In my nursing class, I learned that doctors cure the sickness and nurses cure the patient. This means that the nurse attends to the physical, mental, and psychosocial aspects in the care of patients. Some days can be demanding on the mind and body, but you can still go home and be grateful of what you have done for someone else. I believe that the core of nursing is love and passion for others. Without this love and passion, why is one in nursing.
Her work influenced the nursing profession throughout the world. She was a well known nursing educated and a prolific author (http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Henderson.html). Virginia Henderson’s first definition of nursing was published in the 5th revision (1955) of Harmer and Henderson text Textbook of the Principles and Practice of Nursing. Her revised definition, published by the International Council of Nurses, superseded Florence
Dr. Jean Watson earned her degrees as an undergraduate and a graduate from 1964 to 1973. She specializes in nursing and psychiatric-mental health nursing and now has her PhD in educational psychology and counseling. Watson is a published author and gained many awards and honors such as the international Kellogg Fellowship in Australia and a Fulbright Research Award in Sweden. (http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Watson.html) She created two theories called “The philosophy and science of caring” and “Nursing: human science and human care” that was published in 1978 and 1988. Jean Watson is someone who cares for patients and believes that they should be treated with respect.
The nurse can either help or interfere with the patient’s healing process, depending on how this nurse-patient relationship is developed and followed through. Watson’s theory helps nurses examine themselves and their patients on a holistic level - mentally, physically, and spiritually. “In Watson’s theory, nursing is centered around helping the patient achieve a higher degree of harmony within mind, body, and soul, and this harmony is achieved through caring transactions involving a transpersonal caring relationship” (Suliman, Welmann, Omer, and Thomas, 2009, p 293). This
That is present with a patient when they are informed of their diagnosis of cancer by their physician. 2. This study is very significant, while most nurses have been in the situation of being present when diagnosis of cancer is explained to patients, there has been little research done on it. This study could render a better understanding of the interaction between the patient and nurse thus improving patient care. Registered Nurses work very hard to meet the needs of their patients, both emotional and physical.
She had both a mother and a father. Her mother was a high school vice-principal and her father owned a manufacturing company in Philly. Avery’s inspiration was her neighbor, pediatrician Emily Bacon; she was the one who took Avery to see her first premature baby. Avery went to private school her whole life and later went to Wheaton College. After graduating from Wheaton in 1948 with a degree in chemistry, she pursued her dream of going to medical school.
One thing I’ve noticed to be very common with nurses is remembering to take care of themselves. They spend all their time taking care of others that they don’t leave time for themselves to get a massage at least once a month, take a relaxing bath after a long day, exercise, or setup an outlet for the sad situations they encounter. Just like in nursing with patients nurses need to work on prevention of rather than treatment of burnout. To prevent burnout you have to first understand what is the cause of your stress and then address it. Is it work related or something in your personal life?
The theory also provides a foundation to preserve and uphold the professional roots in nursing. Jean Watson was born in the 1940’s in a small town along the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia. In 1961, Watson a graduate from Lewis Gale School of Nursing in Virginia continued her education in nursing at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She earned a B.S. in 1964, and her M.S.
Jean Watson is an American nursing scholar born in West Virginia and now living in Boulder, Colorado. She earned her undergraduate degree in nursing and psychology, her master’s degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing and continued to earn her Ph.D. in educational psychology and counseling from the University of Colorado. Dr. Watson is the founder of the Center for Human Caring in Colorado and has received numerous national and international honors and honorary doctoral degrees. In 1979, Jean Watson developed the Theory of Transpersonal Caring also called Theory of Human Caring or The Caring model. The essence of Watson’s theory is caring for the purpose of promoting healing, preserving dignity, and respecting the wholeness and interconnectedness of humanity (George, 2011).
Watson's Theory of Human Caring Deborah Bahador NUR/403 August 30,2010 Kimberly Frommel Watson's Theory of Human Caring Dr. Jean Watson developed a theory of human caring that I believe is essential to nursing. Caring is at the core of nursing and if nurses don’t care for our patients than they shouldn’t be nurses at all. With this our jobs become a gratifying profession as opposed to an ordinary job. According to Cara, (1991), “Upholding Watson’s caring theory not only allows the nurse to practice the art of caring, to provide compassion to ease patients’ and families’ suffering, and to promote their healing and dignity, but it can also contribute to expand the nurse’s own actualization (p. 51) According to Bailey, (2009), “Watson’s theory of human care proposes that caring might transform health care and preserve human dignity in the health care system (p. 19). If nurses are applying Watson’s theory to their practice, the result should be a continual transformation in health care.