Improving Geriatric Care Requires Implementing Health And Wellness

Human caring is what sets nursing apart from other professions. As Watson (1998) stated, “care and love are the most universal, the most tremendous and the most mysterious of cosmic forces: they comprise the primal universal psychic energy. Caring is the essence of nursing and the most central and unifying focus for nursing practice” (p. 32-33). It is important to establish a good nurse-patient relationship in order to create a healing environment that would meet patient’s needs on all levels including physical, mental/emotional and spiritual, promote recovery, maintain health, and create positive outcomes. Jean Watson emphasized the importance of human

After spending an afternoon interviewing my elderly father-in-law, I gained insight into how he perceives the aging process and the impact on the quality of his life. First, and foremost he viewed aging in a very positive and healthy manner. He believes that a positive attitude assists in accepting physical and psychosocial changes and enjoyed the fact that he and his wife are both physically fit and cognitively alert. He felt confident that advances made in health care and the quality of their lives would continue to be empowering. He enjoys the benefits of being a senior citizen including discounted travel, free education, and other incentives marketed towards seniors. He expressed a sense of well-being with respect to the numerous

The caring theory was grounded on a humanitarian perspective and is found on a humanistic approach toward human caring programs and experiences. It acknowledges that life with individuals and their community to the surrounding environment are somehow connect and affects wellbeing of everything involved. The nature of the theory caring implies that it embraces reflective investigations as well subjective and interpretative inquiries. The nursing profession uses nursing theories as the framework and foundation for practice.   Many people find nursing theories to be meaningless and of no use to the

After spending an afternoon interviewing my elderly father-in-law, I gained insight into how he perceives the aging process and the impact on the quality of his life. First, and foremost he viewed aging in a very positive and healthy manner. He believes that a positive attitude assists in accepting physical and psychosocial changes and enjoyed the fact that he and his wife are both physically fit and cognitively alert. He felt confident that advances made in health care and the quality of their lives would continue to be empowering. He enjoys the benefits of being a senior citizen including discounted travel, free education, and other incentives marketed towards seniors. He expressed a sense of well-being with respect to the numerous

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and summarize the philosophy of nursing and how nursing theory guides this nurse’s practice. Information used to do this paper was retrieved from the online database, Nursing and Allied Health Source and CINAHL through the SJR State Library. Our textbook, The Conceptual Foundations and the Merriam- Webster Dictionary website was also used. Some of the search phrases used were Jean Watson theory of human caring, philosophy of nursing, and Watson’s philosophy and theory of human caring in nursing on the online database. The word philosophy was also searched on the Merriam- Webster Dictionary website. There was an abundance information throughout my research on

The nurse's role in the view of Watson is to: (1) form a relationship with patients characterized by caring; (2) treat the patient's mind, spirit, and body; (3) provide acceptance that is unconditional; (4) treat patients with respect; (5) use knowledge and intervention to promote health; and (6) spend some time with the patient that is uninterrupted. (Vanguard Health Systems, nd, p.1) Caring moments are reported to be such that are characterized by a contact being made between the nurse and patient. When the nurse enters the patient's room, the patient experiences the feeling of expectation. The nurse displaying competence and professionalism, or alternatively a lack of these two

The purpose of this paper is an overview of Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring. This theory can be taken into account as one of the most philosophicaly complicated of existent nursing theories. The Theory of Human Caring, which also has been reffered to as the Theory of Transpersonal Caring, is middle – range explanatory theory. (Fawccett, 2000) The central point of which is on the human component of caring

Introduction Health of older people has some issues which nurses should know. Older people tend to suffer some health problems, however, some people do not know about problems of older people and may treat them wrongly. These are some questions and answers below whose topics may be well-known but misunderstood. Nurses need to know scientific truth about health and health problems of older people and should reject myths of them which may be

Nursing has a vast history, and throughout time nursing has adapted and grown to meet the needs of its people. There are some nurses whom are well known and even in history books. These nurses noticed something missing and attempted to fill that gap. Nursing theories came about to help close the gap. Because no two people are exactly alike the theories offer ways a nurse can identify and attempt to meet the needs of his or her patients. Jean Watson is one of those nurses who formed a theory to help fill in a missing piece and close the gap to help nurses assist patients with adapting to, and accepting changes in their health statuses.

Watson’s transpersonal caring theory addresses a need for nursing to go beyond simply treating a patient but to create caring moments with the patient (“Core concepts,” 2010). The theory addresses the need of honoring the wishes, needs, routines, and spiritual rituals of the patient (“Core concepts,” 2010). Watson believed in taking the humanistic approach to care and making meaningful interactions with the patient that honor them as a person (“Core concepts,” 2010). Sharing the human experience is believed to expand both the patient and the nurse’s view of caring (“Core concepts,” 2010). Watson also addressed the need to create a caring environment for the patient (“Core concepts,” 2010).

This theory is holistic in nature and emphasizes that nursing actions have a direct correlation to the promotion of healing environments, while preserving individual human dignity (King & Kornusky, 2016). These actions almost seem instinctual for the caring nurse but are sometimes forgotten as the nurse becomes busy with a large workload or becomes desensitized to the needs of patients over time. Examples of caring essentials include: noise reduction strategies, physical touch for comfort, dim lighting, eye contact, spiritual support, and trust among many others (King & Kornusky, 2016). One study found that bedside nurses who were familiar with Watson’s theory of caring demonstrated higher caring scores compared to those who were not familiar with the model, further supporting that education and understanding of caring concepts promotes positive patient-nurse relationships (Vandenhouten, Kubsch, Peterson, Murdock, & Lehrer,

Watson’s theory of caring is related to the nurse recognizing the patient and his needs as the priority, with regards to his body mind and spirit. Regardless of the setting, hospital, clinic, or community, care should be rendered to the patient with knowledge and skill while creating an interactive relationship that allows challenge and growth for both parties. It is not just the nurse completing tasks or treatments as ordered by the physician.

My personal philosophy aligns with that of Jean Watson Theory of Human Caring in nursing. Nursing is more than treating an illness. Jean Watson mentioned Caring Sciences involved the Humanity, Arts and Sciences. My attitude is one of caring, compassion, and service. I feel extremely satisfied when I care for others and make a difference in their lives. It is interesting to know that Jean Watson Theory of Human Caring in nursing is used by most clinical nurses and academic programs worldwide. Her Caring Theory has made a

Jean Watson's theory of nursing is based on the ideas of a number of philosophers and psychologists, including Carl Rogers, most specifically on his "phenomenological psychology and philosophy" (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003, p. 21). Her theory evolved over at least two decades of diverse experiences. Watson's theory is referred to as Transpersonal Caring because it emphasizes unity in the world (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). Watson proposed that caring is a natural act for humans and it becomes a moral principle at the point when a patient and a nurse share a caring experience (Watson 2007). According to Watson, the goal of nursing is to help the patient achieve harmony of mind, body and spirit (Watson, 2007).

When you think of wellness what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Everyone has their own perception of wellness; even though wellness and health are used interchangeably they represent two different concepts. Health was defined by the World Health organization in 1948 as, “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Defining wellness and how it is integrated into the nursing profession is becoming an important concept in health promotion since wellness and health are a continuum of the other. The six dimensions of