NR 500 Week 2: Caring Concepts in Nursing
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NR 500 Week 2: Caring Concepts in Nursing
This week’s topic is centered on the concept of caring in contemporary nursing practice. In your initial response, provide a definition of caring that aligns with your perspective on the concept of caring. Identify your selected program of study specialty track (Executive, Education, FNP, Healthcare Policy, or Nursing Informatics). Describe how you will apply the principles of caring and holistic nursing in your future professional practice. Use at least one outside scholarly article to support your position. Provide an example to illustrate an application to professional practice.
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Title: NR 500 Week 2: Caring Concepts in Nursing
- Dr. White/Class,
Caring is a human way of interacting with patients that demonstrates sincere care and concern for patients simply because they are human beings (Paulson DS 2004). Caring can be to make somebody entrusted to you feel happy. This is different from taking care of patient which is emphasizes objective, professional care, such as the medical and psychological aspects of nursing. According to Adams, caring reflects a high regard for them as a human being one worthy of utmost respect and dignity. Caring is perceived as a necessity in how nurses assist patients on the continuum of illness to wellness, it become woven together theme and even same with nursing itself (Adams 2016)
I will like to define holistic nursing as i have defined caring in nursing above before i continue. Holistic nursing is caring for the person as a whole not just the patient sickness. I will apply the principles of caring and holistic nursing in my future professional practice as FNP by dealing with my patients as human, without bias in cultural, race, social status, and gender.
I will like to address and apply physical pain and exhaustion of the condition and its treatment of my patient. does the patient have family member/friend who can provide emotional support and day-to-day help such as performing important task as cooking, shopping, bathing. Do they have transportation to medical appointments, pharmacies or other health services. Financial problems, from health insurance to payments for medications, or paying household bills, do they have a place to live when discharged. How are the loved ones and family are coping with the situation. Behavioural change to minimize the progression on the disease like exercise, proper diet, and smoking (Carolyn 2014).
Caring is a human way of interacting with patients that demonstrates sincere care and concern for patients simply because they are human beings. As an FNP, I will care for my patients by seeing them as human without bias. Approach my patients treating the whole body and not just the diagnosis.
Adams, L. Y. (2016). The conundrum of caring in nursing. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 9(1), 1-8.
Carolyn Thomas. (2014). Caring for the Whole Patient. http://www.cfah.org/blog/ 2014/caring-for-the-whole-patient.
Paulson DS. (2004). Taking care of patients and caring for patients are not the same. AORN J ;79(2):359-62, 365-6. PMID: 15002832.
Patrick.
Collapse SubdiscussionMary Katherine White
Jan 8, 2018Jan 8 at 12:41pm
Patrick,
I enjoyed your post. Can you expand more on what it will look like to demonstrate sincer care and concern for your patients and see them without bias? Be specific.
Dr. White
Collapse SubdiscussionPatrick Okeke
Jan 11, 2018Jan 11 at 10:13pm
Dr. White.
To demonstrate sincere care, patients want to be care for, listened to, involve the patient in the care and it is the goal of the nurse to make them feel cared for with trust, compassion, love, understanding. Compassionate care helps foster feelings in the patient that both the nurse and patient are working toward the best possible outcome for the patients. To see patients without bias, nurses should look beyond cultural background, race, gender, or social economic. Each and every patient irrespective of where they come from should be respected, a patient without insurance should be treated the same way a patient with insurance and not be neglected.
Patrick.
Adams, L. Y. (2016). The conundrum of caring in nursing. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 9(1), 1-8.
Jan 12, 2018Jan 12 at 8:47am
Patrick,
Thank you for the clarification.
Dr. White
Jan 10, 2018Jan 10 at 7:59pm
Patrick,
The application of the principles of caring and holistic nursing is a good approach in the professional practice as a family nurse practitioner. Just as you said in your post, I agree that you should care for the person as a whole and not just care for the patient’s sickness or diagnosis. Treating them without bias is also an important factor to apply, as you also stated. Not everyone will agree what is right and what is wrong. As a provider, I think that patient centered care plays an important role in caring for our patients. This type of care allows us, as masters prepared nurses, to have our patients take a role in making decisions regarding their care. I feel as if the patient can be more involved in their care, then they would have better outcomes and satisfaction with their care. I’m also planning to apply that same approach that you have to my patients in my care in the future as a family nurse practitioner so I can be able to show sincere care and concern towards them.
Jennifer Ackley
Jan 13, 2018Jan 13 at 9am
Patrick,
I agree with your approach, care does not stop with just the diagnosis or even the patient, it extends to the caregiver. When interacting with the caregiver, we want to know “How are they coping? Do they have the resources to care for their loved ones? Do they themselves require care? What are their living arrangements?” There are times when the caregiver themselves require care, and this is where as nurses we step in to involve others on the care team such as chaplain, case managers and social workers and others to assist in problem solving and find ways to address everyone in their basic needs.In my specialized area, patients are afflicted with life altering illnesses which can trigger depressive states for patient’s and loved ones alike, by taking the holistic approach we address the mind, body and soul by being sensitive to their feelings, being compassionate, addressing the spirituality and building a trusting relationship.
Jan 13, 2018Jan 13 at 8:57pm
To Patrick and Class,
The act of sincere caring in health care is unbias and takes into consideration the patient’s cultural and spiritualty needs. As a FNP when assessing a patient; it is important not to treat individuals differently or base an assessment on stereotypes. Discrimination may occur in the form of race, ethnic background, gender, sex, sexual orientation, and/or age. I a society where everyone looks to stand out and be different, being nonjudgmental and open to cultural diversity will allow your assessment to depict the patient’s true reason for seeking medical care and allow for patient teaching and outcomes to be effective. As a health care provider, it is also important to recognize your own bias views and work towards self-improvement. Patients can sense when health care delivery is done in an uncaring manner. Human and eye contact is not made; and the true sense of compassion, commitment to excellence, and achieving that “caring moment” is miss. In our reading Drahosova and Jarosova (2016) identified caring behaviors as attentiveness to patients, communicating openly and honestly, providing dignity, respect, and comfort; and connecting with patient and families. Chamberlain’s also recognizes the need to establish caring into practice by using the Person -Centred Care Nursing Framework. This framework places the person-centred outcomes in the center; and for the deliver of care to be effective, one must work from the outer to the core: work with patient’s beliefs and values, engagement, share decision making, having sympathetic presence, providing holistic care. Therefore, to effective provide care for a patient the patient’s holistic being most first be address.
Collapse SubdiscussionKimberly Miller
Jan 7, 2018Jan 7 at 7:15pm
Hello Dr. White and classmates. In my perspective, the definition of caring means to meet ones entire needs. You listen to their needs and concerns while offering open communication. You provide your time and attention. You offer respect, dignity and empathy. You strive to meet the needs of the patient and family. Always include patient in the plan of care.
My selected program track is Education. I’m undecided if I will teach in a hospital or a college setting. In my future role as nurse educator, a major area of focus will be the environment in which I am teaching others. To succeed in providing holistic care to clients, the environment in which nurses practice needs to be holistic. To promote holistic care and practice, I will work to help my students and or nurses gain a sense of their own emotions and how they can influence others.
Nursing students and newer nurses are not equipped with the level of self-awareness, skills to manage resources, and the ability to lead others. Unequipped nurses entering intense working environments leads to frustration. This frustration can lead many to leave the profession.
As a future educator, I feel it is important to nurture students and or nurses. Nursing students and nurses need to feel a balance to provide holistic care. I will address the physical, emotional, and social needs within the environment. Meeting the needs of my future students and nurses within the teaching environment is a key component in them providing holistic and person-centered care to clients.
Weber, Janet. (2007). Creating a holistic environment for practicing nurses. Nursing
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