Watson 's Theory Of Human Caring

Watson incorporates three main components of caring into building the framework of the Transpersonal Caring Theory. Watson’s main component of her theory relies upon the 10 carative factors that provide not only structure and a format for the theory, but also a focus for nursing phenomena (Watson, 2013.) The first three components of the factor describe the philosophical foundation for the science of caring (Watson, 2013). The other seven are building blocks of the theory. As shown below one can exam how the caritive factors turned into the caritas process which emphasized more on caring and love.

The ten carative factors are: humanistic-altruistic system of values, faith-hope, sensitivity to self and others, developing helping-trusting caring relationship, expressing emotions and feelings, individualized problem solving caring process, transpersonal teaching-learning, providing supportive environment, gratifying human needs and allowance of existential-phenomenological and spiritual forces (Parker & Smith, 2014, p. 357-358). The second concept transpersonal caring, stresses on, going beyond one’s ego and physical self to connect with and tap into the patient’s healing. The caring moment explains the coming together and the occurrence of a human-human transaction (Watson,

Watson recommends that we see nursing as an art rather than as an obligation to cure and that we turn back to the remembrance of our original desire for wishing to become a nurse. The duties of nursing, she proposes, has turned us from motivation (or "body") into machine, making us lose our original purpose and turning nursing into a profession that is contrary to what it is inherently supposed to be. Nursing is supposed to be a spiritual profession involving healing as per the literal and traditional sense of the word, literally 'nursing'. To retain that focus and adherence to the meaning involves a holistic, spiritual focus on all aspects of the patient and on realizing the significance and impact of the nurse-patient dynamic. According to Watson (2001), we can do this by following the three grounding principles of her theory which are: (a) the carative factor by mindfully and calmly practicing loving kindness to the patient, (b) the transpersonal caring relationship and, (c) the caring occasion/ caring moment which is a special kind of human relationship that transcends one's own ego in caring and dedication to the needs of the others.

A few weeks ago I was assigned to provide care for Mrs Tevez an 82yrs old female of Spanish origin who spoke very little English. Mrs.Tevez had a cervical fracture that resulted from a fall at home. Her admission to hospital was for immobilization with a cervical collar and bed rest pending possible surgery. She was considered a high risk patient because of the possibility of serious complications from her cervical fracture. It is amazing how a caring moment can have such a remarkable effect on persons who are part of that moment. A caring moment is the human care transaction that takes place as a

When asked to develop a personal nursing philosophy caring was found to be the main component. Jean Watson’s Caring Science as Sacred Science reflects this philosophy in which caring is the predominate component needed in nursing. This paper will provided basic information on the Caring Science as Sacred Science Theory. The paper will further provide a personal example of a patient experience in which this theory shaped the care and healing of the patient. The personal experience to be shown in this paper involves a patient with complex chronic illness. The patient had been hospitalized for over a month. Patients with chronic illness and in the hospital often experience feeling powerless, scared, distant, and confined (Kay Hogan & Cleary, 2013). When these feelings persist they overcome the patient and do not allow the patient to concentrate on healing or being an active member of the healthcare team. Patients in this situation need caring and psychosocial support before moving on with medical care. However, this can often be hard for the healthcare team. When a patient has complex complications often treating these issues is all the team has time for due to patient load and institutional demands. Jean Watson (2009) recognizes this in her work Caring Science and Human Caring Theory: Transforming Personal and Professional Practices of Nursing and Health Care. Watson (2009) recognizes nurses are often torn between values of human caring which called them to nursing, and the

Although my nursing administrator experience is just beginning to bloom, my experience as a clinical coordinator and nurse liaison has helped me in shaping my philosophy and framework. Jean Watson’s theory of caring is well-defined as a discipline which incorporates human caring with the art human caring. These features are used by nurses and administrators everyday throughout their career (McEwen & Wills, 2011). Jean Watson’s theories are defined as human, health, and nursing. Jeans theory of caring encompasses human science, orientation, humanitarianism, proficiencies, and in patient care. Her beliefs were of healthcare professionals who make social, scientific, and moral contributions to mankind through human growth, which is important in the shifting healthcare of the 21st century (McEwen & Wills, 2011).

Although Watson recognizes the importance of empirical and physical substance, she emphasizes the psychological aspects of nursing practice. Watson concentrates on how nursing relates to various philosophical concepts: mind, consciousness, energy, soul, and also more basic grounds of being beauty, truth, love, openness, pain, joy, selfness, and selflessness. Watson besides the establishment of her famous 10 carative factors also raises and explores important questions:

A single quasi-experimental study completed by Desmond et al. (2014) to assess the effect of educational training on Watson’s caring theory on nurses’ competence and consumers’ perception of the care received during hospitalization. The level of evidence that equals this study is level III, evidence obtained from a well-designed controlled trial without randomization (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). This study was done because patients’ perception has become the center pillar of quality control and a measurement for the insurance payee.

Provide an overview of Jean Watson's theory of Human Caring ( introduction, purpose, and rationale) Provide a description of the theory ( purpose, concepts/definitions, relationship/structure, assumptions)

PSC is great theory to guide AGNP to manage the patient holistically and to give compassionate patient care. The main concept of Watson’s PSC is caring. Although this theory is based in nursing and nursing science, it has been incorporated into a variety of other disciplines, increasing its relevance in many other fields and validated in many clinical settings (McEwen & Willis, 2007). Watson has background in psychiatric-mental health nursing and received her doctorate degree in education psychology and counseling in Colorado, 1973. Related to nursing metaparadigm, Watson defined human being as a valued person to be cared for, respected, nurtured, understood, and assisted; health as the unity and harmony within the mind, body, and soul associated with the degree of congruence between the self as perceived and the self as experienced; and nursing as a human science of persons and human health – illness experiences that are mediated by professional, personal, scientific, esthetic, and ethical human care transactions (George, 1990). Instead of defining fourth concept of nursing metaparadigm, environment, Watson formulated that caring exists in all societies and is passed by the profession as a unique way of coping with the environment (McEwen & Willis, 2007).

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the theory of Jean Watson improves overall health and experience in the postoperative patient. The choice and rationale why this topic was selected is because of so many patients’ experience with their hospital stay after surgery. The steps that were taken to search for evidence based research articles such as: database searched, key terms searched, limits and filters, and information relevant to topic. There were four research articles that were chosen, reviewed and summarized in support of evidence of the Jean Watson theory and outcomes of clinical application. Each article will be reviewed and summarized with the purpose statement of the article, sample size, research design, and findings pertaining to the purpose statement. A review of the overall position and rationale regarding the quality, and state of the evidence pertaining to how Jean Watson’s theory can be applied to the preoperative patient. From the articles chosen, the knowledge and evidence that has been found can be implemented into clinic practice with measureable outcomes. A review of what has been learned about Jean Watson’s theory and how it can be applied to the clinical practice.

According to Watson, the ten carative factors of her theory serve as core principles critical to the practice of human caring (Watson, 2012). Watson’s theory provides an appropriate framework to help palliative care nurses promote positive outcomes in patients experiencing hopelessness. For example, one of Watson’s carative factors encourages patients to promote negative feelings in order to strengthen the nurse-patient relationship (McKay, Rajacich, & Rosenbaum, 2002). Encouraging patients to vent feelings of hopelessness allows the nurse to provide the patient with proper support. Watson’s Theory of Human Caring can be operationalized by demonstration of ten caritas factors in Watson’s Caring Factor Survey.

The contemporary profession of nursing seems to respond to the different demands of the machinery with less concern given to the person attached to the machine. According to Watson, the disease might be cured, but the illness would remain since without applying caring, the health of a person is not maintained. The core of nursing is caring and connotes responsiveness between the patient and the nurse. The nurse and the patient work together. Watson believes that caring for a person can help them to become knowledgeable, gain control and promote their health (Masters, 2014).

It’s been five years since I started practicing as a nurse, and I have never really given much thought about any of the nursing theories I had learned in my Bachelor’s nursing program. As years have gone by, and I am back getting my Masters, I am readdressing the importance of nursing theories. Nursing theory is fundamentally the basis for nursing practice. It is outlined as “an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing” (Petiprin, 2015, para. 1). For this paper, I have chosen to discuss Jean Watson’s theory of human caring. “Watson’s theory of human caring promotes health, preventing illness, caring for the sick and restoring health; it focuses on health promotion and treatment of disease”

Born in West Virginia, Margaret Jean Watson graduated from the Lewis Gale School of Nursing in 1961 before moving to the state of Colorado and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder. Watson earned multiple credentials at the University of Colorado including a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1964, master of science in nursing in psychiatric and mental nursing in 1966 and in 1973 she earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology and counseling (Wayne,2016, para 4). Before establishing the Center for Human Caring at the University of Colorado in the 1980’s, Watson was active in both administrative positions in the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver (Jean, 2012, para 2). The Center for Human Caring allowed Watson and other colleagues to sponsor community, educational and clinical scholarships projects involving human caring. At the University of Colorado School of nursing she serves as an assistant dean and chairperson of the undergraduate program. Watson soon became Dean at the School of Nursing in Colorado from the years of 1983 to 1990 where she was active in the developmental phases of the nursing curriculum in human caring (Wayne, 2016, para 6). Serving as an officer for the NLN of the Executive Committee and the Governing Board from the years of 1993 to 1994, she was then elected to president in 1995. (Wayne, 2016, para 8) Throughout out her