Examining the Theory of Caring Swanson's (1993) Theory of Caring is structured around five principles that encompass the overall definition of caring in nursing practice. This theory states that caring revolves around five categories: knowing, being with, doing for, enabling, and maintaining belief. When applied to nursing practice, each of these five categories can fuel the caregiver's attitude and improve overall patient well-being. In nursing, as well as other areas caring can be defined as,
Abstract Perinatal loss can be one of the most traumatic and painful experience a mother and family can go through. The aim of this paper is to explore Swanson’s Middle Range caring theory and its application in family centered care when dealing with clients experiencing a perinatal loss. Introduction Having a baby die, whether in the womb or during birth can be the most tragic and heart breaking experience parents and nurses’ face. A nurse’s knowledge of the best way to respond to each unique situation
Swanson’s Middle Range Nursing Theory of Caring By: Shari Semelroth RN, BSN Mennonite College of Nursing Abstract Do we honestly make an effort to improve the environment, care, medical treatment, and interactions with those patients who are suffering a loss? Do we adequately provide the care that they need? These questions are answered in Swanson’s Middle Range Theory of Caring. We examine the five caring processes and their applications to one’s daily nursing routines. Many healthcare organizations
Caring in Nursing: Implications for Practice A hospital setting can be a frustrating situation for the patient and the family member. The nurses help patients cope with their stressful problems through the act of caring. Caring is a key component in nursing practice as it helps to improves the overall health status of the patient. Swanson’s (1991) middle-range theory of caring gives a more understanding of this concept. As cited in Moffa (2015), according to Swanson (1991) caring is defined as “a
development of several nursing theories focused on care. Nursing theorist Kristen Swanson developed a middle ranged caring theory, which is broad and easily applied in nursing practice. Swanson’s definition of caring is, “a nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility” (Swanson, 1991, p.165). This paper explores Swanson’s caring theory, its application to providing nursing care for patients, why I chose this theory over several others,
Kristen M. Swanson Theory of Caring Introduction: Introduces the theory, purpose of the paper, and provides rationale for selecting the theory. Dr. Kristen Swanson’s theory of caring is a timely theory in today’s healthcare arena. Patients and clients are not looking for advanced technology as much as they are looking for a place that they know people care for them. Once they feel they are important to an organization, they keep coming back. Swanson’s theory has been used extensively in many
Critique and Application of Theory of Caring 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
feelings, and providing the patient care like the professional caregiver would find beneficial. First of all, the term and meaning of caring in nursing can have a universal commonality which the giver of care is the nurse, and the receiver is the patient (Tonges, M., & Ray, J. 2011). Second, there were findings by (Butts, J. B., & Rich, K., MN., 2011), which “caring is a belief or value (Watson, 1979, 1985, 1990), an intention, a process (Swanson, 1991), and a way of being human (Roach, 1987) that
conceptual-theoretical-empirical linkages, evaluation of the selected theory, evaluation of the empirical indicators, evaluation of research findings, evaluation of the utility and soundness of the practice theory. Selected Theory Applied to Nursing Practice Using Actual Example Kristen M. Swanson’s Caring Theory is the solution in bridging the gap between nursing practice and theory. It offers an explanation of the links between patient well-being and the caring process (Tonges & Ray, 2011). Swanson explained that
The purpose of this paper is to relate a caring theory to my philosophy of nursing for individuals experiencing illness and hospitalization. I chose Kristen Swanson’s caring theory as I believe her 5 processes of caring of knowing, being with, doing for, enabling and marinating belief should be practiced by all nurses worldwide (Swanson, 2013). She explores all the essential requirements every nurse should have to give to their patient and I agree that they are very important to deliver clients he