M4

• Caring


  The human mode of being that forms the basis of what nurses do each and every day
• Caring as the human mode of being


  • The capacity of the power to care
  • The calling forth of this capacity
  • Responsivity of being called to someone, something who/which matters
  • The actualization of the capacity or the power to care
  • The activity or performance of caring as manifested in specific caring behaviors
• Simone Roach tried to define caring from the theological point of view, related to love, putting an emphasis on involvement in the other individual
• Constructs of Caring

  • Ontological
  • Anthropological
  • Ontical
  • Epistemological
  • Pedagogical
• Compassion


  Means to be with another in their suffering
• Competence


  Acquiring and using evidence-based scientific and humanistic knowledge and skill in the application of therapeutic interventions in the current practice of nursing
• Conscience


  Directs moral, ethical and legal decision-making
• Confidence


  Trust in one's ability to care for others
• Commitment


  Maintaining and elevating the standards and obligations of the nursing profession and assuring the delivery of excellence in nursing care
• Comportment


  The professional presentation of us as nurses to others in behavior, attitude, appearance, dress and language that communicate a caring presence
• Caring is the empowering of those for who care is given -ROACH
• Caring is the framework through which we as nurses implement the art and science of professional practice
• Patient's perspective of caring

  • Patients value the affective dimension of nursing care
  • Connecting with patients and their families
  • Being present
  • Respecting values, beliefs, and health care choices
• Ethic of care


  • Unique so professional nurses do not make professional decisions based solely on intellectual or analytical principles
  • Places caring at the center of decision making
  • The ideals of right and wrong behavior
• An ethic of care is concerned with relationships between people and with a nurse's character and attitude toward others
• Caring in nursing practice

  • Providing presence
  • Touch
  • Listening
  • Knowing the patient
  • Spiritual caring
  • Relieving symptoms and suffering
• Touch

  • Non-contact touch
  • Contact touch
  • Task-oriented touch
  • Caring touch
  • Protective touch
• Spirituality offers a sense of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal connectedness
• SISTER SIMONEROACH

  • Caring is the human mode of being.
  • Caring is the underlying concept that forms the basis of what nurses does each and every day.
• Trochanter roll prevents external rotation of the hips when a patient is in a supine position.
• Trapeze bar is a triangular device that hangs down from a securely fastened overhead bar that is attached to the bed frame.