Some regard care only in a pathological sense. However, in nursing, emotional, transpersonal, and a true connectedness with the patients will advance their health. Since the concept of caring is difficult…
As a student nurse, I do try to use the 60 second survey on every patient’s room I am assigned to, and I set up my assessment to follow the ABCs. I think this is important because something can be so easily overlooked. I think I really learned that over time. Also, fall precautions for those patients who are at a high risk for falls I am making sure I am doing focused rounding on them, their personal items within reach, and making sure their bed or chair alarm is turned on. Core Competency: Caring 2.…
Caring influence patients positively and, it is beneficial to all stakeholders to preserve, protect, promote, and sustain the caring practices, which is the core of professional nursing. Patients had improved self-esteem, quality of life, knowledge, coping mechanisms, decreased lengths of stay and health care costs when they perceived that caring was apparent. The fountain of nursing practice is caring which is vital in promoting favorable patient outcomes. The combination of caring with competence is essential to improving health care outcomes (Desmond et al.,…
One of LSU-SHC-SON’s core values that is important to me is caring. Being caring is such an important quality that we need throughout life and also as nurses. It can help you build your relationships, get you connected with people easier, and it shows where you heart truly is. I truly do believe I am a caring person. It comes naturally to me as if it is in my genes because I know how much of a difference it makes.…
These negative images and stereotypes exist because nurses allow them to. The Nursing Profession: Discussion Paper states, “Nurse should work harder to communicate both their professionalism and their contribution to the health care system.” By communicating to both the staff and the patients, they are clearing up the misconceptions about themselves. Another way nurses can promote their positive image is by keeping up with how society obtains information. The article states, “To be given due recognition, nurses could profit from using social media such as the internet and YouTube.”…
Caring is so crucial because without caring, what kind of nurse would that be? Vance describes caring behaviors as; behaviors evidenced shown while giving care to a patient (Teresa Vance). The way a patient is being treated during ones duration at a hospital can clearly determine why the patient is acting a cering way. As a patient, it is the nurse's job to provide the characteristics for patients successful behavioral outcome. The behaviors are; attentive listening, comforting, honesty, patience, responsibility, providing information so the patient can can make an informed judgement, touch, sensitivity, respect, calling the patient by name (Teresa Vance).…
Mission Statement Give the best of my ability, and consolidate all my skills to become a knowledgeable and compassionate professional nurse to provide excellent care for each individual and contribute to the health care of our society. Personal Philosophy Nursing is for empathetic, faithful and reliable people with a high moral qualities and ability to give equal care for the each patient; for those who fully understands that the strength of the nursing treatment comes not only from the appropriate medication but also from saying the right word - from the unique communication between a nurse and her/his patient. I truly support the statement that the life of every person has worth that is why working with any client, a nurse is responsible…
Caring comprises care givers and care recipients. Watson mentioned about the importance of nurses caring about themselves (Lachman, 2012). Leaders need to find occasions to be present with staff. Thay should show caring attitude towards their employees. When they see and feel the expression of caring, the attitude of caring reproduced in patient care.…
It is a skill and nurses need to educate to restoring harmony in patients. Caring is an attitude, that professional nurses in hospitals need to be encouraged to research and consider as a lifelong process. The caring process that will reflect of the patient outcome and satisfaction (Clerico et al.,…
It is important that health care organizations implement Jean Watson’s caring theory for several reasons. The theory focuses on how caring improves health and wellbeing not only for the patient, but also for the nurse, so that they will be satisfied with themselves as health care providers. Organizations who use this theory report greater employee satisfaction and better co-worker relationships (Jean Watson’s Caring Theory, n.d.). Caring theory can best be applied in the oncology setting.…
Caring is a concept at the core of nursing practice. The circle of caring model represents attributes of nursing that APRNs blend with medical and nursing knowledge to reach our patients in a holistic manner (Dunphy et al, 2016). These characteristics are courage, authentic presence, advocacy, knowing, commitment and patience. Courage is a characteristic needed in medical decision making. It also plays a role making us well rounded providers who value our beliefs and have strong ethical morals.…
NURSING ROLES FOR CARE AND PROMOTING HEALTH 2 One of our first assignments in the RN to BSN distance learning program at Western Carolina University involved introducing yourself to classmates and describing why you became a nurse. Over half of the responses stated to help or care for others. A major component of providing quality nursing services to a patient involves caring, health promotion and disease prevention. Caring in my opinion is showing genuine concern and compassion for others. Caring in my current position as a pediatric case manager is exhibited when I take the time to send a…
Caring in Nursing Compassion and Caring Every individual has his/her own unique perception of caring. There are so many ways to show caring that the possibilities are endless. Nurses are often associated with caring because they support, comfort, and help the patient recover to the best of their ability. Their experiences dealing with different patients that have unique situations on a daily basis help them become better caregivers.…
Caring can be one of the most stressful parts of the nursing profession, it connects us to our patients emotionally and can cause us to take additional strain and stress on to ourselves in an effort to help out patients heal in…
I have learned from my own experiences and others that nurses will go way above what they need to do when it comes to caring for their patients. Being caring, understanding, and having patience are all so important in nursing because everyone has their own story, their own problems, and are at different places in their life. “Caring and nursing are so intertwined that nursing always appeared on the same page in a Google search for the definition of caring” (Lachman, 2012, p. 112). When you become a nurse, you are going to be meeting all kinds of different people with different beliefs, cultures, family dynamic’s, and so on, that you need to be open minded, non-judgmental and understanding to all of their needs. Along with understanding comes the patience to deal with the multitude of issues with each individual and…