A nurse shows an understanding of the practical nursing application of

A nurse shows an understanding of the practical nursing application of Watson’s Assumptions of Caring philosophy when:

1. Asking the client to explain the impact that his culture and religion will have on required nursing care.
2. Asking clients when they prefer to be given the opportunity to bathe.
3. Feeling empathy towards the client’s loss of mobility as a result of a fractured hip.
4. Always assuring the client has an unobstructed view out his room’s window.
5. Arranging to fulfill a client’s request to stay with him during a painful diagnostic test.

ANSWER

Correct Answer: 2,3,5
Rationale 1: This is more relevant to Leininger’s Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory.
Rationale 2: Watson proposes that a caring environment offers the development of potential while allowing the person to choose the best action for the self at a given point in time.
Rationale 3: Watson proposes that human caring in nursing is not just an emotion, concern, attitude, or benevolent desire. Caring connotes a personal response such as empathy.
Rationale 4: This is more relevant to Roy’s Adaptation Model.
Rationale 5: Watson proposes that caring occasions involve action and choice by nurse and client. If the caring occasion is transpersonal, the limits of openness expand, as do human capacities.