The Quality Caring Model was developed by Joanne R. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN in 2003. Prior to the development of this theory, Dr. Duffy received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Salve Regina College in Newport, Rhode Island and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC (Smith & Parker, 2015). Clinically, Dr. Duffy has worked in intensive, coronary, and emergency care services, and is a cardiovascular nurse specialist. Currently, she continues her nursing research while teaching graduate level nursing as an adjunct professor at Indiana University (Duffy, 2013). Her experience has led her to focus her work around “maximizing health outcomes, particularly among older adults, through
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Complexity is based on the variables of the model and pragmatics is an evaluation of ease of research application of the theory (Peterson & Bredow, 2009). These variables include the quality of healthcare outcomes based on the relationships established with the patient or family and the health care team. Complexity and pragmatics can easily be evaluated with the Caring Assessment Tool originally developed in 1990, which is used in several studies to assess and monitor the improvement of nurse-patient relationships (Duffy, Brewer, & Weaver, 2014). Discrimination refers to how applicable the model is to nursing as compared to other professions (Peterson & Bredow, 2009). This model is clearly most applicable to nursing as it focuses on nurse-patient relationships and the relationship of nurses with the multidisciplinary team. Reality convergence is how well the model builds on the underlying concepts. As previously mentioned, Dr. Duffy combines other preceding health care quality and caring theories to develop the Quality Caring Model (Peterson & Bredow, 2009, & Duffy, 2003). Scope, specifically related to middle range theories such as this model, should be narrow and applicable to research. Significance is a measure of the model’s impact on research in nursing as a specific discipline. Utility is an evaluation of how useful the …show more content…
The Quality Caring Model was used in this study to evaluate the way that nurses showed caring and formed relationships in the process of frequent assessment of the peripheral intravenous sites. The assessments involved caring behaviors and interactions that were noticed by the patient and family. The level of caring was described by the study participants. Use of the Caring Assessment Tool could have provided clearer and measurable results. The Peripheral Intravenous Assessment Data Collection Tool was used. This tool provides consistency for measurement of safety outcomes but does not correlate to “feeling cared for” as desired with use of the Quality Caring Model (Helton, Hines, & Best, 2016). Conversely, a correlation study conducted by Kim, used the Quality Caring Model to examine the relationship between cardiac rehabilitation patients’ perception of the care from nurses and those patients’ levels of depression, anxiety, and adherence to medical advice. The Caring Assessment Tool was used to evaluate the outcomes of the study. Overall, the study showed that there was a marginal relationship between the patient’s perception of caring and the depression, anxiety, and adherence (Kim,
Complexity is based on the variables of the model and pragmatics is an evaluation of ease of research application of the theory (Peterson & Bredow, 2009). These variables include the quality of healthcare outcomes based on the relationships established with the patient or family and the health care team. Complexity and pragmatics can easily be evaluated with the Caring Assessment Tool originally developed in 1990, which is used in several studies to assess and monitor the improvement of nurse-patient relationships (Duffy, Brewer, & Weaver, 2014). Discrimination refers to how applicable the model is to nursing as compared to other professions (Peterson & Bredow, 2009). This model is clearly most applicable to nursing as it focuses on nurse-patient relationships and the relationship of nurses with the multidisciplinary team. Reality convergence is how well the model builds on the underlying concepts. As previously mentioned, Dr. Duffy combines other preceding health care quality and caring theories to develop the Quality Caring Model (Peterson & Bredow, 2009, & Duffy, 2003). Scope, specifically related to middle range theories such as this model, should be narrow and applicable to research. Significance is a measure of the model’s impact on research in nursing as a specific discipline. Utility is an evaluation of how useful the …show more content…
The Quality Caring Model was used in this study to evaluate the way that nurses showed caring and formed relationships in the process of frequent assessment of the peripheral intravenous sites. The assessments involved caring behaviors and interactions that were noticed by the patient and family. The level of caring was described by the study participants. Use of the Caring Assessment Tool could have provided clearer and measurable results. The Peripheral Intravenous Assessment Data Collection Tool was used. This tool provides consistency for measurement of safety outcomes but does not correlate to “feeling cared for” as desired with use of the Quality Caring Model (Helton, Hines, & Best, 2016). Conversely, a correlation study conducted by Kim, used the Quality Caring Model to examine the relationship between cardiac rehabilitation patients’ perception of the care from nurses and those patients’ levels of depression, anxiety, and adherence to medical advice. The Caring Assessment Tool was used to evaluate the outcomes of the study. Overall, the study showed that there was a marginal relationship between the patient’s perception of caring and the depression, anxiety, and adherence (Kim,