Analyzing Watson's Theory of Caring in Nursing Practice

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Nursing Theory
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Advanced Nursing theory
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The emergence of theories in the nursing workforce has been facilitated greatly by the various
progression in the nursing education. These progressions due to the introduction of different
disciplines in the academic and professions. The theories promote an autonomy especially when
applies as a guideline in making decisions and thinking critically. The main objective of this
piece of work is to analyze critically the theory of caring presented by Watson. The article will
also try to illustrate the theory of Watson. For a decade of years, many people have chosen to
nurse as profession and career. A research done has shown different rationales and the basis to
contemplate on nursing profession (Watson 2012). Though compassion and the cognitive
behaviour is very vital in the nursing workforce. The compassion is more important because of
the responses and impetus justification that patient's care is the most fundamental goal and must
be given first priority.
The article will look into the fundamental necessities of every patient which include food,
shelter, clothes and healthcare. Hence every nurse is obliged to take all these basic needs into
consideration while carrying his or her duties. Watson's theory has therefore scrutinized greatly
the roles of nurses in the healthcare. The theory has taken care of how nursing practices can be
advanced in order to elevate the well-being of the patients and clients. Watson theory can,
therefore, become effective if the seven assumptions are adhered to. The article has also revealed
that the primary needs of the patients are connected to the four basic concepts of the Watson
theory. Nursing health care, individual patients and the environment have also constituted the
universal nursing procedures. The emanation of the Watson's theory has tried to analyze the gain

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and the way people view nursing profession globally. The theory views the art differently from
other proposed theory (Dossey et 2012)
The theory has emphasized on the understanding oneself deeply and human to the human
relationship which results to the harmony of the soul, mind and body health. The caring science
theory by Watson and the science of philosophy are felicitous philosophy in developing the
nursing workforce. The Watson theory article has vividly proven to nurse to be science and an
art. The fact to this is through the application of the theory in nursing procedures, various
methodologies, education and researches (Swanson 2012).
Discussion of how the Watson theory has been integrated into research and practice basis
The nursing procedures guided by the Watson theory incorporated similar scientific research
steps, analysis, intervention and plans. The Watson theory tries to endorse the analysis of
identification, reviewing of the problems and observations and also formulating the research
questions. Their nursing practitioners have to come up with the plan that aid in determining the
variables that would be used for investigation and the kind of data to be collected. Then the data
is examined and the results are used in formulating research questions.
The nursing profession is viewed differently traditionally. For many years the nursing profession
people regarded it as the ladylike job in its innate characteristics. It's due to it tradition concepts
developed of taking care of the sick for decades. Hence nursing profession has remained as a
stereotyped to be dominated by many females. Other than the feminized view of nursing
traditionally, Lachman (2012) views nursing as a form of ritual. For instance, washing hands for
disease-causing micro-organism control and other self-preparation before getting the ward.