Importance of Watson’s Theory of Care Watson’s theory of nursing is a critical part of nursing. It provides a background for the idea that nursing is not just a practice; but an attempt to provide care for a patient and bring them to optimal health as an individual. This topic is important to me as it provides the true focus of nursing, the patient.
Literature Review Jean Watson (1988) provided one of the backbone theories of nursing, the theory of care. Her work underlines studies and research that is used today. The theory is the philosophy that nurses are not just nurses, but are nurses who have a goal to provide optimal care for individual patients. This theory is summarized by Patricia A. Potter, Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, …show more content…
Human science and human care: A theory of nursing”, view of care is a, “…view of the human as a valued person in and of him- or herself to be cared for, respect, nurtured, understood and assisted; in general a philosophical view of a person as a fully functional integrated self. The human is viewed as greater than, and different from, the sum of his or her parts” (p. 14). She believes each patient is a special case. No two patients are the same; generalizing a patient by their illness is not properly taking the role of a nurse.
Watson’s theory underlines other practices that are used today, such as the rites of passage for nurses known as the “Dedication of Hands”. The Dedication of hands ceremony, according to Julia Ball and Thayer W. McGahee (2013), is a, “ceremonial rite of passage for beginning student nurses, a ceremony of caring emphasizing the import of all that nurses’ hands can convey as they provide nursing care...” (p. 58). The ceremony dedicates future nurses to the idea that they are no longer providing a skill; but rather, skilled nursing along with caring and …show more content…
Illnesses may not go the way the patient hopes; yet, with these practices, they are able to cope. Showing that this theory of care is very important to every nursing practice and procedure.
Implications for Practice I am a strong believer in care, the patient should almost always come first, only second to the safety and well being of the nurse. Watson’s theory strengthens my own idea on what it means to care for a patient. This provides me with inspiration to continue my practice and studies, so I can become the best nurse I possibly can, for every patient that comes my way. Every patient is special, and requires their own need of care. I feel that every patient deserves their own personalized distribution of care. If we are just going to treat the illness, then what is the point of being a nurse in the first place?
Literature Review Jean Watson (1988) provided one of the backbone theories of nursing, the theory of care. Her work underlines studies and research that is used today. The theory is the philosophy that nurses are not just nurses, but are nurses who have a goal to provide optimal care for individual patients. This theory is summarized by Patricia A. Potter, Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, …show more content…
Human science and human care: A theory of nursing”, view of care is a, “…view of the human as a valued person in and of him- or herself to be cared for, respect, nurtured, understood and assisted; in general a philosophical view of a person as a fully functional integrated self. The human is viewed as greater than, and different from, the sum of his or her parts” (p. 14). She believes each patient is a special case. No two patients are the same; generalizing a patient by their illness is not properly taking the role of a nurse.
Watson’s theory underlines other practices that are used today, such as the rites of passage for nurses known as the “Dedication of Hands”. The Dedication of hands ceremony, according to Julia Ball and Thayer W. McGahee (2013), is a, “ceremonial rite of passage for beginning student nurses, a ceremony of caring emphasizing the import of all that nurses’ hands can convey as they provide nursing care...” (p. 58). The ceremony dedicates future nurses to the idea that they are no longer providing a skill; but rather, skilled nursing along with caring and …show more content…
Illnesses may not go the way the patient hopes; yet, with these practices, they are able to cope. Showing that this theory of care is very important to every nursing practice and procedure.
Implications for Practice I am a strong believer in care, the patient should almost always come first, only second to the safety and well being of the nurse. Watson’s theory strengthens my own idea on what it means to care for a patient. This provides me with inspiration to continue my practice and studies, so I can become the best nurse I possibly can, for every patient that comes my way. Every patient is special, and requires their own need of care. I feel that every patient deserves their own personalized distribution of care. If we are just going to treat the illness, then what is the point of being a nurse in the first place?