Dr. Jean Watson

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Dr. Jean Watson

• The Power of Caring The Power to Make a
  Difference

NURS1960-A Anna Ionadi Amanda Wallace Shannon
MacFarlane Sheldon Hubert Tawnya Werb
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• Maybe this one moment, with this one person, is
  the very reason were here on Earth at this
  time.
• - Jean Watson, The Caring Moment

Dr. Jean Watson at a glance
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Education
Dr. Jean Watson at a glance

• Dr. Watson was born and raised in a small town
  in the
• Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia in the
  1940s
• 1958-61 R.N. Diploma in Nursing
• Lewis-Gale School of Nursing
• 1962-64 B.S. in Nursing
• University of Colorado
• 1964-66 M.S. in Psychiatric Mental-Health
  Nursing
• Minor Psychology
• University of Colorado
• 1969-70 Graduate Work Social and Clinical
  Psychology
• University of Colorado,
• 1969-73 Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and
  Counseling
• University of Colorado

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Accomplishments
Dr. Jean Watson at a glance

• Recipient of several awards and honours
  including
• International Kellogg Fellowship in Australia
• Fulbright Research Award in Sweden
• Six Honorary Doctoral Degrees
• Including 3 International Honorary Doctorates
  (Sweden, UK, Canada)
• 1993 National League for Nursing Martha E.
  Rogers Award
• Recognizes a nurse scholar who has made
  significant contributions to nursing knowledge
  that advances the science of caring in nursing
  and health sciences
• Distinguished Nurse Scholar, recognized by New
  York University
• Norman Cousins Award in 1999,
• Recognition for her commitment to developing
  maintaining and exemplifying relationship-centere
  d care practices
• Founder of the Centre for Human Caring in
  Colorado
• Is a Fellow at the American Academy of Nursing

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Influences
Dr. Jean Watson at a glance

• Eastern Philosophy focuses on a holistic
  approach, looking at the body as a whole unit,
  not a sum of parts
• is based on a metaphysical, spiritual-existential
  
• and phenomenological orientation.
• - Fawcett, 1993
• This links to earlier nursing theorists,
  including
• Nightingale, Leininger, Paterson Zderad
• Psychology theorists who influenced her theory of
  caring
• Hans Selye, Richard Lazarus and Carl Rogers

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• The goal of nursing is to help a person gain a
  higher degree of harmony with the mind, body and
  soul.
• - Jean Watson, Nursing as Human Science and Human
  Care

Dr. Jean Watsons theory of caring
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Watsons Concern
Dr. Jean Watsons theory

• To make known
• Inner healing process
• Experiencing the person
• Three major elements of her theory
• Ten Carative Factors
• The Caring Occasion / The Caring Moment
• Transpersonal Caring

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Assumptions about Caring
Dr. Jean Watsons theory

• Effective caring promotes health and individual
  and family growth
• Caring responses accept a person as is and looks
  beyond to what that person may become
• A caring environment offers the development of
  potential
• Caring is as equally important as curing
• The practice of caring is central to nursing

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• In todays dissertation, our three candidates
  will discuss their position of Jean Watsons
  nursing theory, inclusive of
• The Four Metaparadigms ConceptsPerson, Health,
  Environment and Nursing
• The Caring Occasion The Caring Moment
• Transpersonal Caring
• In the end, we will take a brief look at Watsons
  third theory, the carative factors, in attempt to
  analyze this theory in practice.

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Sheldon Hubert

• On Jean Watsons Theory of Caringand the
  Metaparadigm Concepts

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Anna Ionadi

• On Jean Watsons Theory of Caringand the Caring
  Occasion Caring Moment

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Amanda Wallace

• On Jean Watsons Theory of Caringand
  Transpersonal Caring

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Carative Factors
Dr. Jean Watsons theory

• Caritas comes from the Latin word meaning to
  cherish, to appreciate, to give special
  attention.
• Invites nurse to explore the intersection between
  personal and professional
• The Ten Carative Factors
• Humanistic-altruistic system of values
• Faith-hope
• Sensitivity to self and to others
• Helping-trusting, human care relationships
• Expressing positive and negative feelings
• Creative problem solving caring processes
• Transpersonal teaching-learning
• Supportive, protective and or corrective mental,
  physical, societal and spiritual environment
• Human needs assistance
• Existential-phenomenological-spiritual forces

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Carative Factors
Dr. Jean Watsons theory

• Consider the situation
• Mrs. Smith, a 78 year old widow, is experiencing
  acute onset of severe back pain
• She feels panicky, depressed and confused about
  her ability to now manage her life
• Using the basis of the 10 carative factors, what
  would a Watson nurse do?

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Carative Factors
Dr. Jean Watsons theory

• Research Article Caring for Older Adults
  Practice Guided by Watsons Caring-Healing Model
• The nurse develops a sense of hope (factor 2) and
  trust (factor 4) through genuine caring,
  listening and responding to the unique
  seriousness of Mrs. Smiths experience (factor 1)
• Acknowledgement of Mrs. Smiths expression of
  disharmony (factor 5) between her usual perceived
  self and this encounter
• The nurse, along with family, other health
  professionals and community services can help
  Mrs. Smith meet her basic needs (factor 9) of
  pain management, arrangements for check ups,
  support with ADLs and reconnecting with old
  friends.
• (Bernick, 2004)

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Carative Factors
Dr. Jean Watsons theory

• Within the caring-healing model, the approach
  included one that attended to the
  interconnectiveness between Mrs. Smiths
  mind-body-soul as influenced by her personal
  experience
• Mrs. Smiths pain was better controlled, she was
  able to control her fears of her life management,
  and was able to reintegrate her life with others
  and feel supported
• (Bernick, 2004)

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Carative Factors
Dr. Jean Watsons theory

• Benefits
• Transferable to current practice environments,
  meaning of health through the patients
  perspective, considers the complexity of each
  individual experience
• Limitations
• Time

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• Purposeful
• To be intentional
• To pause and slow down
• Mindful
• Grounded on firm surface while
• Feeling the breeze and warm sun
• Presence
• In a world of one
• Shared with another
• Organized
• Creativity, context and knowledge
• Primacy being care
• Central to all
• Reverence and respect
• Connecting
• Listening
• Being understood
• Caring
• Supporting

(Bernick, 2004)
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References

• Bernick, L. (2004). Caring for older adults
  practice guided by Watsons caring-healing model.
  Nursing Science Quarterly, 17(2), 128-134.