Watson's Theory, Caritas Processes & Mindful Communication in Nursing

This report discusses Caritas processes and caring within practice from Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring, highlighting its impact on healthcare delivery and nursing practice. It emphasizes the importance of treating individuals holistically and fostering interpersonal connections between caregivers and patients. The report also explores the application of mindfulness in therapeutic communication, emphasizing its role in managing clinical stress, improving attention, and enhancing empathy among nursing staff. By integrating mindfulness, nurses can provide patient-centered care, improve clinical outcomes, and promote overall well-being for both themselves and their patients. The report concludes that Watson's theory and mindful communication are crucial for delivering effective and compassionate care, ultimately improving patient health and quality of life. Desklib provides a platform to access similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

Assessment item 2 Theory of
Caring and Mindful
Communication

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Describing Caritas processes along with caring within practice from Watson theory of
transpersonal caring................................................................................................................3
TASK B...........................................................................................................................................5
Understanding of application of mindfulness in therapeutic communication to nursing practice
................................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Watson theory refers to the theory of caring which emphasises that any individual should
not be treated like an object and should not be separated from nature, self, larger workforce or
others. This can be effective and can lead to create high impact on delivery of care by healthcare
professional like nurses. This can lead to encompasses the world of nursing which can lead to
emphasis on interpersonal process between the care. In this report, there is discussion about the
Caritas processes and caring while practice from Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring which
can lead to assist student registered nurse to create an opportunity and enable caring moments
which can help to support safe care within patient along family (Al‐Fayyadh et. al., (2022).
There is also discussion about underrating of application of mindfulness within therapeutic
communication that can have which can be effective in taking care of patient for their better and
improved health.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Describing Caritas processes along with caring within practice from Watson theory of
transpersonal caring
Caritas of nurses which can lead to experience along with expression which are associated
with taking care of effective response towards delivery of healthcare service that are associated
with delivery of better and effective response towards the care of patient (Tarani et. al., (2020)).
This can also lead to create high impact on proving effective response where transpersonal caring
can refer to the practice which include the art of caring and enable nurse to provide better and
effective response towards the providing compassion to ease patient along with their families.
Through applying the Watson theory which can be effective can help to provide better and
effective healthcare services which are associated with delivery of care service that can influence
nursing staff to take care of good health (Strickland, (2019)). This can also emphasise the patient
care with more effective response through providing holistic treatment where they get involved
authentic, attentive and personal interaction with patient. Through applying the transpersonal
relationship with patient which can influence better and effective response toward the delivery of
better and effective response towered the professional development, personal spiritual practice

which can lead to assist nursing staff to deliver better care and support to individual which are
associated with deeper level of professional healing practices (Ciafrè et. al., (2020)).
Through applying the Watson theory of Caritas processes can be effective and help student
nurses to learn about proper caring to individual which are associated with taking care of good
health. This can also lead to include different processes that can allow to perform well and allow
to deliver better and effective response towards the delivery of better care practices for patient
improved health. There are some of the Caritas processes which may are being authentically
present to enable faith, practicing loving along with kindness for others and self, hope, inner-
subjective life for others and self, developing trusting interpersonal caring, fostering own
spiritual practices, showing empathy and forgiving (Pérez-Fuentes et. al., (2020)). Through
applying the Jean Watson’s nursing process which includes assessment, plan, intervention along
with evaluation that can be effective and help in delivery of better and effective response toward
better health.
Through applying the transpersonal caring which includes the values of deep
connectedness of relationship which are effective and can help nurses to establish better
relationship with other for delivery of better and effective healthcare services for patient
improved health. Here, nursing staff establish better and effective relationship with client or
patient where personal relationship allows to perform well and deliver quality care services
which are associated with delivery of better and effective response for improved health of
patient. In this patient is affected through nurses and nurses are also get affected through patient
which can enable them to get present in the moment which can includes the feeling of a union
with other (McCarthy et. al., (2021)).
Care Watson theory include the nursing play a critical part of nursing and are associated
with providing background for the idea which are associated with nursing practice. Here, nursing
practice is not just practice but it also includes the attempts which are effective and help to
provide patient care and bring them towards the optimal health to individual. There is high
importance of nursing caring which is effective and can help to provide better delivery of
effective response towards proving better healthcare serviced which include the healing process.
Here, nurses should show empathy along with compassion towards their parents where caring
can be done in different ways which includes taking care of individual and support them
physically for their improved and better health (Ricci-Allegra, (2018)). Through applying these it

can enable to provide better learning to nursing student which are effective and allow to provide
better understanding about effective response and care for their patient and their family.
TASK B
Understanding of application of mindfulness in therapeutic communication to nursing practice
Mindful communication refers to the active process which should be use by the healthcare
professional which includes nurses and patient get attentive to the timing, context of dialogue
exchange, nature and provide direct care through patient centred care along with using of
reflective and relational. This can be effective for nurses that can enable to provide better
delivery of patient care which are effective and allow to take care of patient health (Cunningham
et. al., (2021)).
There is need to take care of effective learning which are associated with taking care of
individual health. This can be effective and allow to provide better understanding about the use
of mindfulness within therapeutic communication. This can include better learning and influence
to provide better service delivery which are associated with taking care of good health of patient
and care regarding their family. Implementing mindfulness can include nursing staff which are
associated with managing clinical stress along with improving their health, this can also help in
increasing overall attention, presence with patient along with their families, empathy, increasing
overall attention, work satisfaction, serenity and reduced job burnout. Through applying the
mindfulness in the therapeutic communication which can enable nursing staff to perform well
and take care of their health along with their patient and family health. Through applying the
mindfulness that can allow to get better and effective response towards delivery of better care
and support in improving the quality of life (Ivtzan, (2019)).
Through applying the mindfulness application which enable nursing staff to take care of
their health and influence better and effective response towards dealing with better care and
perform better evidence based practices which are influence them to improve quality of care
services for patient improved health. This can be effective to provide better care and support
through providing patient-centred care that can enable them to provide better care and support
which can be effective to deal with improve patient health. Applying mindful communication
can help to improve patient health and ensure about creating awareness that can use the listening

and speaking for greater attention which can be effective and provide better clinical outcome
(Pérula-de Torres et. al., (2019)).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can have concluded that Caritas processes and caring can be
effective for nursing staff which are associated with delivery of better and effective response for
providing better care and support in order to patient improved health. Through applying the
Watson’s theory can help in improving better care and support to improve better health. There is
discussion about taking care of patient health which are associated with taking care of effective
health which are associated with transpersonal caring which can help in assisting student
registered nurse that can help to support safe care for patient and family. There is also discussion
about application of mindfulness in therapeutic communication to nursing practice.

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