The nurse should show an act of kindness

Running head: ROACH’S 6C’S OF NURSING
Roach’s 6C’s of Nursing
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ROACH’S 6C’s OF NURSING 2
RATIONALE
Care is the most essential aspect for a nurse. Their primary responsibility is to take proper
care of the patients and ensure their well-being. Sister Roach’s 6C’s of caring(Roach, 2013)
provides the framework for the nurses to provide efficient and competent care to the patients,
ensuring their well-being, treating them with enough care and compassion, interacting with them
and committing themselves to deliver best health outcomes of the patients along with their
family. According to her, the nurses in the healthcare organizations, take care of the patients not
just because it is their duty to do so. They care because they are human beings and it is the
natural and intrinsic trait of humans to support each other.
Compassion means being sensitive and empathetic to others. The nurse should show an
act of kindness towards the patients and also should be compassionate and empathetic in their
approach towards the patient, put themselves in their condition, try to understand their condition.
They should be able to show kindness in their attitude which makes the patient feel respected and
valued(Tomescu-Dumitrescu, 2016). It is the ability of the nurse to understand how the patient
wants to be treated. They should sit beside them,greet them with a smile, hold their hands and
assure them that everything will be fine(Pérez et al, 2019). Compassion is one of the most
important aspect of nursing. Compassion requires the nurses to put themselves into the shoes of
the other, understand their feelings, feel their condition and show empathy towards the patients.
Its about giving respect to their feelings and opinions and treating them as they want to be
treated. It means that the nurse should be with the patient all the time, in their sufferings and
pain. They should show empathy and compassion in their attitude when interacting with the
patient,make them comfortable and relaxed and also making them feel that their feelings are