Jean Watson Flashcards
Pioneered “Philosophy and Theory of
Transpersonal Caring.” / Concept of Transpersonal Caring in Nursing
JEAN WATSON
➔ Emphasizes the importance of a holistic,
person-centered approach to care.
➔ Focuses on the interconnectedness of mind,
body, and spirit in the healing process.person-centered approach to care.
PHILOSOPHY OF TRANSPERSONAL CARING
- “a unity of mind/body/spirit/nature”
- “fully functional integrated self “
- “greater than and different from, the
sum of his or her parts”
Personhood (Human Being)
- a high level of overall physical, mental and social functioning
- a general adaptive-maintenance level of daily functioning
- the absence of illness (or the presence of efforts that leads its absence)
Health
- not necessarily disease
- Subjective turmoil or disharmony within the person’s inner self
Illness
A caring attitude is transmitted by the
culture of the profession as a unique
way of coping with its environment
ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY
Nurse’s role in the environment:
attending to supportive, protective,
and or corrective mental, physical,
societal, and spiritual environments
- Consists of knowledge, thought, values,
philosophy, commitment, and action, with
some degree of passion - concerned with promoting health,
preventing illness, caring for the sick and
restoring health
Nursing
The essence of nursing and responsiveness between the nurse and the person
Caring
Purpose: to assist the person in gaining control and becoming knowledgeable, and
in the process promote health changes
3 Major Conceptual
Elements of Watson’s Theory
- Carative Factors (evolving toward
the “Clinical Caritas Processes”) - Transpersonal Caring Moment
- Caring Moment/Caring Occasion
The ______ ______ honor the human
dimension of nursing’s work and the
inner life world and subjective
experiences of the people we serve. / Guide for the core of nursing
Carative Factors
“to cherish and to give special loving attention”
Caritas
A special kind of human relationship dependent on Nurse’s commitment on protecting and enhancing human dignity and a deeper/higher self
Transpersonal Caring Relationship
moment when the nurse and another person come together in such a way that an occasion for human caring is created
Caring Occasion/Moment
Nursing is concerned with promoting health, preventing illness, caring for the sick, and restoring health.
Theory of Transpersonal Caring
The moment of coming together on a caring occasion presents the two persons with the opportunity to decide how to be in the relationship – what to do with the moment.
Actual Caring Occasion