Caring : A Concept Analysis

Defining hope can be equivocal and yet it is commonly associated with a particular experience. Hope reflects an individuals moral values, it is required for human survival; hope is often needed when there is a sense of uncertainty for the future (Tanis & DiNapoli, 2008). In healthcare, hope is described as one of the most important concepts associated with spirituality; without it everything else seems to loose its value. Therefore, hope instigates positive adjustment during the dynamic process of recovery (Tutton, Seers, & Langstaff, 2009).

The art of human caring is one of the most essential parts of the nursing profession. Caring is not something that you learn to do, but something that is within you. In nursing, it is important to know what kind of nurse you want to be as well as the care you intend to provide to your patients. The patient is the center of nursing, and it is your responsibility to make sure they are receiving the best care that they can receive. One of the most important things is to be able to set aside personal beliefs and morals in order to provide patient centered care. The way that you approach and care for a patient is either going to make or break the effect of the care you will be implementing to the patient.

Hope creates possibilities. Because when your positive around you it spreads hope. For instance, In the book Fever 1793, the character Eliza spreads hope to Mattie. Eliza says that everything will be okay and things will get better and then at bush hill Eliza works with the sick people at bush hill who have the fever. But Eliza has to take care of the kids, so Mattie does that for

Cancer is a term used for diseases in which irregular cells divide without any control and have the capability to penetrate and infect normal body tissue through the blood and lymph system. Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality in the United States, exceeded barely by heart disease. According to the CDC Cancer Statistics and Data, there were more than 1.45 million people diagnosed with various kind of cancer between 1999 and 2007 and out of those more than 562,000 people died due to cancer (cdc.gov, 2012). Currently there are more than 200 different types of cancer that have been discovered. Cancer could be

Hope is surprisingly difficult to define and may be expressed in many ways. Overall, I feel that a good definition for hope would be that it is an optimistic and expectant desire that emerges from a stressor. It is a coping mechanism deeply rooted in motivation. It is the opposite of despair and fear as well as the influence that keeps us from succumbing to them. Hope can be identified as a means of perseverance as well as perseverance itself. Hope is the ability to detect even the smallest amount of light in the darkest of places.

When faced with an obstacle, most but not all people would not know how to handle or go about it.Everyone tries to look for something to help them get over these obstacles or problems that are blocking their way into success or whatever it is that they are trying to accomplish or reach.Hope is one such common method that is and should be used in beating said obstacles.Such method can be seen in “Blak’s story” by Yanier Franklin Donald Moore and “On Being Seventeen,Bright-And Unable tuse of it, and Raymond dealing with his dyslexia, which he manages to deal with over time.In both “Blak’s story” and “Being 17,Bright-And Unable to Read”,the authors convey hope as being powerful enough in helping one in overcoming their adversities or obstacles

In this modern world, hope can be hard to come by. Everyday a new tragedy is on the news, another country attacked it’s neighbor, there was another terrorist attack, etc. However, living

In the dictionary hope is defined as ‘A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.’ In my own words hope is something everybody needs in order to pull through tough times, it’s something that is needed to survive. I believe that everybody has hope but not everyone can find it and sometimes it can be too late. To say we are never without hope would be true in the sense that everybody does have hope, whether that be unrevealed or exposed. Therefore it doesn’t always necessarily shine during the most difficult conflicts, leaving the prompt restricted. I know within myself that there were times where I almost gave up. My dad was rushed into surgery a year or so ago with a brain tumour, at first the haste of the situation didn’t give me any time to think. There was a high chance of losing him on the operating table and I felt as though I had lost all hope within myself. I knew that I had to find hope so I gave myself time to think, realising that my dad is the strongest person I know and he has never lost a fight in his life, so why would it happen now? I had found my hope in a time of conflict and it helped me get through. The question I continue to ask myself is ‘where would I be at this point in time if I didn’t discover that hope?’ I know of a girl who wasn’t as lucky as I was when it came to finding her inner hope. She lived alone with her single mother and her mother become very ill with cancer.

Hope, by definition means to look forward to something with reasonable desire and confidence. Hope also means a person or thing in which expectations are centered. When discussing the word hope, one must consider the core values by which the word works around. You could hope for financial success, world peace, or simply hope for some good out of your day. In 2006, Barack Obama wrote the political biography The Audacity of Hope to outline his core political and spiritual beliefs, as well as his opinions on different aspects of American culture. The Illinois senator divided the book into nine chapters, each concentrating on both his own and the United States’ successes and failures in local and state politics. While revealing great

Hope creates a God’s presence and help us persevere in difficult situations. This allows us to channel hope to patients and that they are not alone, God will always be there for them. Patients who lose hope tend to be self-destructive and have no goals in life, this can be detrimental to patient health recover.

Kristen M. Swanson RN, PhD, FAAN derives her Theory of Caring from the works of multiple nursing scholars, combined with empirical evidence and phenomenological investigations, to create a middle-range theory applicable to almost any healthcare setting (Swanson, 1991). The middle-range theory evolved partially due to Dr. Swanson’s doctoral studies under Dr. Jean Watson (Wojnar, 2014, p. 689). Dr. Swanson’s theory contains a perinatal background, initially developed specifically in attempt to explain miscarriage experiences (Wojnar, 2014). By conducting three different studies involving three different perspectives, Dr. Swanson was able to establish and define five concepts, caring processes, critical to her theory (Swanson, 1998). The three perspectives investigated by Dr. Swanson were women who miscarried, NICU caregivers, and at-risk mothers. With each study, her definitions of the five caring processes evolved (Swanson, 1991).

According to Watson (2002), a caring moment occurs through intentionality and a caring consciousness with each patient interaction. Watson (2002) also states, “When one declares intentionality toward an object or action, whatever resistance may be within tends to mobilize and dissipate, allowing manifestation of intention to be realized” (p. 14). Through this intentionality, nurses are then able to enter into the domain of the patient’s spirituality. Once this entrance occurs, then the understanding of the patient mindset is realized. Each caring moment that occurs enables the nurses to perform their duties holistically. It also provides a venue for preserving the patient’s dignity, and alleviates their vulnerabilities. In different terms, a caring moment elicits the nurse to recognize the patients’ humanistic elements, and to commit themselves to providing a pathway to ultimate wellbeing. The caring moment also provides a venue to encourage hope, regardless of the external health condition. Hope for patients and family members provide an outlet of optimism while facing terminal conditions. Nurses present within a caring moment interaction provide emotional and spiritual support the patient and family members so need and deserve.

“The Fundamentals of Caring” is a film about Ben, a care-worker who looks after a young boy named Trevor, and the events that proceed through their growing relationship. Ben is a retired writer and his wife is trying to divorce him, likely because of the death of their son, which occurred three years prior. Ben failed to park the car properly, causing the the gear of the car to shift and roll back, killing his son . Elsa, Trevor’s extremely over-protective mother, has hired Ben because of her long hours of work as a bank clerk. Trevor is an eighteen year old boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, so he is restricted to a wheelchair and requires around the clock care due to his disease. Ben convinces Elsa that Trevor needs to see the world, and since Trevor is obsessed with American roadside attractions, Elsa hesitantly agrees. (citation)While on their way to see the deepest pit in the world, they stop at a diner and meet a young woman named Dot who is twenty-one. During their adventure Trevor and Dot end up having romantic feelings for each other, which leads to a kiss initiated by Dot as she says goodbye and promises to keep in touch. Ben quits as Trevor’s caregiver but the two stay very close friends. The movie ends with Ben finishing his novel about Trevor, while saying that he went to go visit Trevor on his twenty-first birthday, seeing Trevor lying presumably dead on the floor with the caregiver crying next to him. However, Trevor was only faking and the caregiver quit

Hope is defined as “a reliance on God’s blessing and provision; the expectation of future good.” (Youngblood, 1995) Hope is a confident expectancy. It is an indication of certainty and not being doubtful. It deals with things we cannot see or have not received. Hope is for and about the future; it is what keeps us going. Faith is what creates our hope. Hebrews 11:1 defines hope the best:

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