To paraphrase all the literatures of nursing theories form the time of Florence Nightingle (1860-1957) through the phases of theories, nursing can be defined as the art and practice of caring. Caring is the central theme of all theories. However, depending on each theorist’s experience and focus different conceptual framework or model of approach is used. The concept of caring was given considerable forward motion by Mayeroff (1971) a philosopher who provided much of the foundational work (Blais and Hayes, 2016) followed by many others such as Boykin and Schoenhofer, Watson, Leininger and Roach. Their quality caring approaches benefits both nurses, patient and for that reason has been the focus of health care.
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Patient centered care is at the focus of many models adopted. One of the major assessment tools of qualified magnet hospitals is patient quality survey that is taking after provision of care, known as Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAPS). This approach have promoted patient autonomy in these hospitals. Consequently, the magnet certification demands that compassionate caring is provided to the patient in order to obtain a higher score on (HCAPS) Another call to quality caring model is the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) approach to nursing which has been accepted by American Nurses Association (ANA) as a standard of practice. (AHNA) practice draws on different theories of nursing to direct nurses to become therapeutic partners of clients to promote health. This approach of caring goes beyond the hospital environment, and consider the patient as an intricate parts of body-mind-spirit. According to (Blais and Hayes, 2016) “In order to provide the best care possible, it is imperative that healthcare professionals take the time to comprehensively assess the multiple dimensions of a client” (
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Quality caring is …show more content…
Patient centered care is at the focus of many models adopted. One of the major assessment tools of qualified magnet hospitals is patient quality survey that is taking after provision of care, known as Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAPS). This approach have promoted patient autonomy in these hospitals. Consequently, the magnet certification demands that compassionate caring is provided to the patient in order to obtain a higher score on (HCAPS) Another call to quality caring model is the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) approach to nursing which has been accepted by American Nurses Association (ANA) as a standard of practice. (AHNA) practice draws on different theories of nursing to direct nurses to become therapeutic partners of clients to promote health. This approach of caring goes beyond the hospital environment, and consider the patient as an intricate parts of body-mind-spirit. According to (Blais and Hayes, 2016) “In order to provide the best care possible, it is imperative that healthcare professionals take the time to comprehensively assess the multiple dimensions of a client” (