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In the evolution of the nursing profession, the phrases nursing care, therapeutic care, caring for others, and related expressions are used by nurses to describe their professional service to others. Members of our society have different thoughts and role expectations about these phrases in relation to the kind of care they receive from nurses. Furthermore, these expressions hold different meanings for nurses in their various care-giving roles, such as to individual clients, families, and community groups they serve. Care-giving and care-receiving roles of nurses have different sets of expectations and behaviors. It is well, there, that members of the nursing profession begin systematically to clarify the diverse functions and cultural values related to the concepts of care, caring, and nursing care.The concept of care is probably one of the least understood ideas used by professional and nonprofessional people, yet it is probably one of the most important concepts to be understood by human groups. It is a word with multiple social usages in the American culture, and has other meanings in other world cultures. The terms care, caring, and nursing care have both symbolic and functional meanings as they are used by caregivers and care-recipients. Nursing care also has a general, special meaning to nurses, and is often taken for granted in nurses' thoughts and action patterns. It is time that we study the implicit and explicit meanings associated with the concepts of care and caring so that we can reduce their ambiguities. Furthermore, the humanistic, scientific, and linguistic meanings related to nursing care and caring behaviors in any culture remain a most fascinating area of study for nurses.

"Este libro es una recopilación de relatos de enfermeras y enfermeros vinculados a los diez procesos de Caritas® de la Teoría del Ciencia del Cuidado de la Dra. Jean Watson . Los diez procesos de Caritas (que transmiten amor, compasión, sabiduría y cuidado) describen los elementos universales esenciales del cuidado humano que son el día a día de las enfermeras y los enfermeros. A menudo estos procesos no se reconocen y pueden permanecer ocultos y sin compartirse, debido a la cultura profesional científica y objetiva de los hospitales institucionales y a la medicina empírica orientada hacia la técnica." Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL (AAN) Profesora distinguida/Decana emérita CU Denver CON Fundadora/Directora: Watson Caring Science Institute "...milagros suceden continuamente, el problema es que estamos demasiado ocupados para verlos realmente.... Lo que hacemos, dando lo mejor en cada momento, incluso en los momentos más duros... es realmente un milagro."Mónica García, Enfermera titulada, especialista en UCI, MSN Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Bogotá, Colombia 

A monumental compendium of Caring Science past, present, and futureThis groundbreaking work is an encyclopedic reference on the full spectrum of Human Caring Science. With contributions from highly accomplished scholars and practitioners from six continents, it spans the evolution of Caring Science from its origins 40 years ago through its ongoing innovation and development and into the future. Comprehensive and in-depth, this resource brings multigenerational perspectives to Caring Science and demonstrates its ethical nursing applications across cross-cultural settings worldwide.The book’s broad scope embodies the paradigm’s theoretical foundations, guidance from Caring Science educators and researchers, and practice insights from expert clinicians and administrators. It offers strategies to influence meaningful policy change, integrate principles throughout cross-cultural and global settings, and introduces inspiring voices from luminaries in coaching, Caring Science creative arts, spirituality, and self-care. The text clearly demonstrates how theories, frameworks, and paradigms are directly integrated into practice, research, and educational settings. Scholarly narratives and discourses on Caring Science will facilitate understanding of how to transform systems with a caring consciousness and ethically informed action. Chapters, consistently formatted to promote ease of comprehension, include exemplars with reflective questions and references.Key Features:Traces the history of Caring Science and merges it with current and future perspectivesProvides a “how-to” guide for understanding the integration of theories, frameworks, and paradigms into practice, research, and educationDistills a vision of how to transform systems with a caring consciousness and a commitment to ethically informed actionEnables readers to cross-reference Caring Science leaders across specialtiesIllustrates Caring Science practice through case studies, examples, and discoursesSupports hospitals in procuring or maintaining ANCC Magnet certificationIdentifies research and practice opportunities for readers to integrate Caring Science into their professional milieus

Praise for the First Edition:“The book offers rich examples of nursing projects that may broaden nursing care for greater patient and student satisfaction and assist nurses with holistic self-care."--Gale Robinson-Smith, PhD, RNAssociate Professor, College of Nursing, Villanova UniversityInternational Journal for Human Caring“Provides wonderful tools for nurses to use in practice, education, or even for self-care. Designed for any nurse, . . . who wishes to learn more about applying Jean Watson's Human Caring Theory to practice … [It] is a practical, easy-to-read book for all nursing audiences and could be used at any educational level."--Doody's Medical Reviews"Sitzman and Watsons' book is an invaluable resource. The strength of this book is its simplicity on one level yet its complexity as the reader works throughout the layers incorporated within the book."--Nursing TimesThis seminal work, based on the philosophy of Watson’s Human Caring Theory, is designed to help students and practitioners of nursing to simplify Watson’s complex teachings and integrate them into everyday practice. The revised second edition includes an abundance of new micro-practice examples for each of the 10 Caritas Processes®; practical exemplars from Dr. Sitzman’s research, enabling readers to cultivate Caritas and mindfulness on a daily basis; and new case studies demonstrating how others have implemented Human Caring Science into everyday life and work.Drawing on the contemplative and mindfulness teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, the text offers an engaging entry into Human Caring Theory for newcomers and deepens understanding for current practitioners. Clear and simple content supports foundational learning and promotes direct experience related to Watson’s work. The book features guided mindfulness activities and artistic practices for each of the 10 Caritas Processes, plus case studies and guided procedures to facilitate learning and internalizing the method. The text also serves as the foundational text for the WCSI online course that provides step-by-step instructions on how to integrate and ground the philosophy and abstracts of Human Caring Theory into practice.New to the Second Edition:New and updated content throughoutPresents new examples from authors’ research for cultivating daily Caritas and mindfulness practicesEach Caritas Process chapter includes micro-practice examples from scholarly work demonstrating use of Watson’s TheoryAbundant case studies demonstrate how others have implemented Caring Science and Mindfulness in everyday life and workKey Features:Engages newcomers in learning Human Caring Theory and deepens understanding for current practitionersFacilitates integration of the philosophy and abstracts of Human Caring Theory into clinical practiceProvides abundant case studies and guided activities to reinforce contentIncludes guided mindfulness and artistic practices for each of the Ten Caritas ProcessesDesigned for a diverse audience including undergraduate, graduate, and international nursing and health science studentsServes as the foundational text for the companion WCSI online course (including videos)

The hallmark text for nursing faculty seeking to promote the transformative teaching of caring science, Creating a Caring Science Curriculum: A Relational Emancipatory Pedagogy for Nursing reflects the paramount scholarship of Caring Science educators. This second edition intertwines visionary thinking with blueprints, exemplars, and dynamic direction for the application of fundamental principles. It goes beyond the conventional by offering a model that serves as an emancipatory, ethical-philosophical, educational, and pedagogical learning guide for both teachers and students.Divided into five units, the text addresses the history of the caring curriculum revolution and its powerful presence within nursing. Unit I lays the foundation for a Caring Science curriculum. Unit II introduces intellectual and strategic blueprints for caring-based education, including action-oriented approaches for faculty–student relations, teaching/learning skills, pedagogical practices, critical-reflective-creative approaches to evolving human consciousness, and power relation dynamics. Unit III addresses curriculum structure and design, the evolution of a caring-based college of nursing, caring in advanced practice education, and the development of caring consciousness in nurse leaders. It also features real-world exemplars of Caring Science curricula. Unit IV includes an alternative approach to clinical and course-based evaluation, and the text concludes with an exploration of the future of the Caring Science curriculum as a way of emancipating the human spirit. Each chapter is structured to maximize engagement with reflective exercises and learning activities that encourage the integration of theory and practice into the learning process.New to This Edition:Updated chapters, case studies, and learning activitiesSix new chapters that provide guidance on how to create a Caring Science curriculumExemplars from institutions that have developed Caring Science curriculaKey Features:Provides a broad application of Caring Science for teachers, students, and nursing leadersFeatures case studies of teacher/student lived learning experiences within a caring–loving pedagogical environmentEncourages the integration of theory and practice into the learning process with learning activities and reflective exercisesDistills the expertise of world-renowned Caring Science scholarsPurchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers

This innovative text, built on the foundations of Watson's Caring Science, demonstrates how nursing professionals can develop virtual relationships that encompass caring and understanding in professional, teaching/learning, and everyday cyber communications. It describes how caring and love can transcend distance, space, and time in our increasingly virtual world to preserve the basic fabric of humanity as we physically interact less and electronically interact more. Straightforward and concise, the text offers specific practices for teachers, students, and professionals to support caring in a digital world, along with practical examples that enable readers to envision ways to create their own caring online presence.The text provides examples of initiatives aimed at establishing ongoing intent to care on levels ranging from personal to global. Included are a variety of educational activities that rely on digital resources to facilitate interaction, collaboration, learning, and connection. Learning objectives and knowledge-check questions in each chapter reinforce information, and a corresponding MOOC and other free professional online trainings are available to readers to augment study.Key Features:Built on Watson's Caring Science and expanded through Sitzman's researchContains specific information and practical examples for faculty, students, and professionals who interact onlineProvides examples of online caring initiatives from personal to globalValidated by seven research studies and extensive online experience of the authors

Delivers a transcendent worldview uniting science,  metaphysics and a cosmology of Love, in the service of healing humanityThis innovative publication addresses metaphysics as a core consideration and foundation for the evolution of nursing in the context of Watson's Unitary Care Science. If affirms and invites a maturing of the nursing profession and its developing consciousness of human-universe as the substance of Unitary Caring Science, along with its basis in the evolving cosmology of love. Within this conceptual framework the book examines metaphysics and the non-physical, invisible, spirit realm of human experiences, health, and healing, creating a new space to explore the relationship between science and spirit phenomena generally eschewed in Western thought.Addressing such topics as the meaning of metaphysics and why now is an ideal moment to pursue a unity of nursing and metaphysics, the book describes the personal, metaphysical and mystical experiences of the author and other contributors as a catalyst for readers to awaken and examine their own such experiences. Using an evolved Unitary Caring Science worldview of what is considered real and true within this paradigm and beyond Western science, the text honors the self in relation to diverse, unique experiences of patients from all backgrounds and belief systems. It explores personal experiences that cannot be explained using the dominant worldview and seeks to integrate science and metaphysics as a core branch of philosophy. A metaphysical understanding of nursing’s unitary relational worldview of oneness as foundation for mature discipline and practice provides nurses with a philosophical, theoretical, and scientific foundation for the  evolution of humankind. The text also explores the cosmology of Love as the foundational energy of life and the basis of a new call to the nursing profession to awaken their ancient and future role as metaphysicians of caring, health, and healing. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.Key Features:Provides metaphysical evidence and a deep philosophical understanding of the role of metaphysics and the cosmology of Love within Watson's Unitary Caring ScienceDisseminates these teachings through the writings of prominent nurse scholars, philosophers, theologians, scientists, and historiansIncludes personal moments, messages, and quotes to create evocative imaginative meanings and inspiration to metaphysical phenomenaDemonstrates how the concept of soul and spirit can be metaphysically reconciled as a real and true phenomena of concern within nursingExplores Unitary Caring Science in depth in relation to mature nursing phenomena and a worldview encompassing healing and health

Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring (Caritas) is now used in approximately 300 health care institutions in the United States and other institutions worldwide. This is the first international compendium of Caritas research, presenting the findings of 41 studies from 7 countries. The book examines similarities and differences in the ways in which each country applies Watson's Theory and documents the outcomes of these interventions. It addresses relationships between nurses and patients, nurses and their colleagues, self-care, and how Caritas is used to resolve outcome issues system-wide.The book discusses at length eight different Caring Factor surveys, primary research tools for those using the Caritas process, which identify constructs that either support or impede caring in multiple settings. The first section focuses on the theoretical underpinnings of Caritas and presents seven adaptations of the Caring Factor Survey. Section II addresses measurements and methods for facilitating a caring relationship between nurse and patient. Measurements and interventions to facilitate Caritas in a variety of settings is the focus of Section III, and the final sections address the international measurement and international comparisons of Caritas. The volume will be an important resource for nurse leaders, educators, administrators in academia including unit managers, and for hospitals with or seeking Magnet status. The book serves as a complement to Watson's Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Care and Creating a Caring Science Curriculum: An Emancipatory Pedagogy for Nursing. A co-publication with the Watson Caring Institute, this volume: Presents cutting-edge tools derived from the Caring Factor Survey for measuring caring in multiple contexts Discusses similarities and differences in caring contexts across nations Documents outcomes of Caritas in varied settings in the United States and internationally Addresses nurse-patient and nurse-colleague relationships, self-care, and resolution of system-wide outcome issues

Delivers specific guidelines for implementing human caring within teaching practices along with a wealth of examplesGrounded in the belief that translating caring science within teaching practices will humanize nursing education, this important book emphasizes the ways in which teachers can translate Human Caring and Caritas in order to include strategies for establishing authentic caring pedagogical relationships with their students. It aims to strengthen Human Caring as the basis for humanitarian teaching and to infuse the learning environment with caring practices for both students and teachers.The work provides an antidote for the continuous dominant biomedical and behavioral paradigm in nursing education. It includes specific guidelines for implementing Human Caring ethics, ontology, and epistemology throughout the teaching-learning community and describes how to translate caring values and assumptions into living Caritas as the nurse teachers’ moral ideal and praxis of authentic caring pedagogical relationships. Pragmatic examples provided by administrators, teachers, and students illustrate the value of a humanitarian caring science paradigm for nursing education and caring praxis.Key Features:Delivers an internationally renowned scholars’ perspective on teaching grounded in Human CaringIncludes exemplars of educators’ lived teaching experiences guided by their caring pedagogical praxisProvides examples of students’ lived learning experiences within a caring- teaching environmentOffers reflective practice exercises for nurse teachers to enhance their caring pedagogical relationships with studentsProvides guided caring artistic activities to promote ways of knowing, doing, being, and becoming in nursing educationPurchase includes access to the eBook for use on most mobile devices or computers

This narrative-based work is the first to describe Human Caring Literacy from the perspective of caring scientists who "live the life" by incorporating the precepts of human caring into every aspect of their personal and professional lives. It demonstrates, for nursing students and experienced nurses in a variety of roles, the abundant ways in which Caring Science Theory powerfully informs the lives of frontline clinicians, nursing deans and faculty, APRNs, and administrators in the United States and globally.The book goes beyond theory to illustrate how Caring Science is used every day in a variety of arenas and scenarios, ranging from the advancement of the discipline of nursing in South America to peacemaking in the Middle East. It describes the methods that help practitioners develop mindfulness, reflection, authentic presence, intentionality, and a caring consciousness in the service of providing authentic, heart-centered care for patients, their families, and societies. Designed to cultivate loving-kindness behaviors in all settings, including among nurses themselves, these narratives provide welcome alternatives to current ways of being, both professional and personal.Provides Examples of Caring Science Theory as a Guide to:Advancing professional nursing practice in South AmericaTranscending politics and conflict in the Middle EastEvolving global caring consciousness through online educationDeveloping nursing leaders who are heart-centered and intentionalExploring relationships between caring and Ubuntu in South AfricaTeaching through simulation to promote humanistic practiceKey Features:Provides real examples of living the theoryDemonstrates the use of Caring Science in leadership, practice, research, the healing arts, education, and praxisIllustrates practices that develop mindfulness, reflection, authentic presence, intentionality, and a caring consciousnessProvides evidence of an evolving global caring consciousness on five continents

The only text to contain a broad range of validated instruments to measure caring.This text is the only comprehensive and accessible collection of validated and reliable instruments for care measurement in clinical and educational nursing and health professions research. These measurements address quality of care; patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring; and caring behaviors, abilities, and efficacy. The third edition is updated throughout and includes a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caring. It features several new tools and instruments, and updates all established tools and instruments to reflect how each has been used in the past ten years. The third edition also presents a new chapter on assessing and measuring caring in digital/cyberspace settings, discusses global developments in assessing and measuring caring, and provides an updated section dedicated to the challenges and future directions of caring measurement.Each tool/instrument is presented according to a standard framework for ease of use. This framework includes a description of each tool/instrument and its origin, its development and use, key citations for its use, and its theoretical origin and access.New to the Third Edition:Includes a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caringUpdates all instruments and tools to reflect how each has been used in the past ten yearsPresents new instruments including “Student Perceptions of Caring Online”Offers an updated section dedicated to challenges and future directions of the measurement of caringProvides new chapter on assessing and measuring caring in digital/cyberspace settingsUpdates references to reflect new literatureDiscusses global developments in assessing and measuring caringKey Features:Contains a broad range of validated instruments to measure caring in an expanding array of health care settings including clinical, academic, and communityServes as a valuable resource for PhD, DNP, and other graduate students to support their dissertations and projectsConstitutes a key resource in clinical settings where clinicians have opportunities to measure caring among nurses, patients, and interdisciplinary colleaguesAids health care institutions applying for Magnet Status

Human Caring Science: A Theory of Nursing, Second Edition by renowned nurse theorist Jean Watson discusses the balance between science and caring that forms the basis of the nursing profession. Watson's Theory of Human Care draws from Western and Eastern philosophers, approaching the human care relationship as a moral concept. Further, it seeks to elucidate the human care process in nursing, preserve humanity and the inner life of patients, and reintroduce true caring and healing into educational and clinical practices.Thoroughly revised and updated, each chapter provides fresh insights and contemporary thinking making it accessible to undergraduates as well as graduates and practicing nurses. This Second Edition also includes a new research chapter with the latest empirical work on assessing and measuring caring, examples of practice models, and multi-site research.

Inspirational Quotes for Life is Jeans fifth book providing words of inspiration, laughter, and wisdom to the readers during moments of despair. Inspirational Quotes for Life writings will enable her readers to view life and unfavorable circumstances that may occur in their lives from a different perspective. Inspirational Quotes for Life is unique because the authors writings are based on life as it is viewed through her eyes. The author writes based on personal experiences she encounters daily and utilizes her writings to assist her in dealing with adversities in her life. Inspirational Quotes for Life is a daily guide to enhance the readers ability to cope with adversities encountered daily. Inspirational Quotes for Life is a powerful tool that is great for the body, mind, and soul.

A hidden room, a secret resistance network – and a call to witness for Christ in the darkest of places Corrie ten Boom and her family were watchmakers living in Haarlem, Holland in the early 20th Century. They loved God and loved to help others where they could. But their happy lifestyle was shattered when the Nazis occupied their country. Corrie became involved in the Dutch resistance network to help Jews, and others targeted by the Nazi regime, find safe places to hide. But when they were found out one day, little did Corrie realise that the work God called them to was just beginning. God used Corrie to show his love, even amidst the suffering of a Nazi concentration camp. The faith and courage displayed by Corrie ten Boom and her family shine through in this short, narrative biography. Part of the Hall of Faith series, you will not be able to put this thrilling book down. Be encouraged and challenged in your own faith as you read this amazing story.

An inspiring collection of stories about girls and women who lived boldly for ChristBox sets make an excellent gift for when a single book is not enough!Each book in this box set contains the story of women and girls who served God at great personal cost. These Christians were very different people who, in unique ways, God used to leave an impact on those they met, but also on those who heard their stories. How much are you prepared to sacrifice for God?You will meet…Corrie ten Boom: A powerful story about how God’s love and forgiveness can exist even in a Nazi concentration camp. Elaine Townsend: From social star of 1930’s Chicago to a Wycliffe missionary in South America and the USSR, Elaine Townsend learned how life can be filled with adventure, by simply saying ‘yes’ to God.Gladys Aylward: An unconventional missionary who thwarted authorities, became involved in the Chinese resistance and rescued over 100 children from the invading Japanese army.Mary Slessor: Mary left the shores of Scotland while only in her early twenties to work with the Calibar tribes in West Africa, to share Jesus with them, and stop superstitions that involved killing twin babies.Isobel Kuhn: Discover what brought this questioning, antagonistic teenager from doubt to faith in Christ. Find out how she affected the lives of countless people in China and Thailand.The Trail Blazers series are a well–known and long–standing series.Over 70 titles 9 themed box sets, each with 5 books Great for ages 9 to 14Published in 14 languages Over half a million books sold!These biographies follows the trail blazer’s journey to faith, and on to the work that God had planned for them. With lots of dialogue, these engaging stories show how God uses normal individuals to bring about his purpose.Each book in the Trail Blazer series features:Thinking Further Topics for each chapter to help readers think about how what they’ve read applies to their life todayTimeline of important events in the lifetime of each book’s subject

Unitary Caring Science: The Philosophy and Praxis of Nursing takes a profound look at conscious, intentional, reverential caring-healing as sacred practice/praxis and as a necessary turn for survival. Jean Watson posits Unitary Caring Science for the evolved Caritas-conscious practitioner and scholar. A detailed historical discussion of the evolution from Caring Science toward Unitary Caring Science reflects the maturing of the discipline, locating the nursing phenomena of wholeness within the unitary field paradigm. An exploration of praxis as informed moral practice results in an expanded development of the ten Caritas processes, resulting in a comprehensive value-guide to critical Caritas literacy and ontological Caritas praxis.  Watson writes for the Caritas Conscious Nurse™ or the Caritas Conscious Scholar/Practitioner/Educator on the journey toward the deeper caring-healing dimensions of life. Unitary Caring Science offers a personal-professional path of authenticity, bringing universals of Love, Energy, Spirit, Infinity of Purpose, and Meaning back into nurses lives and their life’s work. Unitary Caring Science serves as a continuing, evolving message to the next generation of nurse scholars and healing-health practitioners committed to a praxis informed by mature disciplinary consciousness.  Individual customers will also receive a secure link to select copyrighted teaching videos and meditations on www.watsoncaringscience.org.