Abstract It is evident that nursing theorists, scholars and health care professions have varying interpretations of what caring is or should be. In the middle of all these disparity, caring is a vital component of the nursing practice and the key to choosing the concept of caring is because it is very essential when it comes to health care. This paper tries to make clear the concept of caring in the field of nursing and it makes use of the Walker and Avant outline to support the concept. It starts with recognizing the concept and its functions. It then identifies three emerging attributes of caring will be identified and a description of each will be given. At last, the paper will recognize antecedents, the effects or consequences and …show more content…
The Oxford Dictionary defines caring as the work or practice of looking after, as well as, displaying kindness and concern for those who are unable to care for themselves, especially on account of age or illness. Meanwhile, Avant and Walker (2011) terms caring as an interpersonal process which requires an emotional commitment coupled with willingness to fulfill combined responsibilities and to be trustworthy enough to act on behalf of a person. In essence, it helps in developing great interpersonal relationship between the nurses and the patients in the healthcare centers in a systematic scientific manner. Emerging attributes from the model case The concept of caring has various attributes. The term attributes is defined as characteristics which are inherent and essential to the meaning of a concept (Avant & Walker, 2011). Examples include relationship, action, attitude, acceptance and variability. Three attributes that emerged within the model case are relationship, action and attitude. Relationship refers to having meaningful relationships. Relationships are considered the basis of nursing and a moral imperative of entering into a relationship with the patient. The relationship starts when the nurse identifies a patient need and is motivated to help. Trust, intimacy and responsibility play an essential role in a
Bringing these two concepts together is like having an umbrella during a rain storm; individually they are helpful and necessary but together they are the perfect combination. Caring is that feeling deep down that drives nurses to strive for and promote the notion of human flourishing. To help patients achieve the best possible health that they can. It is important to utilize nursing skills of honesty, taking risks, critically thinking, compassion, creativity, and caring (MacCulloch, 2011). To care is to feel and understand what your patient is going through influencing action to help the patient achieve their best possible self, and then allow both the patient and one’s self to grow in every aspect of life; to flourish inside the body and as a member of the community.
Caring- the process of looking after the needs and wellbeing of another person due to their age, illness or disability
I realized I wanted to be a nurse after I had my 2nd ACL surgery, my senior year of high school. I had to stay in the hospital 3 days in order to recover, and I was very lucky to have such a wonderful and caring nurse. She made me feel as if I was her only patient. I will never forget how well I was taken care of and how comfortable she made me feel. I was young and scared, but she was reassuring, because she made me feel as if I had my own mother taking care of me. She was the reason I wanted to become a nurse, because I wanted to make others feel the way she made me feel. My personal definition of nursing is encompassed within that one nurse. A nurse should be loving, compassionate, dependable, competent, empathic, responsible,
The caring theory was grounded on a humanitarian perspective and is found on a humanistic approach toward human caring programs and experiences. It acknowledges that life with individuals and their community to the surrounding environment are somehow connect and affects wellbeing of everything involved. The nature of the theory caring implies that it embraces reflective investigations as well subjective and interpretative inquiries. The nursing profession uses nursing theories as the framework and foundation for practice. Many people find nursing theories to be meaningless and of no use to the
Kristen M. Swanson’s Caring Theory is the solution in bridging the gap between nursing practice and theory. It offers an explanation of the links between patient well-being and the caring process (Tonges & Ray, 2011). Swanson explained that nurses should be able to demonstrate that they care about their patients, and that caring about their wellbeing is as important as their patients’ current medical problem (Tonges & Ray, 2011).
There is an obvious deficiency in the application of theory in nursing practice. This paper will include a discussion of how nursing practice is affected by the use of nursing theory. I will provide evidence in relation to how theory based practice relates to the core competencies of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project. I will discuss a journal article that reinforces the gap of nursing theory in nursing practice, and interview colleagues regarding the incorporation of theory in their individual practice. In conclusion I will express my own view point of why theory has been neglected.
Lily was a 65 year old lady with stage 5 CKD, she had recently begun hemodialysis treatment three times a week as an inpatient and had been responding well to treatment. During dialysis treatment on the morning of the first day, Lily’s observations showed that she was: tachycardic, hypotensive, tachypnoeaic, had an oxygen saturation level of 88% and was becoming confused and drowsy. It became apparent that Lily had become hypovolaemic. The hypovolaemic shock seen in this patient was of a particular critical nature due to the fact that her dialysis treatment had moved her rapidly through the first two stages of shock with her compensatory mechanisms failing very quickly (Tait, 2012). It was also much harder to identify the early signs of
Swanson's (1993) Theory of Caring is structured around five principles that encompass the overall definition of caring in nursing practice. This theory states that caring revolves around five categories: knowing, being with, doing for, enabling, and maintaining belief. When applied to nursing practice, each of these five categories can fuel the caregiver's attitude and improve overall patient well-being. In nursing, as well as other areas caring can be defined as, "a nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility'. Upon examination, the five processes of Swanson's Theory of Caring can be used in nursing practice to achieve an enhanced
Emoto, R., Tsutsui, M., & Kawana, R. (2015). A Model to Create a Caring and Healing
This paper will explore the beginnings of one of nursing’s most popular theories. Jean Watson established her caring theory in nursing which is still widely used today. In this paper, the author will explore the history of this theory as well as the changes that have occurred over time. The reader will gain insight as to how the theory was formed and how it is still used in today’s nursing practice.
Caring is one of the most essential elements in nursing. Caring is the quality that constitutes our very nature of being human. It is a basic human attribute that people demonstrate toward each other (Adams, 2016). Caring means putting someone else’s wellbeing before your own. A nurse that cares will advocate for their patients, they will be empathic to the patient’s need. A caring nurse knows the importance of creating a safe environment for patients and the benefit it brings when a patient feels safe. A caring nurse will do anything possible in their scope of practice for their patients.
The Oxford Dictionary (2009) defines caring as the giving of what is required for the welfare and safety of a person or object. It also describes a feeling of concern and the taking an interest in someones well being. There are many differences between professional and non professional caring, despite Kitson (2003: 4-5) stating that the basic framework of both is the same, aside from the complexity of nurse patient relationships and a limitation of skills in the lay
Caring is the fundamental features and expression of human being. Caring means to take care someone need your help not just by your knowledge as a professional nurse, but with your feeling and emotion as human being. As a nurse to caring your patient you should be know how he is feel, if your patient is worry about something or angry from something, so as a smart professional nurse you could help him easily. caring and healing on the same way, you can't healing your patient without caring him, but as a nurse you must be make sure the patient caring not mandatory so you can do it by anyway, that is could give the patient negative energy, but the patient caring by interest and love to help other that is can give the patient positive energy because
The Caring Behaviors of Nurses Scale (CBNS) was developed by Hinds (1988) as a 22-item visual analog scale. The conceptual framework was derived from the existential theory of nursing (humanistic nursing) (Paterson & Zderad, 1976). The tool was developed to explore and describe the relationship of nurses’ caring behaviors with hopefulness and health care outcomes in a group of adolescents receiving inpatient treatment for substance abuse. In addition to completing the visual analog instruments, study participants also responded to a set of open-ended questions indexing the study concepts. The study using the CBNS provided “support for the theorized link between nurse–patient relationships and positive patient change” (Hinds, 1988, p. 22).
The framework of nursing science is built on developing a process that arises from practice and is reproduced through research, mainly by analysis and development of concepts and theories. “Identification of the characteristics of the concept is the first stage of the analysis that leads to the actual definition of the concept” (Ghadirian, Salsali, & Cheraghi, 2014, 4). The value of the holistic care nursing is to analyze and to clarify the role and the function of the caregivers towards patient care delivery. To promote value in holistic care nursing, then, the nursing knowledge must be applied Also, the value better understanding of evolutionary analysis concept may lead to better medicine management. This concept analysis touches many aspects