Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring

3. Cultivation of sensitivity to one’s self and to others, becomes: "Cultivation of one’s own spiritual practices and transpersonal self, going beyond ego self" (p. 468).

The ten carative factors are: humanistic-altruistic system of values, faith-hope, sensitivity to self and others, developing helping-trusting caring relationship, expressing emotions and feelings, individualized problem solving caring process, transpersonal teaching-learning, providing supportive environment, gratifying human needs and allowance of existential-phenomenological and spiritual forces (Parker & Smith, 2014, p. 357-358). The second concept transpersonal caring, stresses on, going beyond one’s ego and physical self to connect with and tap into the patient’s healing. The caring moment explains the coming together and the occurrence of a human-human transaction (Watson,

Caritas process one is “cultivating the practice of Loving- Kindness and equanimity toward self and other as foundational to Caritas consciousness” (Watson, 2008, p. 47). This means that for a nurse to love others no matter their situation, they must have equanimity and loving kindness to any situation to best help and support their patients (Watson, 2008, p. 59). With regards to Sarton’s book Lisa Thornhill and Caro show this process as Lisa is loving in how she speaks to Caro giving Caro hope and happiness from her visits. Lisa tells Caro how she would love to revisit making Caro happy to hear the truth (Sarton, 1973, p. 65). When I have patients I will make sure to ask them how they feel, what I could help with, or listen to their stories. I will make sure to stay and listen to everything they say without acting rushed so they know I care for them and their needs.

According to Fawcett and DeSanto-Madeya (2013), Watson’s Theory of Human Caring can be categorized as a middle- range theory due to its focus on the relation between use of the clinical caritas processes and the building of a transpersonal caring relationship within the context of caring occasion and caring consciousness. Theory of Human Caring honors the unity of the whole human being, while also attending to creating a healing environment (Watson, 2006). Caring is acknowledged as transpersonal, in that it goes beyond the ego-oriented human; it involves the one caring as well as the care receiver, and is mutual, intersubjective, and reciprocal (Watson, 2006). The integrity and usefulness of the theory will be evaluated based on Fawcett’s (2005) criteria. Why it can be argued that the Theory of Human Caring meet the Fawcett’s evaluation criteria, there is evidence of confusion and lack of simplicity.

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

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and summarize the philosophy of nursing and how nursing theory guides this nurse’s practice. Information used to do this paper was retrieved from the online database, Nursing and Allied Health Source and CINAHL through the SJR State Library. Our textbook, The Conceptual Foundations and the Merriam- Webster Dictionary website was also used. Some of the search phrases used were Jean Watson theory of human caring, philosophy of nursing, and Watson’s philosophy and theory of human caring in nursing on the online database. The word philosophy was also searched on the Merriam- Webster Dictionary website. There was an abundance information throughout my research on

Trust, or integrity, is the most fundamental ingredient for the basis of a relationship with my patient. I will maintain confidentiality and and preserve patients’ dignity to establish a positive rapport. Jean Watson’s Transpersonal Caring Theory lays the foundation for my philosophy. My philosophy for nursing is heart-centered, patient focused and committed morally to enhance human dignity. I will transcend my ego and cultivate “the practice of loving-kindness and equanimity toward myself and others” (Pajnkihar, Štiglic, Vrbnjak,

The purpose of this paper is an overview of Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring. This theory can be taken into account as one of the most philosophicaly complicated of existent nursing theories. The Theory of Human Caring, which also has been reffered to as the Theory of Transpersonal Caring, is middle – range explanatory theory. (Fawccett, 2000) The central point of which is on the human component of caring

“enhancing self-awareness, recognizing values of ‘congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding’, self-responsibility, understanding one’s feelings, awareness of one’s own perspective, being open to experience, being rational, living a fuller life, positive life-direction, acceptance of one’s and other’s uniqueness, prizing one and others, and living a moral and ethical life” (pg. 343).

Watson’s theory of caring is related to the nurse recognizing the patient and his needs as the priority, with regards to his body mind and spirit. Regardless of the setting, hospital, clinic, or community, care should be rendered to the patient with knowledge and skill while creating an interactive relationship that allows challenge and growth for both parties. It is not just the nurse completing tasks or treatments as ordered by the physician.

6) Caring is more healthogenic than is curing. A science of caring is complementary to the science of curing.

In order to effectively guide practice, it is essential that nurses understand and critique different theories to evaluate them for use in practice. For this paper I have selected Jean Watson’s Human Caring Theory:

A repetitive theme throughout Jean Watson’s theory is caring. The ten caritas are the main point in her theory on nursing (Sitzman, 2011, p. 52). The caritas or caring processes can aid nurses in making decisions. Not only do these discuss the importance of care of a patient but also care for self. It is just as important to put care for self as a priority as a patient care. Thinking of the ten caring processes as a flower with overlapping petals is a great way of imagining the theory as a whole (see Appendix). With the overlapping petals it enforces the importance of including all to become whole, but also proves that any caring process can be started and built on from there. Also as seen in the image (see Appendix) the hands holding the flower are values and goals. This is important because the goals and values of the individual nurse will influence the ten caring processes. These individual caring processes are the close-up aspects of the theory while the whole image itself is that of the flower held up by hands.

Description of theory: Include four subtopics regarding selected theory 's Purpose, Concepts and Definitions, Relationships and Structure, and Assumptions.

Through several types of research and experiments, Barbara Fredrickson concluded that love is a vital nutrient in the human body. She claims that love is the body’s “supreme emotion”, however, negative emotion is just as important. The essay focused primarily on the positive aspects of interaction and barely touches upon the negative. Fredrickson makes it seem as though love is the only emotion the human body needs in order to survive, but that is false. Human social interaction is all composed of psychology and biology. Every human is different, and not all expect to receive “positive resonance” when speaking to another. In actuality, negative emotions are necessary for one to develop and fully understand the positive… being happy all the time is absurd