She is a nurse, writer, professor, and a theorist. The death of her husband made her develop the caring theory. The basis of Watson’s theory is caring for the person holistically. Watson supports the idea of humanistic and holistic care; focus is on “caring”, promoting health, and preventing illness (Duncan & DePew, 2005). Watson also characterizes nursing as a healing art and science dedicate to the pursuit of harmonious and sacred relationships (George, 2011).
At present, Dr. Watson is a distinguished nursing professor at the same university. Dr. Watson’s PhD is in Educational Psychology and Counseling with a research focused on human caring and loss. She presented her theory in her first book “Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of Caring.” Her theory focuses on the ethical and moral aspects of nursing care. Her definition of caring emphasizes communication, empathy, having sufficient knowledge and clinical skills (Alligood, 2010). Dr. Watson believes that caring is central to nursing and can be effective if practiced interpersonally.
| Evidence-Based Practice & Applied Nursing Research Performance Task: 1 | Article | Rarey, K., Shanks, R., Romanowski, E., Mah, F., & Kowalski, R. (2012). Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Endophthalmitis are Hospital-Acquired Based on Panton- Valentine Leukocidin and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 28 (1), 12-17. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com | Background or Introduction | The researchers addressed the introduction by detailing the most frequent cause of bacterial endophthalmitis after penetrating trauma to the eye, or after ocular surgery, which is Staphylococcus aureus. It was noted that Staphylococcus aureus can be divided into 2 groups
I will be describing the major concepts of Jean Watson’s theory and I will be applying Jean Watson’s theory to my own nurse/ patient relationships and describe the caring moments that took place. I will discuss Jean Watson’s major assumptions in relation to person, health, and nursing in the health care environment. I will also be discussing how Watson’s carative factors were used in a transpersonal relationship with my patient. I will be finalizing this paper with a reflection of myself in a carative moment with my patient. Jean Watson was born in West Virginia US.
The entry was written by L. Fleming Fallon, a Professor of Public Health at Bowling Green State University making him an authority on medical issues. The entry was written in 2002, making it relatively current. This entry supports my assertion that exercise can be used as a treatment for depression. Next, I searched the Medline Database for articles about depression and exercise by inputting the words depression AND exercise. I decided to read an article titled Clinical Inquiries: Does exercise alleviate symptoms of depression?
Maidenhead: Peter Honey. Jones, M. and Salmon, D. (2001) The practitioner as policy analyst: a study of student reflections of an interprofessional course in higher education. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 15(1), p.67-77. Leena, L., Marita, P. and Auli, G. (1999) Student Nurse and Reflective Health Promotion Learning in Hospital [Online]. Available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/000001151.htm [Accessed: 24 April 2012] Mark, W., and Stanton, M.A.
Critique to Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Name of Student Institution of Affiliation Critique to Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Evidence-based Practice (EBP) is a study aimed at finding the effectiveness of the design-models put in place through the incorporation of information obtained from patients and clinicians (Levin, Fineout-Overholt, Melnyk, Barness & Vetter, 2011, p.22). EBP is important because it offers an insight into the effectiveness of the models put in place in the healthcare system, their effectiveness while at the same time reducing the costs. EBP can be thought of as a practice aimed at empowering the medical practitioners while at the same time ensuring that patients get the best health care at a reduced cost (Levin at al., 2011, p.21). EBP is a systematic research review whose impact will continue to benefit both the patients and nurses in the medical healthcare setting. According to Levin et al.
Question for Essay Analyse and evaluate the job roles, skills and qualities of nurses, other professional carers and non-professional carers, working together to deliver effective health care to the patients. Health Care: The Holistic Approach It is noted that the holistic approach to health care places close emphasis on the patient as a whole, as it takes into consideration an individual’s emotional, physical intellectual, sociocultural and spiritual background, in managing health and illness. (Kenworthy, 2006). This assignment intends to briefly define holism; the philosophy of medical care that centres on relationships and interactions between parts of the whole, viewing the physical and mental aspects of life as being closely interconnected. Furthermore, the way in which the holistic approach is utilised when delivering healthcare to a patient, will be discussed.
Lastly, a reflection of findings will be discussed as to how nurses could contribute the information from the two interviews into their own professional growth and development. The first interview question pertained to the interviewee’s role in their current position and their educational preparation. The CRNA interviewed had an extensive emergency and critical care background, which applies greatly to his position today as he works in several areas, including the ICU, of the hospital where he is employed. The nurse educator was previously a nurse practitioner in a family practice office where she learned the patient teaching aspect that transitioned into her educational role today. Each interview participant explained the unique contributions they each made as nurses and brought to their interdisciplinary team.
The eleven categories consist of health perception and management, nutritional/metabolic needs, elimination patterns, activity-exercise patterns, sleep-rest patterns, cognitive-perceptual patterns, self –perception, roles & relationships, sexuality, coping-stress tolerance, and values-belief patterns. (Two to three questions were gathered from each of the above listed categories to help collect valuable assessment data during the interview.) For the purpose of this research paper, the A family was interviewed using Gordon’s framework to help with the health assessment of this family. Mrs. A is a registered nurse whom is married to Mr. A with two children. Mrs. A’s children are between the ages of nine and fifteen.