Margaret Jean Watson

Question 1

What is Margaret Jean Watsons’s philosophy?

Answer 1

Philosophy and Science of Caring

Question 2

Where is Jean Watson born?

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Southern West Virginia

Question 3

Give the timeline of education of Jean Watson.

Answer 3

1964 - BSN
1966 - MS in Psychiatric – Mental Health Nsg
1973 – PhD in Educational Psychology and Counseling from University of Colorado

Question 4

Human being to be valued, cared for, respected, nurtured, understood, assisted, and viewed according to the client’s development & the conflicts arising

Answer 4

Person

Question 5

Society with all its influences, provides the values that determine how one should behave and what goals one should strive toward

Answer 5

Environment

Question 6

Unity and harmony with in the mind, body, and soul

Answer 6

Health

Question 7

Three elements of health according to Watson

Answer 7

• A higher level of over-all physical, mental & social functioning
• A general adaptive- maintenance level of daily functioning; and
• The absence of illness (or the presence of efforts that lead to its absence)

Question 8

Providing holistic health care, a human science of people & human health-illness experiences that are mediated by professional, personal, scientific, aesthetic & ethical human care transactions

Answer 8

Nursing

Question 9

Major Assumption of Watson: Caring can be demonstrated and practiced only ___________

Answer 9

interpersonally

Question 10

Major Assumption of Watson: Caring consists of ___________ that result in the satisfaction of certain human needs

Answer 10

carative factors

Question 11

Major Assumption of Watson: Caring is more _________ than curing.

Answer 11

health ogenic

Question 12

Forming humanistic-altruistic value system

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• occurs early
• can be influenced by educators
• examine personal and cultures’ views and beliefs
• extend oneself

Question 13

Instillation of faith-hope

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• role of nurse in nurse-patient interrelationships
• help client adopt health seeking behavior
• suggest and support positively

Question 14

Cultivating sensitivity to self and others

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• recognize feelings and sensitivity
• self actualization/self acceptance

Question 15

Development of a helping-trust relationship

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• establish rapport and caring
• through congruence, empathy, nonpossessive warmth, effective communication

Question 16

Promotion & acceptance of the expression of positive & negative feelings

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• share and prepare for negative and positive feelings

Question 17

Systematic use of the scientific problem-solving method for decision making

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• for research/scientific knowledge
• problem-solving approach to nursing care

Question 18

Promotion of interpersonal teaching-learning

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• give info and alternatives
• assign responsibility to client
• client self care/personal growth

Question 19

Provision for supportive, protective & corrective mental, physical, sociocultural & spiritual environment

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• clients’s coping abilities
• understand person’s environment
• provide comfort, privacy, safety, clean, aesthetic

Question 20

Assisting with gratification of human needs

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• needs of nurse and client
• lower order to higher

Question 21

Allowance for existential-phenomenological forces

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• understand individual perceptions from experiences

Question 22

The first three carative factors are ___________ while the remaining seven ___________–

Answer 22

philosophical foundation of science
springs from first three