2. Caring is Universal...Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Influences the way people think,
feel and act
⢠Many nursing theorists have
tired to âdefineâ caring â
Nightingale was first
⢠Caring is the heart of nursing
3. Benner (Holistic Theory)âŚ. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Equates excellent nursing practice with
CARING
⢠People, events, projects (things) have
importance
⢠Caring means connectedness or involvement
⢠Caring helps patients understand and adjust
to illness
4. Benner, conâtâŚ.. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Defines health as a state of being
â Individualized by oneâs
⢠Values
⢠Personality
⢠Lifestyle
â Treatment for illness is worthless if not
applied to the individual
5. Leininger (Transcultural) Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Caring is the essence of Nursing â it is a
distinguishing characteristic
⢠Purpose of care is to assist the individual
toward improvement in condition
⢠Caring is
â Nurturing
â Dependent on needs of individual
â Must reflect the patientâs own culture
6. Watson (Transpersonal) Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Holistic
â Patient, family, environment
⢠Nurses exhibit conscious decision to care
â This helps patient toward healing and
wholeness
⢠Focus in on cAre, not cUre
â cAring ď âinner healingâď health
⢠Nurse & patient affected by relationship
7. SwansonâŚ.. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Caring is has 5 dimensions
â Knowing
â Being with
â Doing for
â Enabling
â Maintaing belief
⢠Caring is central to nursing
⢠Theory can be applied to clinical setting
8. Caring is Relational âŚ. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Patients value nurse Effectiveness
â Ability to perform tasks
⢠Also value nurse Affect
â Attitude or demeanor while performing the
tasks
⢠Patients are more willing to participate if they
sense that they are cared about
9. Ethic of Care âŚ. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Protects human dignity
⢠Often perceived as a moral imperative
⢠Requires awareness of potential unequality
in relationships
â This due to either real or perceived âpowerâ
that patient assigns to the nurse
â Knowledge is power
10. Expressions of CareâŚ. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Spiritual
â Being aware of & honoring patientâs beliefs
⢠Presence
â Being there
⢠Physically present
⢠Demonstrating understanding
â Being with
⢠Sharing oneself
11. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Touch
â Skin-to-skin
â Eye contact (nonverbal)
â Protective â to prevent injury
⢠Listening
â Taking in patient information
â Interpreting what has been taken in
12. Nursing Hi Nursing
⢠Knowing
â Understanding the client
â Understanding the planned interventions
â Avoid making assumptions
â Focuses on client