Caring Moment Analysis

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Moment of Caring: My Watson 's Theory Moment
Nursing is not just a profession where a nurse uses the latest and the greatest of medical advancements to provide the best of care for his or her patients. The use of electronics and ever advancing technology seems to have pushed the “personal” aspect of nursing to the background. Nurses today have to preform a complex balancing act to incorporate both the science and the spirituality of nursing to provide the best care for their patients. Nurses are to care for the “inherent respect, worthy of honor, high regard” the dignity of our patients. (Parse, 2010, p. 257) Watson’s Theory of Human Caring emphasizes the need for nurses to create a healing environment by finding the “caring moment” and …show more content…

Simultaneously the relationship transcends the two subjectivities, connecting the other higher dimensions of being and a higher/deeper consciousness that accesses the universal field and planes of inner wisdom; the human spirit realm.” (Jesse, 2010, p. 121). The caring moment is the moment where the nurse and the patient actually spend a meaningful period of time together. This time can be used to connect in many ways; the nursing passing on information and interacting with the patient during the assimilation and interpretation of that information or time spent together for the patient to relay and express feeling and concerns about any possible subject. “This time is a timeless moment that exists on a deeper level.” (Holopainen, Nyström, & Kasén, 2014, p. 51) The nurse should be open to these caring moments and look for them whenever caring for a patient because each moment no only affects the patient but the nurse as …show more content…

(Jesse, 2010) I had to build a helping-trusting, human caring relationship by presenting myself to her as a competent caring individual who was not going to make judgments about her or the situation. (Ozan, Okumus, & Lash, 2015, p. 33) I had to explain to her all of the procedures; how they were to be done and why, allowing time to answer all of her questions. I gave her options for care and encouraged her to make decisions about her care, as much as possible. I respected her worth, dignity and rights as a human being; she was my priority, not the rape kit, and whatever she decided was “okay”. (Lachman,

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