“Watson defines caring as the ethical and moral ideal of nursing that has interpersonal and humanistic qualities” (Alligood, 2010, p.111). She believes in the holistic care of patients and that nurses need a strong background in liberal arts to care for patients. She also believes that nursing care can affect human development. Watson “believes that it is critical in today’s society to sustain human caring ideals and a caring ideology in practice, as there has been a proliferation of radical treatment and cure techniques, often without regards to cost or human considerations”(McEwen & Wills,2007,p.194). Jean Watson was born in West Virginia in 1940.
Such as, if a child needs additional support from other professionals, you would help this child by contacting the certain professionals, if you suspect a child to be in a situation that risks their safety, an adult has disclosed information that may raise concerns over their ability to carry out daily duties in the setting. 4. Always seek advice from the manager. This is very important because if someone has asked you to keep something confidential in the workplace and you are worried about the information you have been given, you should always do this in an area where nobody can overhear what you are saying. It’s better to seek advice verbally rather than using communication such as email, which other people could access.
The needs for law, order, and structure are also safety needs. These needs cannot be overly satiated because people can never be completely protected from meteorites, fires, floods or the dangerous acts of others. (Feist, J. &G.J, 2013) Most adults can satisfy their safety needs most of the time, but children are more motivated by safety needs because they see things like darkness, animals, strangers, and punishment from their parents as threats to their safety. Sometimes adults have irrational fears from childhood that can cause them to feel unsafe.
Bloom's Taxonomy and Nursing Education Introduction Benjamin Samuel Bloom was one of the greatest minds to influence education. "Bloom’s most recognized and highly regarded initial work spurned from his collaboration with his mentor and fellow examiner Ralph W. Tyler and came to be known as Bloom’s Taxonomy" (Forehand, 2010). "Discussions during the 1948 Convention of the American Psychological Association led Bloom to spearhead a group of educators who eventually undertook the ambitious task of classifying educational goals and objectives. Their intent was to develop a method of classification for thinking behaviors that were believed to be important in the processes of learning. Eventually, this framework became a taxonomy of three domains: the cognitive, the affective, and the psychomotor" (Forehand, 2010).
Personal Philosophy of Nursing Candace Mixon-Ellis Langston University Personal Philosophy of Nursing To understand my personal philosophy of nursing the word philosophy must be defined. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary “philosophy” is defined as “the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group” (“Philosophy,” n.d.). A philosophy is neither correct nor incorrect, but a view into what a person thinks about a specific subject. A nurse should attempt to implement their personal philosophy of nursing each time they give care to an individual. Many nursing theories are based upon different philosophies of nursing in an attempt to provide the best care possible.
Caring is the moral ideal of nursing whereby the end is protection, enhancement, and preservation of human dignity” (Watson, 2007, p. 29). With this idea in mind, the assessment tools aforementioned can be used by the nurse or physician to protect, enhance, and preserve human dignity (Watson, 2007). The Beck Depression Inventory, one of the most widely used instrument, was designed to measure the severity of depression in adolescents and adults. An important use of the Beck Depression Inventory is examining the specific items as significant information about a person's experience of depression. The validity of the Beck Depression Inventory is understood to have good levels of validity mainly because the scale is derived from a clinical theory of depression, and it has a high degree of
Abstract Comfort is an important concept in nursing practice that must be used as a guide in providing holistic care to improve patient’s health status. In the history of nursing practice, the concept of comfort is vague and is often times linked to end of life situations only. Dr. Katharine Kolcaba, a teacher and a nurse researcher, developed the theory of comfort with the goal of improving the patient’s experience and overall satisfaction as well as to promote higher hospital integrity and better institutional outcomes. This paper informed the reader of the concept of Comfort Theory, its strengths and weaknesses including the barriers and challenges met when using the theory, its application and implication to critical care setting, and its relevance to healthcare professionals and to the health care system. Further on, the plan to implement the theory in critical care nursing was presented.
The Impact of the Teach Back Method on Improving Patient Health Literacy Jamie Quirk Cleveland State University Abstract This paper will address the nursing problem of the impact of low health literacy on the quality and cost of healthcare. The purpose is to review studies in an attempt to determine whether or not the teach back method is an effective strategy to improve patient comprehension and to overcome barriers to health literacy. From the studies reviewed, the reader will find that the teach back method is an important and effective method to improve patient comprehension and is most effective when used regularly by all members of the health care team. This author's recommendation for best practice is to work to incorporate improving health literacy in her daily practice by using the teach back method with all patients and their families. It is a very effective tool to assess understanding.
Because the human brain is driven by a basic instinct to survive, this need trumps all others, thus it’s easy to see how obvious biological and physiological needs, such as food, drink, shelter, warmth, and sex, formed the basis of Maslow’s pyramid. But as Maslow’s hierarchy continues, each need is separated into very
The first level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is physiological needs, which are the most basic needs of any person. These needs include food, water, oxygen, etc. Once the physiological needs are satisfied, a person is then motivated by safety needs. These needs include security, stability, dependency, protection, and freedom. The next need on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is love and belongingness.