The concept of caring can take on many diverse yet similar definitions. For me, being caring involves displaying a variety of qualities, where there receiver, in this case the patients, know that they are valuable to us, their nurses. Firstly caring involves giving your time to your patients and just be with them, as, Swanson, 1991 indicated in her structure of Caring. Besides the physical appearance, being with your patients also involves being empathic towards them, that is having “the ability to experience another person’s world as if it were [our] own, without losing the ‘as if’ quality” (Rogers, 1975, p2.)
I strongly agree that indeed caring is the essence of nursing. When treating a patient we must keep in mind that we are taking care of a person, not a disease by itself. The patient is not the disease; they experience emotions, strengths, weaknesses as well as fears. The high probability is that the person is not there out of their own choice, thus being hospitalised may cause a sudden change in their life, most likely a stressful one. In this case, the nurses must keep in mind that the experience might be traumatic for the patient; especially if they already had a disturbing encounter related to hospitals or hospitalisation. A nurse that genuinely cares about her patients may make a difference in her patients’ lives. …show more content…
Specifically, Kristen Swanson and her structure of caring, as well as Jean Watson, presenting the ten carative (caritas) processes. For both nursing theorists, an overview of their theory will be included, along with how they can be applied in the practical field of
I strongly agree that indeed caring is the essence of nursing. When treating a patient we must keep in mind that we are taking care of a person, not a disease by itself. The patient is not the disease; they experience emotions, strengths, weaknesses as well as fears. The high probability is that the person is not there out of their own choice, thus being hospitalised may cause a sudden change in their life, most likely a stressful one. In this case, the nurses must keep in mind that the experience might be traumatic for the patient; especially if they already had a disturbing encounter related to hospitals or hospitalisation. A nurse that genuinely cares about her patients may make a difference in her patients’ lives. …show more content…
Specifically, Kristen Swanson and her structure of caring, as well as Jean Watson, presenting the ten carative (caritas) processes. For both nursing theorists, an overview of their theory will be included, along with how they can be applied in the practical field of