Nursing as a Science and an Art Flashcards
_________ and ___________ are so intertwined that nursing would not be nursing without the act of caring.
Caring and Nursing
_________is sharing deep and genuine concern about the welfare of another person.
Caring
The purpose of the _________ and ___________ of nursing is to know people and nurture them as individuals living and growing in caring.
discipline and profession
_________ and ___________ are assumptions underlying the theory of nursing as caring.
Respect for people as caring individuals and respect for what matters to them
The Six C’s of Nursing
Compassion
Competence
Confidence
Conscience
Commitment
Comportment
Awareness of one’s relationship to others, sharing their joys, sorrows, pain, and accomplishments. Participation in the experience of another.
Compassion
Having the “knowledge, judgment, skills, energy, experience and motivation required to respond adequately to the demands of one’s professional responsibilities” (Roach, 2013, p. 172).
Competence
Comfort with self, client, and others that allows one to build trusting relationships.
Confidence
Morals, ethics, and an informed sense of right and wrong. Aware- ness of personal responsibility.
Conscience
The deliberate choice to act in accordance with one’s desires as well as obligations, resulting in investment of self in a task or cause.
Commitment
Appropriate bearing, demeanor, dress, and language that are in harmony with a caring presence. Presenting oneself as someone who respects others and demands respect.
Comportment
means taking the time to nurture oneself.
This involves initiating and maintaining behaviors that promote healthy living and well-being.
A healthy lifestyle (e.g., nutrition, activity and exercise, recreation)
Mind–body therapies (e.g., guided imagery, meditation, yoga)
Caring for self
focuses on care of the self in the deepest sense.
Each person is unique and possesses individual strengths and weaknesses.
Self-care
Any deliberate activity that we do in an effort to provide for our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. It is important for workers in every field, but especially for nurses, who spend their working hours caring for others.
Reduces stress, replenishes a nurse’s capacity to provide compassion and empathy, and improves the quality of care.
Self-care
The moral respect that nurses extend to all human beings “extends to oneself as well: the same duties that we owe to others we owe to ourselves.”
These duties include the responsibility to:
- Promote health and safety
- Preserve wholeness of character and integrity.
- Maintain competence
- Continue personal and professional growth
Self-Care is mandated by the ANA CODE OF ETHICS