Caring in the practice of nursing

Bevis and Watson (1989, pp. 51-60, 354-359) emphasize that nursing should be based on a theory of caring by the nurse. In this theory of nursing, the underlying assumptions are that (1) care and love comprise the primal and universal psychic energy, and (2) care and love are requisite for our survival and the nourishment of humanity.

The theory of nursing described and explained by Bevis and Watson (pp. 51-60, 354-359) posits a holistic conception of mind and body. As posited by this theory, nursing interventions related to human care are referred to as carative factors and include: (1) a humanistic-altruistic system of values, (2) faith and hope, (3) sensitivity to self and others, (4) helping and trusting in human care relationships, (5) expressing positive and negative feelings, (6) developing and applying a creative, problem-solving caring process, (7) transpersonal teaching and learning, (8) the development and maintenance of a supportive, protective, and/or corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environment in which care is provided, (9) human needs assistance, and (10) existential and phenomenolo

. . .
tive responses do not" (p. 193). Watson's theory of nursing is based on caring by the nurse (Chinn, Jacobs, & Huether, p. 195). In Watson's theory of nursing, the underlying assumptions are that "(1) care and love comprise the primal and universal psychic energy, and (2) care and love are requisite for our survival and the nourishment of humanity" (p. 195). Watson's theory of nursing posits a holistic conception of mind and body. As posited by Watson's theory, nursing "interventions related to human care are referred to as carative factors and include: (1) humanistic-altruistic system of values, (2) faith-hope, (3) sensitivity to self and others, (4) helping-trusting human care relationship, (5) expressing positive and negative feelings, (6) creative problem-solving caring process, (7) transpersonal teaching-learning, (8) supportive, protective, and/or corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environment, (9) human needs assistance, and (1) existential-phenomenological spiritual forces" (Chinn, Jacobs, & Huether, p. 196). Goal attainment, a holistic perspective, patient autonomy, interaction between nurse and patient, and adaptation are common to each of the four theories of nursing (Flynn & Heffron, 1988, pp. 9
. . .

Some common words found in the essay are:
Jacobs Huether, Bevis Watson, According Leininger, Benner Wrubel, Leininger Reynolds, League Nursing, CARING Caring, North America, Press Leininger, theory nursing, Flynn Heffron, culture care, clinical decision-making, culture care theory, care theory, chinn jacobs, chinn jacobs huether, jacobs huether, national league nursing, bevis watson, national league, human care, benner wrubel, york national league, league nursing pp,
Approximate Word count = 2285
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)

More Essays on Caring in the practice of nursing