in 1964, and her M.S. in psychiatric and mental health nursing in 1966. Watson then pursued a higher degree accomplishing a Doctor of Philosophy in educational psychology and counseling in 1973 (“Jean Watson’s philosophy of nursing”, 2010). Currently, Dr. Watson is a renowned Professor of Nursing at the University Of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Watson is the founder of the Original Center for Human Caring in Colorado.
Theory: Humanistic Nursing Communication Theory[1] [2] Theorist: Bonnie W. Duldt, Ph.D., R.N. Phenomenon: Interpersonal Communication Between Nurse & Client, Peers and Colleagues | | |Theory: Humanistic Nursing Communication Theorist: Bonnie Weaver Duldt | |Phenomenon: Interpersonal Communication between Nurse & Client, Peers, and Colleagues | |Text: Duldt, B. W., & K. Giffin. (1985). Theoretical Perspectives for Nursing. Boston: Little Brown and Company.
Our presentation is on Katharine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory. Here is a quote from her book that captures the essents of her theory “Cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always. Katharine Kolcaba was born Katharine Arnold Dec. 8th, 1944 in Cleveland Ohio She is married and has 2 daughters and 8 grandchildren In 1965 she received her Diploma in Nursing from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland. In the mid 1980’s Kolcaba wanted to further her nursing career, so she returned to school. In 1987 she earned her RN and Masters of Nursing from Case Western Reserve University.
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.
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).
It is important for nurses to overcome these barriers and return their focus to using a caring approach in practice. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring can be a valuable tool in rekindling a nurse’s passion for the profession she chose and why. Dr. Jean Watson was born in West Virginia and later moved to Boulder, Colorado where she attended the University of Colorado and obtained multiple degrees. She is a well-known author and has received honors both nationally and internationally. She attributes the development of her theory to her personal views about nursing and her studies in psychology.
4, pp. 382-386). Ms Henderson has honorary doctorial degrees from the Catholic University of America, Pace University, University of Rochester, University of Western Ontario, and Yale University. She joined Columbia as a member of the faculty and remained there until 1948 (http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Henderson.html). She became a research associate at Yale University School of Nursing in 1953.
The focus of this essay will be on the nurse-patient relationship concept, which I have chosen as I wanted to achieve a better understanding of how a beneficial nurse-patient relationship can be developed from the perspective of different theorists who have explored this concept. In this essay, I hope to demonstrate what I have learnt about the nurse-patient relationship concept and how it can be used in clinical practice. This essay has four main parts. In part one I will have defined the word, concept, by using references from different nursing theorists. Also, in part one; I have explored how the nurse- patient relationship concept has been conceptualised by theorists, such as Richard McMahon (1998) and Hildegard Peplau (1988).
The theory has undergone evolution for several years, but its root principal remains outstanding. The theory stresses on the concept of humanistic issue of nursing in conjunction to scientific knowledge. She modeled the theory in a way that it clearly brings out the implication and focus to nursing as a different health line of work. She believed that caring is a backing and support of the identity of nurses (Delaune, 2002). She added on that the identity of medicine is that of caring because nurses deal with patients and medicines; the same should describe their character.
According to Watson (2001), the major elements of her theory are (a) the carative factors, (b) the transpersonal caring relationship, and (c) the caring occasion/caring moment. Watson reviewed the carative factors as a guide to the core of nursing. She used the term carative to relate to conventional medicine’s curative