Fundamentals of Nursing- lecture:
Caring- art of nursing
- Nursing cannot exist without caring
- Technology and caring
- Central ( creates meaning in lives
- Helping others to grow
(Mayeroff 1990) Components
1. Understanding/ knowing- means understanding the other's needs and how to respond to these needs
2. Alternating rhythms- signifies moving back and forth between the immediate and long term meanings of behavior, considering the past
3. Patience- enables other to grow in how own way and time
4. Honesty- includes awareness and openness to one's own feelings and genuineness in caring for others
5. Trust- involves letting go, to allow the other to grow in his own way and own time
6. Humility- means acknowledging that there is always more to learn
7. Hope- is belief in the possibilities of the other's growth
8. Courage- sense of going into the unknown, informed by insight from past experiences
Models- Leininger ( Culture Care Diversity and Universality)
1. Preservation of client's familiar life-ways
2. Accommodation that helps clients adapt to or negotiate for satisfying care
3. Re-patterning nursing care to help the client move toward wellness
Theory of Bureaucratic caring (Ray)
- Influenced by organizational structure
- Influence by role & position of a person
Ex. Staff nurse- valued caring in terms of its relatedness
Administrators:valued caring as more system related such as safeguarding the economic well-being of the hospital
Caring, the human mode of being (Roach)
1. Compassion- awareness of one's relationship to others, sharing their joys, sorrows, pains,and accomplishments. Participation in the experience of another
2. Competence- having the judgments, skills, energy, experience, and motivation required to respond adequately to the demands of one's professional responsibilities
3. Confidence- comfort with self, client, and others that allows one to build trusting relationships
4. Conscience- Morals, ethics, and an informed sense of right and wrong. Awareness of personal responsibility
5. Commitment-the deliberate choice to act in accordance with one's desire as well as obligations, resulting in investment of self in a task or cause.
6. Comportment- appropriate bearing, demeanor, dress, and language that are in harmony with a caring presence. Presenting oneself as someone who respects others and demands respect.
Nursing as caring (Boykin & Schoenhofer)
- Self awareness
- Allow care to others
