The Concept Of Caring Flashcards
What is the definition of caring?
- Sense of dedication to another person
- Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others
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Central to __________ __________ .
Client _________ approach vs of task ________
Increasing technological advances do not ______ ___ _____ for caring
- Nursing practice
- Centered, Oriented
- Diminish the need
- Person to person encounter
- Conveys the message “You are important to me”
- Being attentive
- Achieved with eye contact, body language, voice tone, positive and encouraging attitude and communication
- It is important at times of fear, anxiety, etc
Which concept is it?
Providing presence
Describe this nursing intervention for caring: providing touch.
- Conveys comfort, concern and support, acceptance
- Establishes a connection
- Task oriented touch (providing a skill) vs Caring touch (hug)
- Be culturally sensitive
What describes Listening (nursing intervention for caring)?
- Conveys full attention and interest
- Pay attention to words, intonation, tone of voice, perspective
- Leads to knowing your client
- Interpreting/understanding
The core of the caring process.
More than just gathering data.
Recognizing the client is a unique individual and understand what matters to them the most.
Allows to adapt therapies/interventions to your client.
Which intervention is it?
Knowing the client
What is providing spiritual care?
- Spiritual health is a dimension just as physical, psychosocial
- Beliefs/expectations can impact physical health
- Offers a sense of connection with oneself, others, the environment
Caring for an individual does not occur in isolation from their _______
It is a valuable resource
Always encourage them to be active in pt care
Which intervention is this?
Providing Family Care
What is the family perception of caring?
- Honest, open, communicate
- Clear explications
- Family informed
- Interest in questions
Make client comfortable - Emergency care
- Allow client to do for themselves
Teach fam how to keep physically comfortable
- Incorporate caring into philosophy of the workplace environment
- Include care concepts in nursing practice guidelines
- Demonstrates a commitment to caring by establishing, competent, compassionate and meaningful nursing care
Where do these statement come from?
Nurse’s role in health care delivery
What is the theory of Patricia Benner “Caring is Primary?
- Caring practices/expert knowledge—> heart of nursing practice (valued and embraced)
- Caring facilitates to understand client —> it equals being connected to them
- Caring distinguishes nursing from other health disciplines
- Stresses importance of understanding cultural caring behaviour and other cultural aspects of care
- Process of caring is unique to each culture
- Nurse must learn culture specific words and behaviours
Transcultural nursing —> know cultural norms, “end of life” practices, most appropriate to provide presence/touch, avoid idioms
Which theory is this ?
Theories of Madeleine Leininger- Transcultural perspective
What is the theory of Swanson- Five Caring Processes?
Knowing —> trying to find the meaning of the situation for the client
Being with —> Being emotionally present for CT’s
Doing for —> comfort, do what CT’s would do for himself
Enabling —> Facilitating through life transitions (birth, death,etc)
Maintaining belief —> sustaining faith the CT’s will get through an event (instilling hope)
- Caring is almost spiritual
- Rather than focus on disease, focus on inner sources of healing to protect, enhance and preserve human dignity
- Care is more important than cure
- Caring preserves human dignity
- Connection is formed
Which theory is this?
Theory of Watson - Transpersonal Caring
What is the theory of roach - human act of Caring
Compassion, competence, confidence, conscience, commitment (Pusari then added courage, culture and communication)
