The perpetual changes that have occurred in the healthcare field have increased over time and have placed further demands on the nursing staff to spend quality time with their patients. Therefore, nurses need to implement a plan where they are able to meet the demands of patient care while still arranging the time to provide a humanistic factor of caring within their practice. Nursing is a very noble profession and most nurses provide their heart and soul to exercise a professional level of care, while still giving them a level of support, love, and comfort. The idea is to take close attention to the whole patient with respect to physical, emotional as well as spiritual care. As this can be a daunting task with all of the demands of modern
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Keeping high-quality standards during our daily routine in practice is what sets the nursing profession apart from the rest. The caring theory is one that emphasizes the need to show compassion and kindness to help patients and family through difficult events in their lives. Spending quality time with the patients with a caring, professional attitude helps to set one’s identity and set the tone of the visit by designing a nurse’s self-actualization (Gallison, 2012, p. 10). Watson’s theory is one that not only focuses on the patient, but the caregivers as well. According to Sitzman and Eichelberger (2004), Watson’s theory is based on three main components which include, carative factors, transpersonal caring relationship and caring moments/caring occasions” (p. 50).
Caratas, which is best described as the way in which you first choose to approach your patients and colleagues to set the tone for your interaction.
Silzman and Eichenberger (2004) show a closer look at the first major element of Watson’s theory and the ten clinical caritas processes are as follows:
1. Practice of loving-kindness and equanimity within the context of intentional caring consciousness.
2. Being authentically present.
3. Cultivation of one’s own spiritual practices and transpersonal self, going beyond ego …show more content…
This is further designated as a thoughtful process of connection versus just going through the motions of providing physical care. This is the most sophisticated element of all three. The second key element to Watson’s theory is transpersonal caring relationship. She believed that this type of connection was the kind of care that was most benevolent. This is an occasion or even moment where nurse-patient generates a bond and is able to share thoughts of a spiritual connection. The nurse’s act of caring behavior becomes a necessity for the element of understanding and to receive a frame of reference from the patient and nurse alike. During the exchange the search for spiritual understanding could be an asset from the giver as much the taker. This time is shared between the parties to promote the comfort and the healing of the patient. George (2002) the objective of this portion of the theory stands with to protecting and improvement in quality to ultimately preserve one’s self
Keeping high-quality standards during our daily routine in practice is what sets the nursing profession apart from the rest. The caring theory is one that emphasizes the need to show compassion and kindness to help patients and family through difficult events in their lives. Spending quality time with the patients with a caring, professional attitude helps to set one’s identity and set the tone of the visit by designing a nurse’s self-actualization (Gallison, 2012, p. 10). Watson’s theory is one that not only focuses on the patient, but the caregivers as well. According to Sitzman and Eichelberger (2004), Watson’s theory is based on three main components which include, carative factors, transpersonal caring relationship and caring moments/caring occasions” (p. 50).
Caratas, which is best described as the way in which you first choose to approach your patients and colleagues to set the tone for your interaction.
Silzman and Eichenberger (2004) show a closer look at the first major element of Watson’s theory and the ten clinical caritas processes are as follows:
1. Practice of loving-kindness and equanimity within the context of intentional caring consciousness.
2. Being authentically present.
3. Cultivation of one’s own spiritual practices and transpersonal self, going beyond ego …show more content…
This is further designated as a thoughtful process of connection versus just going through the motions of providing physical care. This is the most sophisticated element of all three. The second key element to Watson’s theory is transpersonal caring relationship. She believed that this type of connection was the kind of care that was most benevolent. This is an occasion or even moment where nurse-patient generates a bond and is able to share thoughts of a spiritual connection. The nurse’s act of caring behavior becomes a necessity for the element of understanding and to receive a frame of reference from the patient and nurse alike. During the exchange the search for spiritual understanding could be an asset from the giver as much the taker. This time is shared between the parties to promote the comfort and the healing of the patient. George (2002) the objective of this portion of the theory stands with to protecting and improvement in quality to ultimately preserve one’s self