WATSONS Flashcards
Full name of watson
Margaret Jean watson
Watson was a PhD in _____ 1973
educational psychology & counseling
Watson grew up in
Welch, west virginia
Watson was a MS in ____ in 1966
Psychiatric-mental Health Nursing
Books of watson
-philosophy & science of caring
-human science & human care
-postmodern nursing & beyond
-Instrument for assessing & measuring caring
-caring science as sacred science
in 2013, watson was awarded the
American academy of nursing’s “living legend”
Persons concept: Human being is a _____ to be cared, respected, nurtured, understood & assisted
Valued person
she viewed person as
“a unity of mind/body/spirit/nature”
Role of nurse in the environment : attending to _____, _______,
supportive & protective
Role of nurse: corrective___, ____, _____ & ____
mental, physical, societal & spiritual environment
caring is transmitted by
culture of the profession (UNIQUE WAY OF COPING W ENVIRONMENT)
Health for watson:
Unity & harmony within mind, body, soul
associated w degree of congruence between self as perceived & experienced
Health
3 elements of health by watson
-absence of illness
-high level of physical, mental & social functioning
-adaptive maintenance of daily functioning
Nursing : having to move educationally in 2 areas of ___ & ____
stress & developmental conflicts
Nursing: watson believe this is the central to practice of caring
provide holistic health care
watson said nursing consist of:
knowledge,
thought,
values,
philosophy,
commitment & action w degree of passion
Basic assumptions of watson: caring can be demonstrated only _____
interpersonally
Basic assumptions of watson: promotes health & individual family growth
effective caring
Basic assumptions of watson: caring environment is one that offers____
development of potential (allowing person to choose best action for himself/herself)
Basic assumptions of watson: caring is more ____ than is curing
“healthogenic”
Basic assumptions of watson:
practice of caring integrates___
biophysical knowledge (knowledge of human behavior)
T/F : Science of curing is complementary to science of curing
TRUE
T/F: Practice of caring is central to nursing
True