Caring

Taber's Definition of Caring

Application of knowledge often supplemented by love, support, concern, empathy, and humanity- in order to provide health benefits to an individual or a community.

The ___ aspect of nursing is a core construct upon which the nurse builds the knowledge and skill of professional practice.

Caring

Caring and Nursing Constructs

Comfort and compassion Concern and empathy Presence and sharing Touching and trust

Watson's factors integral to caring process

Cultivation of sensitivity to self and others Development of helping-trusting relationship Promotion of acceptance of positive and negative feeling Provision for a supportive, protective, corrective, environment Mental, physical, sociocultural, and spiritual environment Assistance with human needs gratification

What is empathy?

Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings of others.

Why is empathy important for health care professionals?

Empathy promotes more successful patient care, which can speed recovery and lead to better patient outcomes, but it does not make patient care faster. Empathy is important to healthcare professionals because it promotes more successful patient care though understanding, rather than friendship. In a health care environment, empathy is used to relate to coworkers as well as patients. By understanding your colleagues' feelings, you foster cooperation and teamwork. By understanding your patients' feelings, you can provide more successful patient care through increased patient compliance, better pain management, overcoming bias, and reducing the impact of health disparities. Empathy is important to healthcare professionals because it promotes more successful patient care though understanding, which can, in turn, reduce stress.

Madeline Leniniger: The Phenomenon of Caring

Importance Research Questions Theoretical Consideration

Who described nursing as the science of caring?

Jean Watson

Focusing your attention on the present, observing your environment, and accepting without judgement are aspects of which empathy-building practice?

Mindfulness meditation is an empathy-building practice that involves focusing your attention on the present, observing your environment, and accepting reality without judgement.

Watson's 10 Carative Factors

Satisfaction through giving and extending sense of self Instilling faith and hope Developing a helping-trust relationship Expressing positive and negative feelings Creative, problem-solving caring process (Nursing Process + Caring) Promoting interpersonal teaching-technique Providing a supportive, protective. pr corrective mental. physical, sociocultural, and spiritual environment Assisting with gratification of needs Sensitive to mind, body, and soul

What is the primary step in forming an empathic relationship?

The primary step in forming an empathic relationship is showing interest in a person. Authenticity, or being true to your own nature or beliefs, aids in trust; showing interest is the primary step in forming an empathic relationship. Withholding judgement aids in understanding; showing interest is the primary step in forming an empathic relationship.

The Powers of Caring

Transformative power Integrative caring Advocacy power Healing power Participative/Affirmative power Problem solving

When walking in to pt room you must

acknowledge pt make eye contact introduce yourself

Advocacy power

act on their behalf interpret medical jargon and other things to patient and doctor

The essence of nursing

care

An essential human need

caring

What comes first?

caring

Problem solving

caring is perquisite for creative problem solving

How to implement caring objectives on clinical days

caring with kindness smiling at your patient making good eye contact offering help

Transformative power

help regain sense of control and to actively participate

Participative/affirmative power

helps find meanings in specific events

Healing power

helps patient to mobilize internal and external resources by brining hope, confidence, and trust

Caring examples in clinical practice

how you react to family members providing care with compassion how do you help fellow student include pts family in care willing to do something special compassionate, kind, and patient

Caring is essential to

human development, growth, and survival

What is the part of the brain that most closely associated with empathy?

limbic system The limbic system controls emotion and memory, which aids our ability to empathize with others.

Caring actions/ caring behaviors

provide kindness help people and make a difference

Integrative caring

reintegrate into own social world, continue with meaningful activities despite limitations

Implementation of Caring

values clarification group introduce concept of caring include caring behavior checklist in course packet each semester reward caring behaviors with one category on clinical evaluation tool and with praise and recognition instructs nature and encourage students every semester