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