚ soul‚ and this harmony is achieved through caring transactions involving a transpersonal caring relationship. According to Watson‚ caring consists of carative factors that result in the satisfaction of certain human
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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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Watson’s Theory of Caring Jane Padilla NUR/403 January 15‚ 2013 Julie Ann Hankins This paper will talk about Dr. Jean Watson‚ her theory background‚ and will provide the concepts of her theory. Furthermore‚ I will connect the theory to person‚ health‚ nursing‚ and environment of the caring moment and apply a transpersonal relationship and relate these issues within my Practice‚ skills and experience. Dr. Jean Watson was born in a small town in West Virginia in 1940s. She began
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Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring illustrates the importance of spiritual and ethical caring in relation to organizational cultures. Watson’ theory of Human Caring illustrates the fact that caring is central to the discipline of nursing. The paper will elaborate on Watson’s theory‚ Ray’s theory and then compare both theories. The theory of human caring was developed in 1975 and 1979 by Jean Watson. Watson is also the founder of the Center for Human Caring. The theory is used to guide new models
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Jean Watson: Caring Science as Sacred Science Biography • Born in West Virginia in the 1940’s • Graduated from the Lewis Gale School of Nursing in Roanoke‚ Virginia in 1961 • BS degree University of Colorado at Boulder in 1964 • MS degree in psychiatric and mental health nursing in 1966 • Ph.D. in educational psychology and counselling in 1973 • Distinguished Professor of Nursing and holds an endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center • Founder
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Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice # 1 Reading on Nursing Theory Submitted by: Rochell T. Opiana‚ RN‚ RCP WELLNESS… “Caring in nursing conveys physical acts‚ but embraces the mind-body-spirit as it reclaims the embodied spirit as its focus of attention”..Margaret Jean Watson Human being is a valued person in and of him to be cared for‚ respected‚ nurtured‚ understood and assisted. In general‚ it is a philosophical view of a person as a fully functional integrated self. She views
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of Dr. Jean Watson ’s caring theory to the nursing community. Facilitate the understanding of her work allowing nurses to readily apply this knowledge within their practice. Objectives Describe the general aspects of Watson ’s caring theory. Describe how Watson ’s caring theory can be applied to clinical practice. Describe the person through Watson ’s caring lens. Describe the person ’s health through Watson ’s caring lens. Describe nursing through Watson ’s caring lens. Key
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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 Institute
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Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Carmen Martinez NUR403 Aug 8th‚ 2013 Gail Williams Watson ’s Theory of Human Caring Background and major concepts of Watson’s Theory of Human Caring Dr. Jean Watson is considered a theorist‚ a philosopher‚ and a healer. She directed her life works to the science of human caring and proposed a new and innovative approach to the nurse-patient interaction. Dr. Watson resumed her life career as “devoted to the phenomena of human caring‚ and inner subjective
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