1. Caring In American Society
Many motives are identified when it comes to caring. Many things influence the way one cares or
whether care given at all. In American society, there is much brought to our attention concerning the
pain and suffering which is all around us. Many times, one must withdraw just to survive the
intensity of it all. For some, caring is the responsibility of the community at large. After all, we
think; "I have made my contributions, and my taxes have been paid. Since the needy person is not a
member of my immediate family, they push the responsibility for caring off on someone else. Even
within one's own family, it is often not clear who is to be cared for and how. No clear guidelines
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It is hard to look upon the needy or disadvantaged as being one with us. This can be quite difficult
for a helper. It requires them to encounter their own fears and prejudices. For some helpers this
process is just too risky and painful. "How Can I Help" could be a useful tool for many helpers. It
would aid a helper in asking the necessary questions surrounding the act of helping. Strength and
power are gained once the helper can identify and confront his or her own questions, fears, and
resistance. In fact, one can see that the so called obstacles are really just opportunities to activate the
caring nature that is in each of us. This is not an easy task and takes time and practice to be fully
implemented. However, the benefits to society will far outweigh the
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3. The Caring Attribute Of Nursing
The Caring Attribute of nursing
Introduction
Caring is the foundation of nursing. Caring attribute is the essential modules to provide patients with
the best care possible. The caring attribute of nursing consist of 6 c's but this essay will focus on
four C's (compassion, competence, commitment and confident). Compassion is the ability of
showing empathy towards patient. Competence is having the knowledge to produce a successful
care. Commitment consists of taking a pledge towards patient and their care. Confidence is the
process of gaining trust with a patient. These attribute requires practice all the way through the
treatment stages. The positive outcomes of these attribute promotes good patient and colleague
relationships with a healthier environment for everyone. For a well superiority of care, caring
attributes need to be practiced by health professions at all times. Nursing attribute is an important
factor to have as a personal and a professional quality. Attribute is a significant factor in the health
profession.
. Compassion
Compassion can be described as warm, comfort and empathic towards others. Compassionate nurse
partakes in a patient's experience while understanding the illness, in order to build a caring
relationship (Bourgeois & Van der Riet, 2015). Comfort can be used to defined both physical,
emotional and spiritual comfort. Physical comfort could be as simple as repositioning someone,
while emotional is letting them know that they are
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5. Mayeroff's Caring
Mayeroff's Major Ingredients of Caring Related to Coaching Soccer
This essay explains how Milton Mayeroff's "Major Ingredients of Caring," in his book, On Caring,
relates to coaching soccer. There are eight "ingredients" that Mayeroff discusses in his book that all
relate to becoming a successful coach. If a coach anaylzes and considers each ingredient, he can
deeply develop his skill as a caring trainer and guide of the players in his charge. Mayeroff's basic
principle is that when a person cares about someone else, the person being cared for will grow. In
order for a coach to be successful, he needs his players to grow; therefore he needs to care about all
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"Knowledge" is not the only ingredient that leads a coach to be a successful one. Alternating
rhythms is defined as "...the rhythm of moving back and forth between narrower and wider
framework" (p. 22), and is the second ingredient that Mayeroff discusses in regard to caring. While
coaching soccer, the coach needs to understand that not all players will learn at the same pace or in
the same way. The alternating rhythm ingredient reflects the fact that different tactics are needed for
different players. A coach is a teacher: when someone does not understand a concept, a new way is
determined in order for the student to comprehend the concept. Soccer is an interactive sport that
requires a lot of practice to acquire the many moves and tricks that make a soccer player effective.
For instance, if a player does not understand a coach through a visual example of a specific play
during a corner kick, the coach needs to develop another technique to teach the player the specific
play .The same thing goes for a play or a kick. A defender needs to know how to take the ball from
the opposing team, and then implement offensive skills. If a coach does not teach this in a coherent
manner, the player will not be able to grow. It is up to the coach to aid the player to acquire
knowledge of kicks, skills and offensive and defensive plays to become successful not just in one
game but
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7. Transformational Caring
Knowing your people is critically important to effectively lead them. I find Transformational
Leadership–Individualized Consideration (Caring) most important concept. In this concept, leaders
pay close attention to the needs of followers – mentoring them through situations and issues,
developing followers along the way. To be an effective leader, their needs to be trust between the
leader and follower. Keeping communication channels open and listening to their concerns, goes a
long way for your followers put their trust in you as a leader. I've had leaders that didn't care of their
subordinates and leaders that showed care. For the latter, I've seen first hand how it impacted my
motivations, my career in the Air Force. As an example, I was deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan in
2010. I worked in the Emergency Department. I worked diligently and treated wounded warriors
with compassion. In the back of my mind, if I keep working hard, the Air Force will take care of me.
Later during my deployment, my wife had a high–risk pregnancy and it took me less than a day to
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I need to spend time learning about the specific motivations; hopes and dreams of each individual in
my office to better direct them. I have a diversified group coming from different backgrounds,
temperaments, way of thinking, etc. I have direct supervision of 2 enlisted members and supporting
2 officers. I ought to know my people. To do this, I have to discuss and empathize with their needs,
making interpersonal connections with them (knowing important dates, anniversaries, birthdays,
hobbies, etc.), encouraging for ongoing professional development and personal growth, listening
fully without judgment and communicate in a warm way. I will also have to provide timely and
honest feedback. Lastly, give them reward when it is due or a simple "pat in the
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9. Human Caring
THEORY As a basis for the review, Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring will be used. This
theory is considered a philosophical and moral/ethical foundation for professional nurses. It calls
caring an art and a science that embraces spirituality. Ms. Watson describes 10 Caritas in this theory,
which are the basis for which care should be performed. Of particular importance to the issue of
mandatory reporting in nursing are Caritas numbers six and eight. Caritas six focuses on creative
problem solving and use of healing processes with all ways of knowing (Wagner, 2010). Nurses
should creatively problem solve to help in the healing processes associated with domestic violence.
Many persons involved in domestic violence cases tend to blame themselves
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11. Relational Caring Theory
Dr. Marilyn Ray RN, PhD, CTN, FAAN conducted research which revolved around the
organization's culture that included technological, political, legal, and economic structures and the
issues related to caring in organization's that are complex which resulted in the development of
Ray's Theory of bureaucratic caring in 1981. Ray expanded on her original theory the past two
decades which she conducted with Dr. Marian Turkel. They used both qualitative and quantitative
research methods to study and design profession and patient questionnaires of the complex nurse–
patient relational caring process and its impact on economic and patient outcomes in hospitals
(Smith and Parker, pg. 462). Ray and Turkel advanced the theory of relational caring complexity.
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13. Caring Behavior
Nursing is acknowledged as being the art and science of caring. Watson has continued to advocate
that nursing is the philosophy and science of caring and that caring brings meaning, dignity and
altruism to nursing and patient care (Watson 2008). According to Leininger (1988), 'caring is the
dominant intellectual, theoretical, heuristic, and central practice focus of nursing and no other
profession is so totally concerned with caring behaviors, than nursing. Nurses caring behavior have
been defined as acts, conduct and mannerisms enacted by professional nurses that convey concern,
safety and attention to patients (Greenhalgh et al. 1998). Caring behaviors of nurses contributes to
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2006). Spiritual intelligence is defined as "the human capacity to ask ultimate questions about the
meaning of life andto simultaneously experience the seamless connectionbetween each of us and the
world in which we live" (Wolman, 2001, p.84).Furthermore, MacLaren (2004) addressed that
nurses' ownspirituality is equally important for nurses providing spiritual care to patients, since it
can become the unspoken element which underpins and may improve quality of care. Asnurses
consider their role in the movement toward complementary modalities and integrative care, it is also
useful forthem to examine their own spiritual intelligence. Nurses who practice holistic care are
spokespersons forhuman spirituality, a key aspect of holistic care (Oswald, 2004). The holistic
nature of caring involved in nursingcomprises body–mind–spirit.
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15. The Rationale For Mutual Caring
An Outpost of Progress and Global Health Ethics: the Rationale for Mutual Caring are two readings
that will be further analyzed to demonstrate the most important value, in my opinion, for global
health ethics: solidarity. As a recap, the former is a literary work that portrays the lives of two
tradepost workers who react to their shared grief and suffering in distinct forms, which ultimately
leads to their demise (Conrad). The latter is a philosophical and theory–based work where authors
pinpoint several approaches in which bioethics could lead to the promotion of global health reform
(Benatar et al.). From engagement with these readings, I have found the contrast between
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An Outpost of Progress does an excellent job with distinguishing the two types of ideologies
through the main characters' conduct. However, the novel seems to demonstrate a positive bias
toward a collectivistic mindset, which alludes to the assumption that only populations that fall into
this category can achieve true solidarity. It is important to recall that regardless of a society ranking
the moral worth of an individual as highly valuable or solely dependent on the state of the
community at large, attaining solidarity is possible. With that being said, Global Health Ethics: the
Rationale for Mutual Caring indicates a middle ground for members of each culture to accomplish
acts of solidarity without going against their fundamental
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17. Caring Theory
Running head: CARING THEORY Caring Theory University of Phoenix Caring Theory Caring is
the central component of the nursing profession. Jean Watson believed that the essence of nursing is
caring for a person (Alderson, Huynh, & Thompson, 2008). Watson's caring theory has a
philosophical, moral and spiritual source that addresses a person's health with a holistic approach
focusing on the mind, body, and soul. According to Watson (2009), "nurses and practitioners who
are literate with caring relationships are capable of having loving, caring, kind, and sensitively
meaningful, personal connections with an increasingly enlightened public: a public seeking
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Studies show a relationship between Watson's Caring model and patient's blood pressure. "In those
patients for whom the caring model was practiced, there was a relationship between the Caring
model and a decrease in patient's blood pressure" (Ayse, Behice, Gulbu, Olcay, & Zeynep,
2005, p. 131). It is interesting to see this correlation. Using Watson's Caring model a nurse can help
a patient's mind, body, and soul. The environment in which the patient is cared for plays a major role
in the outcome of the patient's safety and health. When this patient was admitted he was on suicide
precaution. For his safety and per the hospital policy we placed a 24 hour sitter at the patient's
bedside. All cords and sharp objects were cleared from the patient's room. Patient's have a right to a
safe environment. Every shift I asked my patient if he had any thoughts of harming himself or
anyone else. This is part of a nurse's care. Providing privacy for the patient is an important aspect of
the environment. My patient had no immediate family or friends, therefore, the patient verbally told
me not to give any personal information over the phone. I explained the HIPAA regulations, and my
duty as a nurse to abide by these regulations. I made sure I went to a confined area in which other
people could not hear if I had to talk about the patient's personal information to doctors. As the days
went by, this patient brought my life into perspective.
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19. Ethics Of Caring And Virtue
Ethics of Caring and Virtue
Ethics of virtue is the belief that if a person wants to be considered good, they do good things
(Pollock, 1988). In ethics of virtue, happiness is always the outcome of a situation. The main
premise of virtue theory lies upon three main principles; virtues, practical wisdom and eudemonia. A
virtue is a mean state which lays between two vices. A virtue is a characteristic a virtuous person
possesses, for example courage. Courage is a virtue which lays between 'cowardice ' and
'foolhardiness'. Virtue can vary in meaning for each individual depending on their background and
history.
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Therefore, only those with good character can be truly happy. Just so that we can live virtuously, we
must avoid extremes and maintain a balance, which Aristotle terms as the "golden mean" (Pollock,
1988). The "golden mean" is the balance between the extremes, and we must use rational thinking
and reasoning in a balanced fashion.
Repeated actions lead to a condition, which makes an action distinct from a condition, therefore
meaning one virtuous act does not make a person virtuous. Acts of virtue must become a habit, so
that virtuous acts become second–nature. These repeated virtuous acts lead to the condition of
virtue, and the condition of virtue equals good character, and vice versa. This creates an assumption
of a link between being able to see who we are and what we do, between being and doing.
Ethic of Care is a theory of how we care for each other and all of the people around us. It makes us
realize how much we value the human relationship. Ethic of Care theory allows us to see the moral
value that is placed upon our communities, as well as, persons and asserts that one action can
possibly take place in the context relationship. However, the Ethic of Care does not support a
dependency relationship between people. The Ethic of Care is about maintaining a relationship that
is very mutual.
We should always try to constantly maintain a relationship that offers both mutual opportunity and
benefits, as well as, consider the implications of
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21. Caring For Kids
To combat the sun for the bright afternoon naps, a room with closed curtains that keep out light is
suggested, as well as a white noise machine to drown out mid–day noises such as dogs barking or
lawn mowers (Williams, 2008). These are reasonable sounding suggestions for encouraging
naptime, but how do the hold up against other child sleep experts? Caring for Kids, a website put
together by Canadian paediatricians corroborate the suggestion for quiet activities before naps,
especially calming music that the child enjoys. They also suggest limiting time spent in front of a
screen, or cutting it out altogether before a nap, as well as keeping any beverages or snack with
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In a final study performed by Lam et al. in 2011 it was shown there was actually a negative
correlation between naps and performance on neurocognitive tests, as well, there was also a negative
correlation between naps and night time sleep. This study seemingly goes against all other research,
though it is entirely possible (and rather likely) that the reasoning behind this contradictory study is
that there is a positive association between brain maturation and performance on these tests, which
incidentally would coincide with fewer naps. Another critique, this time about a video, is that in the
clip regarding behaviour and sleep fathers were excluded from data collection. This could cause
skewed results for children whose father is the primary caregiver, and in general is an oversight that,
in the future, should be considered when using parents as a data source. Furthermore, knowing now
the impact of light on naptime, it seems that the video clip of the case study takes place in a daycare
with few, if any, window coverings, and a very bright napping space– not at all conducive for a child
to fall asleep, and thus unsurprising that there was at least one child having
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23. The Stress of Caring
INSTRUCTION: Answer ALL questions. THE STRESS OF CARING The Scenario Parkway
Nursing Care is an organization facing a massive change. The company was founded in 1972 with
just two nursing homes in Phoenix, Arizona. The company was very successful, and throughout the
1980s it continued to turn a consistent profit while slowly acquiring or building 30 more units. This
low–profile approach changed forever in 1993 when venture capitalist Robert Quine decided to
make a major investment in expanding Parkway in return for a portion of its profits over the coming
years. The number of nursing homes exploded, and Parkway was operating 180 homes by the year
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As the chapter on organizational change explains, AI procedures systematically collect employee
input and then use this information to create a change message everyone can support. The human
resources department conducted focus groups, asking employees to describe some of their concerns
and suggestions for the future. The focus groups highlighted a number of suggestions, although they
don't all suggest movement in the same direction. Many suggestions concerned schedule flexibility.
One representative comment was this: "Most of the stress on this job comes because we can't take
time off when we need it. The LPNs [licensed practical nurses, who do much of the care] and
orderlies can't take time off when they need to, but a lot of them are single parents or primary
caregivers for their own children. When they have to leave for childcare responsibilities, the work
suffers and there's no contingency plan to help smooth things over. Then everyone who is left has to
work extra hard. The person who takes time off feels guilty, and there can be fights over taking time
off. If we had some way of covering these emergency absences, we'd all be a lot happier, and I think
the care would be a lot better." Other suggestions proposed a better method for communicating
information across shifts. Most of the documentation for shift work is done in large spiral
notebooks. When a new shift
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25. Jean Watson 's Caring Science And Human Caring
The researcher will be discussing Jean Watson's Caring Science and Human Caring Theories. Her
theories of Caring Science and Human Caring are active in today's way of nursing. The
Transpersonal Caring Relationship occurs during the "caring event", which was essential to Watson's
main view of nursing. "Caring is viewed as the moral ideal of nursing where there is utmost concern
for human dignity and preservation of humanity" (Watson 1999).
Jean Watson's Caring Science and Human Caring Theory
Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN–BC, FAAN is an American nurse theorist and a nursing professor who
is known for her Theory of Human Caring. She was born in 1940 in West Virginia. Jean graduated
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The philosophy of caring and science examines the relatedness of Human Science, The Human
Caring Process, Experiences, and Phenomena. "It is when we include caring and love in our work
and our life that we discover that nursing, like teaching, is more than just a job; it is also a life–
giving and life–receiving career for a lifetime of growth and learning" (Parker, 2001). Watson's
Caring Science and Human Caring Theory blend the sciences and humanities of everyday life to one
another. According to Watson, "There are three main conceptual elements comprising my theory; the
Carative Factors and Caritas Process, the development and utilization of the transpersonal caring
relationship, and the caring occasion or caring event" (Watson 2001). Jean Watson proposed her
Carative factors as meaningful suggestions and her goal was to guide the "core" of nursing, they
were interdependent, and used to "honor the human dimensions of nursing's work and the inner life
world and subjective experiences of the people we serve" (Watson 1997). Her original Carative
factors formed a "humanistic–altruistic system of values, instilled faith and hope within her patients,
was sensitive to herself and others, made a point to develop trust and a caring relationship with not
only her patients but their families too, and considered the feelings and expression (whether they
were
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27. In Defense Of Caring
In Defense of Caring What Other People Think You don't have to look far to find some
"inspirational" quote or some listicle about how and why you shouldn't care what other people think.
It's become so common that it's become a trite piece of advice that gets passed around to make
people feel good. That isn't to say that it's necessarily bad advice. Some articles on the topic are
actually well thought out and useful. In fact, for some people it's exactly the advice they need at a
particular moment. But as is the case with any idea that has woven itself into the fabric of our
society, it's possible to take the concept too far. Any given piece of advice is targeted towards a
specific demographic or is in response to certain observed behaviors,
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29. Cost Of Not Caring
Lack of accommodations serves as an additional culprit of discrimination for the mentally ill in the
workplace, as well. The Mercury News reported that a 54–year–old woman "was fired from her
sales job in March 2013 when her boss said the time she took off for medical appointments – which
included visits to her therapist – prevented her from meeting her quotas." A 33–year–old man
interviewing for a position as a personal trainer at a gym decided to be "open about his bipolar
disorder" and informed the interviewer of his condition because he wanted to be "an honest
employee and figured they were going to find out eventually" (The Mercury News). The response?
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Kaiser Health News journalist and PBS contributing author, Jenny Gold, discusses how the Obama
administration addressed the discrepancy in coverage between mental and bodily health in an
October 2016 article. Under President Obama, $9.3 in funding was designated to enforce the federal
parity law. The federal parity law was created in order to close the gap in health insurance coverage
between medical costs from mental health and bodily health. The Mental Health Parity and
Addiction Equity Act of 2008 required health insurers and employers to improve "coverage for
mental health and substance abuse issues." Benjamin Miller, director of the health policy center at
the University of Colorado School of Medicine, points out that, "...mental health is core to health...
Benefits and payments should follow the person, address their needs, and address the whole of their
health." The fact that these pieces of legislation were needed in the first place sheds light on the fact
that people with mental health issues are discriminated against in respect to their health insurance
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31. Relational Caring Complexity
Your examples for implementation of relational caring complexity are wonderful. I believe these are
great examples of the theory because they shows what can be done organizationally to implement
caring for the specific population you are caring for and for other members of your organization.
Well done. You also have a great start on your example for retailing research if you were to use the
coordinated implementation model. With the coordinated implementation model you want to
influence change from several facets. You covered administrative efforts at change by stating that
you would require school nurses district wide to attend professional development days and offer
continuing education to ensure they are up to date and using the most
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33. Caring Moments Essay
CARING MOMENTS
The caring project our group chose involved taking a test. We felt test day was an unusually stressful
event for everyone. We wanted to come up with a caring way that would help to alleviate some
stress on our fellow students, the faculty, and ourselves. We decided to hand out peppermint candy
on test day to help stimulate brain function. we felt this might help us all do well. We also talked to
everyone and wished them well on the test which was a good way to help relieve stress. It also gave
us an opportunity to meet some of our fellow students that we had never met before and it helped to
ease the stress we all were under. We also passed out the peppermints to the faculty as they needed a
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Then we will endeavor to speak with that person every time we see them. Our class is so large and
there are so many students we don't know. There could be someone out there who could use a friend
and one of us just might be that friend. We believe you can never have too many friends. The second
caring act we plan to implement is sending e–mail birthday cards to our fellow classmates.
Birthdays are important and we want everyone to know we are thinking of them on their special day.
The third caring act we plan to implement is the continuation of the peppermint and words of
encouragement before a test. We felt it was a big hit and everyone enjoyed it.
To provide caring moments for our nursing faculty we decided to implement these three acts. First
to send e–mails of encouragement to the faculty members. We as students are so quick to complain.
We forget how much time and effort it takes to prepare a class lecture. Along with preparing our
lecture, the instructors must be able to answer questions, as well as keep the class under control.
There time is also spent in conferences with students as well as registering them. We felt it would be
nice to send words of encouragement to the instructor who teaches each lecture. Just a note to let her
know we appreciate all her efforts. The second is a biweekly snack for our faculty. Every other
Friday we will bring in some kind
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35. Mia Caring Quotes
Mia:
Caring: They show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They
have a personal commitment to service and act to make a difference in the lives of others and to the
environment.
Mia the main protagonist of this novel is a caring character this can be conveyed through the
following quote, "Teddy is never going to graduate from T–ball to baseball. He's never going to
grow a moustache. Never going to get into fist fights or shoot a deer or fall in love. It is unfair If one
of us should have been left behind if one of us should be given an opportunity. It should have been
him."
This quotation conveys the idea that she cares for other people for her family, especially revealing
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" There are like twenty people in that waiting room right now. Some of them are related to you.
Some of them are not. But we're all your family" " You still have a family."
Kim is Mia's best friend and companion they have been friends since they were children from the
start of the novel to the end their relationship has strengthened. Kim shows that she caring towards
Mia by convincing Mia that even though her family has passed away she still has her friends and
relatives they are still her family. This helps to convey that Kim is a loving and caring person,
especially to Mia. Knowledgeable: We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring
knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global
significance.
Although this character is not explored widely in this novel I choose to use this character as it shows
characteristics of being a knowledgeable character in this novel.' The following week, our English
teacher paired us together for a joint oral discussion of To Kill A Mockingbird~ " I read this book at
my old school," " The racism thing is kind of obvious. I think the bigger thing is people's goodness.
Are they naturally good and turned bad by stuff like racism or are we naturally bad and need to work
hard not to be"' The dialogue within this quote conveys in detail Kim's perspective of the novel 'To
Kill A Mockingbird'. She then talks about her opinion of how racism is conveyed in the novel, she is
educated very well as this is also revealed throughout the
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37. Obeserving And Caring For Nurses
Nurses already have a lot of responsibility on their shoulders, when caring for patients. When caring
for a patient the nurse is the one constantly overserving and caring for the patient, regardless of the
healthcare setting. The new service model will definitely have a huge impact on how the health care
team manages care to each patient. This will not only affect the patient but those caring for the
patients as well. Nurses have reported that this new service model for shorter hospital stays has
really affected them in numerous ways. Nurses have reported that it has caused them to experience
the following, "poor self–rated health, greater sleeping troubles, work–family conflict, stress and
burnout, lower job satisfaction, and a greater
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39. Caring : Caring And Nursing
Caring Reflection
Nurses have the reputation of being caring. They run to your bedside when you call and are there to
support you through your visit. Ideally, their purpose is to nurse us back to health. Nurses should
focus on their ability to care for patients, as it enables a strong professional nurse and patient
relationship, but they should also know their limits.
Caring and Nursing Definition of Care. When I think of caring, I think of showing concern or
compassion for someone. Caring is extremely important, and why I believe this is care often eases
people's worries. In The Art of Nursing, it talks about a bewildered mother who's baby is in the
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81). The Art of Nursing states, "an engaged and sustained relationship between patient and nurse is
the ideal context for caring, since within this relationship the nurse has ample opportunities to get to
know the patient and her needs." (Cooper, 2001. p. 81–82). Though, the care for patients is not
dependable on relationships (Cooper, 2001). Caring can also take the form of frequency of caring
encounters. Not all nurses have caring encounters with patients, some rarely ever, but as a nurse you
are encouraged to look for opportunities to seize caring encounters with your patients (Cooper,
2001). Demonstration of Care. Nurses have many ways they are able to demonstrate care. The tone
of your voice, pace, rhythm and intonation, will impact your message and the patient is able to feel
comfortable with you (Kozier, 2014, p. 428). An important way to demonstrate a nurse cares is by
using open–ended questions. This invites the patient to elaborate on their thoughts and feelings
(Kozier, 2014). Offering yourself is also a method used to demonstrate care, such as offering to sit
with the patient until they feel all right, or until their family arrives, without making demands or
conditions they must apply to. (Kozier, 2014) This will often make them feel comfortable. Active
listening and demonstrating an interest convey an attitude of caring,
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41. Caring Patient Role
Caring for a patient in the last days of their lives or supporting patients and their families with a life
threatening diseases such as cancer is a part of the nurse's everyday role. This role can be
challenging and at times upsetting but the nurse must use both their professional skill set and
characteristics to achieve a positive patient outcome. Caring for a patient with a trajectory of death
doesn't get any easier with time but experience definitely teaches nurses how to cope with such an
emotional experience. The World Health Organisation WHO (2002) described Palliative care as
effecting all patients and their families who are experiencing a life threatening illness. Pavlish and
Ceronsky, (2009) in their study of oncology nurses within
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43. Caring And Caring At The Hospital
Discharged from the hospital, on our baby boy fist appointment at the health department the
treatment team congratulated us with big cheer and joy. Employees from all units come see my wife
and the new baby. After 18 months January 3rd 2012 we have our second child in a different county
and different hospital and the third baby after another 18 months July 24th 2013. The level of care
and treatment we received did not change; the only thing changed is places and faces of providers.
On our three pregnancies, our experience was deeply touching and great blessing. From the first
nurse who does my wife's pregnancy test to the surgical physicians delivers our babies, our
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Primarily, I have to find a new job with an opportunity that allows me to get a closer understanding
of the healthcare profession. Immediately started searching for hiring health care companies for job
opportunity and applied. My principle was, regardless the job position I will take it, for this is a door
to my future career. Still remember the day vividly how excited I was when I get a call for an
interview for a Laundry Technician opening in a hospital. Everything went well and on June 2010
was hired. The payment was much better than what anticipated. This gave me the opportunity and
time to start school. Most of all was happy to step my foot in a hospital. As a laundry technician, my
job deals with soiled linen with blood and other body discharges. However, was very happy in my
job and not even for a minute complained. I have seen how caring everybody works to clean and
treated my wife and babies. Now my feeling is this is my part to support the health care system for
somebody 's remarkable experience. My great vision is to be part of this team, which provides an
amazing care with a humble spirit. This is excellent choice to further my education and future
career. Months later, applied for an internal opening and hired as a Safely Attendant for physically
and mentally unstable patients. My new job gave me a better opportunity to learn about patient care
profession. Now I deal directly with patients, and meet
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45. Patient Caring
Caring is the fundamental features and expression of human being. Caring means to take care of
someone that needs your help, not only using your knowledge and competence as a professional
nurse but express your feeling and emotion as a human being. As a nurse to take care of your
patient, you should know how your patient is feeling through communication, if your patient worry
about something or angry about certain things, so as a smart professional creativity nurse, you can
help the patient to release stress and make it easier to heal. Caring and healing in the same way, you
can't heal your patient without providing good care. As a nurse, you should have excellent
communication skill in order to understand the patient's needs. Caring not
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46.
47. Roles Of Caring In Australia
Introduction.
Caring is an important task for families, and it also plays a valuable role. There are quite a number
of occurrences in life in which a worker would need to care for a sick dependant, which includes the
young and the old....... In the Australian society, a high amount of care is provided informally,
usually by family members (Edwards, Higgins, Gray, Zmijewski, & Kingston, 2008 ). Regarding all
informal carers, one in five is the primary carer (ABS 2004). Primary carers are individuals who
provide most informal assistance to the care recipient (Bittman, Griffiths, Hill, & Thomson, 2008)
The role of a carer can be very demanding as it involves assisting with the daily routines of the care
recipient. This routines include personal care, mobility and providing emotional support (Carers
Australia, 2012). Nonetheless, most informal carers also combine caregiving with paid jobs (Alpass,
Keeling, & Pond, 2014). Work–life balance is a generalised term in which an individual is able to
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The role of a caring is beneficial to their dependants and the community (Edwards et al., 2008 ), but
detrimental to their health (Schulz & Martire, 2004). Caring has a lot of challenges, most especially
for individuals who are working carers. This is due to managing dual roles and in most cases, gives
rise to increased anxiety, stress, anger, frustration and usually left unchecked leads can result in
increasing negative effects on their work and attitudes. However, the debate on work family in the
aspect of carers in the workforce, have received minimal attention (Bittman, Hill, & Thomson,
2007). According to the research carried out by the Victorian Carers Program, caregivers in
comparison with non– carers experienced lower life satisfaction, lower positive affect and higher
negative affect, irrespective of marital status and age (Schofield & Bloch,
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48.
49. Watson Caring Theory
Watson's Theory of Human Caring Aubrey Thomas NUR/403 February, 18th 2013 Stephanie Merck
Watson's Theory of Human Caring A few weeks ago I was assigned to provide care for Mrs Tevez
an 82yrs old female of Spanish origin who spoke very little English. Mrs.Tevez had a cervical
fracture that resulted from a fall at home. Her admission to hospital was for immobilization with a
cervical collar and bed rest pending possible surgery. She was considered a high risk patient because
of the possibility of serious complications from her cervical fracture. It is amazing how a caring
moment can have such a remarkable effect on persons who are part of that moment. A caring
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Also create a healing environment at all levels, physical as well as non–physical, subtle environment
of energy and consciousness, whereby wholeness, beauty, comfort, dignity, and peace are
potentiated. Examination of Watson's transpersonal theory of caring reveals certain concepts,
structural components, and assumptions. The concepts that are integral to her theory of transpersonal
caring are human life, health, environment, nursing, and care giving. Human life is defined as a
physical, mental, and spiritual existence transcending time and space. Health represents a unity and
harmony within the mind, body, and soul in a continual state of adapting, coping, and growing from
conception to death. Environment is characterized by physical, societal, and biologic constants that
affect behavior and are comprised of five variables: comfort, stress, privacy, cleanliness, and
aesthetics. Stress is recognized as originating from change, developmental conflicts, and loss, which
can create disharmony (Watson, 1985). Nursing is the human science of persons and human health–
illness experiences, which is mediated by personal, professional, scientific, aesthetic, and ethical
human care transactions. Transpersonal caring relationships consist of connections that embrace the
spirit or soul of the other through the processes of full, authentic, caring and healing attention in the
moment (Watson, 1988).
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51. Caring Paper
In reviewing the article Thanks to Jesse by Pamela Davies, the author clearly demonstrates the
concept of caring as it applies to the nursing profession. Caring is defined as "a relationship that
transcends all other human relationships, and reflects the fact that we share a greater purpose than
just serving ourselves in a material universe" (Hawthorne & Yurkovich, 2005). The article clearly
shows how a caring relationship between the child, Jesse, and the author, Pamela Davies, is integral
factor in the healing process for Jesse. It gives the reader an understanding of how Roach's C
'Compassion' and Watson's Carative Factor 'Developing and sustaining a helping–trusting, authentic
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In order to give him the feeling that he had some control over what was going on she was able to
negotiate the time of his bed bath as well as letting him decide when would be best to do his deep
breathing exercises. This shows compassion, as she was willing to adapt her schedule and the
nursing plan to what was most comfortable for the patient instead of what may have been easiest for
her. Jesse was feeling apprehensive and fearful about his hospital experience, by letting him have
some control over what was being done to his body Davies let Jesse know that she respected that it
was his body, and that he should be able to have some say in what was happening to him. Jean
Watson also developed a theory on the science of caring in which she indicates that there are 10
carative factors that are the basis of the science of caring as a nurse. Watson feels that ``the
development of a helping–trust relationship between the nurse and patient is crucial for
transpersonal caring`` (Neil &Tomey, 2006). Her fourth carative factor includes ``developing and
sustaining a helping–trusting, authentic caring relationship``(Jackson, 2011)
`` Later, as we listened to the child in the next bed howling in distress, he started to talk about how
scared he was that he would need an operation. He could see that all the others around him had had
operations, and they were really hurting big time. I said I didn't think
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52.
53. Caring For Others In The Chosen
Caring for others is one of the best ways someone can spend their time. Although occasionally
people naturally kindness, more often than not a person must make a conscious effort to help
another. Three characters in The Chosen demonstrated this regularly. They all decided to step out of
their comfort zone to show kindness to another individual. Despite completely different
circumstance, all situations have one important thing in common. One person made an effort to help
sand look out for a friend. Many characters in the book display kindness, particularly Reuven,
Danny, and Reb Saunders.
Sometimes showing kindness can make a person uncomfortable. Midway through the book, a few
days after Reuven arrives home from the hospital, he calls Billy. Billy, a young child who was
blinded from a car accident, received a surgery that had the possibility of fixing his eyes so he could
see again. Reuven, curious about the outcome of the surgery calls Billy's family, and, after talking to
the father for a few moments, he finds out the surgery did not succeed, and Billy's blindness would
remain for the rest of his life. This news hits Reuven hard, and he "began to wander aimlessly
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Soon after Reuven arrives at the hospital, Danny Saunders visits him. Danny, the boy who
'accidently' hit Reuven in the face with a baseball, came to visit him even though he did not know
him. Danny knew Reuven would be mad at him because he could have potentially blinded him for
life, but he came anyway. Although Reuven did lash out at him in the first visit, Reuven soon
forgave him and they became fast friends. "I don't hate you,' I managed to say, because I thought it
was time for me to say something even if what I said was a lie." (62) Danny cared about Reuven and
wanted him to recover quickly and fully, even though Reuven acted terribly towards him because he
hurt
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54.
55. The Philosophy And Science Of Caring
Jean Watson introduced her first published book Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of Caring
(1979) more than 30 years ago. Her statement "Caring is a professional ethical covenant that nursing
has with the public to sustain human caring in instances where it may be threatened; it necessarily
involves something deeper and more substantial than a 'customer model' orientation" (Watson, 2009,
p. 470). In her theory it is stated that caring is the essence of nursing and that professional nurses
should have a commitment and a connection for healing to begin. This paper will express the human
caring theory methods which include carative factors/carative process, caring moments,
transpersonal caring and caring healing modalities this will help us understand ourselves and our
patients and how to provide a better environment even if it is for a brief moment. Watsons theories
has components that help us understand "caring" in a loving relationship between nurse and patient;
she uses carative factors, carative process, transpersonal caring relationship, caring moments and
caring healing modalities. Her first book introduced the caritas factors, which is the groundwork of
Watson's Human Caring Theory. Watson had a personal tragedy that helped shape the "carative
factors": she lost her eye, and her husband to suicide. Her focus was to bring meaning to nursing
through "caring–healing" skill through her framework caritas factors. Carative factors is essential for
Watson's philosophy
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56.
57. When Caring Patient Is Caring
Caring is the fundamental features and expression of human being. Caring means to take care
someone need your help not just by your knowledge as a professional nurse, but with your feeling
and emotion as human being. As a nurse to caring your patient you should be know how he is feel, if
your patient is worry about something or angry from something, so as a smart professional nurse
you could help him easily. caring and healing on the same way, you can't healing your patient
without caring him, but as a nurse you must be make sure the patient caring not mandatory so you
can do it by anyway, that is could give the patient negative energy, but the patient caring by interest
and love to help other that is can give the patient positive energy because
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58.
59. The Stress Of Caring
The Stress of Caring
Elements of management should be guided by human physical dynamism of organization units,
which seeks to attain the objective and satisfaction of an organization (Robbins & Judge, 2007).
Satisfaction has to serve people involved with high morale and existence of a sense of attainment
primary when considering all those people who are giving the service.
Purpose of the Plan
The goal of this report is to act as a review to focus on management problems Parkway Nursing
Care is facing and serve as a tool for solving problems through recommendations. The objective of
this report is to help in categorizing relevant issues and theories faced by the management. Through
this, the report will seek to improve systems of management by focusing on needs of patients,
employees and management.
Background Information
Parkway Nursing Home is an organization based in Phoenix Arizona, which was founded in 1972.
The organization was very successful especially in the 1980s where it had skilled services from the
nursing fraternity. However, due to its ever–expanding patient's number and activities, the hospital
has problems of quality service provision. As the aging communities or patients continue to
increase, demand for services of the hospital and bed capacity increases.
Management Environment
An organization management environment is used to refer to a high–level view of a network of a
business servers and all of its application used when one wants to process work. A sound
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60.
61. Properly Caring
Importance Of Properly Caring For Livestock Animals
Most people care about animals, and want healthy meats at the stores, but properly caring for
livestock animals, is where it all begins. Caring for livestock animals, is crucial to the environment,
either by preventing negligence, or by teaching knowledge, but it also keeps the people healthy.
In order to have healthy livestock, you must first, transport them safely. To do this, you have to look
at all of the effects of transport, them being stress, injury from bruises or being trampled,
dehydration, death mainly in pigs when moved around too much, fighting, and exhaustion. You at all
times, want to avoid these, to preserve the animals and their well being. Some preloading cautions,
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(Wagner 1) Lastly, if you're a cattle farmer, you read, and make sure you follow all of the Beef
Quality Assurance Programs guidelines, also know as the BQA Program. All this program does is
provide the information you need, and to make sure the animal gets proper care, along as
transportation, and that you handle the meat properly (Animal Well Being 1).
If you take care of livestock properly, animal negligence will decrease, because you'll have
knowledge on how to take care of the animal properly. The first example of animal negligence,
would be horse slaughter in the United States. Horse slaughter is not only inhumane, but it also is
cruel on the transportation to slaughter for horses. It is inhumane, because of the way they kill the
horses, they will transport them to slaughter, without any food or water for long periods of time,
then they will proceed to dismember the horse, while shackled, most of the time, with the horse still
conscious. By eliminating horse slaughter, you will eliminate the killing of unwanted, good
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62.
63. The Caring Moment
The Caring Moment Brittany Seawright NUR/403 June 18, 2012 Stephanie Merck The Caring
Moment Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring was developed in 1979 (Cherner, 2007). Watson's
nursing theory was developed to bring meaning and focus to nursing as a diverse health profession
(Cherner, 2007). Watson believed caring is what heals and help patients to live (Cherner, 2007). She
believed patients should be treated as a whole to promote health. Watson's theory has transformed
the way nurses care for patients today; nurses build caring–interpersonal relationships with patients,
treat patients as holistic beings– body, mind, and spirit, and provide care with a positive attitude.
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19). Nursing is caring for others with love and compassion to promote health, prevent illness, and
restore health (Current Nursing, 2012). Environment Watson believes the nurse is the environment
(Alligood, 2012). The environment is the place where patients are loved, cared for, and healed
through intentional introduction of relaxing, music therapy, pleasant smells, meditation, and patients
chosen rituals (Alligood, 2012). Watson describes caring and love that comes from self and is given
to others, such as own workplace, to transform patients environment (Alligood, 2012). Caring
Moment A caring moment occurs when the nurse and patient come together and have a human–to–
human connection in which both the nurse and patient are inspired through the relationship built and
the caring moment (Watson, 2012). Once the nurse and patient develop that caring moment, he or
she can build a transpersonal relationship. A transpersonal caring relationship is between two
individuals, the nurse and the patient, which goes beyond self and beyond the caring moment,
extending to the deeper context of spirit (Watson, 2012). The nurse can connect with the patient
spiritually through being caring and developing a trusting relationship with the patient. I believe
every nurse has experienced a caring moment with his or her patients. There is one caring moment
that comes to mind that I experienced while working in the emergency room. I had a patient who
was beaten up by a
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64.
65. Characteristics Of Caring
There was a time in my life that my friend's boyfriend broke up with her, she needed a friend that
would stay with her the whole time she needed it and I was that friend. I stayed with her gave her
hugs and tissues when needed. She could have called any other friend of hers, but she decided to call
me and I feel that she appreciates me more now than she did before. After that day I think she has
more trust in me. By staying with her I am showing that I am caring. Caring can be performed in
many different ways, like helping someone with their homework, or walking with someone that
needs a friend. The characters Madeline from Everything Everything and Marin from Geraldo no
Last Name are caring to others because they both care for someone that they hardly even know. First
off Madeline from Everything Everything is caring for others. One example is "That night I only IM
with him until 2 A.M. instead of 3 A.M." (Yoon 101). This shows that she talks to him about his day
and if he had a bad day she will. If he has a problem, then he can talk to her and she will be there.
She is caring because she helps him with life problems because she has all the time in the world to
help him with all his problems and think of an answer to give him. Another example of Madeline is
caring is "I don't see what happens not because I pull away from my mom and I'm running" (Yoon
135). This shows that she is caring by saying that she will basically risk everything for him if he
needs her. She is
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66.
67. The Importance Of Caring : Caring For Patient, Families,...
Caring is a term that can be tossed around freely amongst those in the nursing practice. However, in
order for one to have a true understanding of what compassion is they first have to exam what the
definition of caring is. Caring is defined as "Displaying kindness and concern for others; the work or
practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves (Google, 2016)". However, is caring
necessarily a quality in which all nurses must possess in order to provide care to patient, families,
and the healthcare environment? Jean Watson, RN, Ph.D. took on this challenge and explored the
relationship between the nurse and others with the outlook of caring for rather than curing for the
patient. Watson utilized the transpersonal caring theory to set a standard of nursing practice of how
incorporating caring moments, relationships, and carative factors can improve the nurse client
and/or family relationship
Jean Watson, (as cited by Alligood, 2014) defines theory as "an imaginative grouping of knowledge,
ideas, and experience that are represented symbolically and seek to illuminate a given phenomenon"
(Alligood p. 81). Watson's transpersonal caring theory explores all aspects of caring when it relates
to the healthcare system. She gained both strength and knowledge from Carl Rodgers who put more
emphasis on caring rather than curing an individual. Watson explained (as cited by Alligood, 2014)
the transpersonal concept is an intersubjective individual to individual
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68.
69. Watson's Theory of Caring
Watson's Theory of Caring Jane A. Festejo University of Phoenix NUR/403: Theories and Models in
Nursing Practice July 29, 2010 Vicki Grosdidier, RN, MSN, CNM Watson's Theory of Caring Many
nursing scholars have developed theories on caring not only because it is essential to the profession
of nursing, but because it is a universal phenomenon that influences how every human being thinks,
feels, and behaves. Unfortunately, due to the hectic and fast–paced health care environment in
today's world, the opportunity to develop an interpersonal and therapeutic relationship with the
patient is often pushed aside by the demands of treating the disease itself rather than the patient as a
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The term "carative" is used in contrast with "curative" to differentiate between nursing and
medicine. Whereas "curative" factors are aimed at "curing" the disease through procedures, tasks,
treatments, and technology, "carative" factors are aimed at the sacred and spiritual dimensions of
caring that potentiate the healing process. As Watson's theory continued to evolve, the carative
factors were expanded and replaced by "clinical caritas processes." From the Greek vocabulary,
"caritas" means to "cherish, appreciate, and give special attention" (Alligood, 2010). These
processes provides nurses with a structure for the science of caring. In 2007, Watson refined the Ten
Carative Caritas Processes (CCP) as follows: 1) Embrace altruistic values and practice loving
kindness with self and other. 2) Instill faith and hope and honor others. 3) Be sensitive to self and
other by nurturing individual beliefs and practices. 4) Develop helping–trusting–caring
relationships. 5) Promote and accept positive and negative feelings as you authentically listen to
another's story 6) Use creative scientific–solving methods for caring decision making. 7) Share
teaching and learning that addresses the individual needs and comprehension styles. 8) Create a
healing environment for the physical and spiritual self which respects human dignity. 9) Assist with
basic physical, emotional, and spiritual human needs. 10) Open to
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70.
71. Stigma In Caring For Children
"Parents caring for children with intellectual disabilities (IDs; e.g. Autism and Down syndrome)
often report higher depressive symptoms when compared with parents of typically developing
children" (Cantwell, 2015). These children have a higher risk of poor health outcomes because of
parental stress and lack of social support. Parents with children that have Down syndrome feel there
is a stigma in caring for the child. Parent's not caring properly for their child leads to negative child
behavior. Children with low self–esteem and lived with parents who negatively viewed them, such
as embarrassment in public places, concluded to have higher depressive rates. When children
received high emotional support from their family members this decreased
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72.
73. Caring For Children In Africa
Caring for Children
In Africa raising children was an important part of developing the family and passing on tradition.
"The family is at once the most sensitive, important, and enduring element in the culture of any
people" (Billingsley, 1968).Caring for children was shared between the mother and father. "The
father played a very important role in the care and protection of the children in all these West
African societies" (Billingsley, 1968). The expectation is for children to be strongly attached to their
mother and that this attachment would carry over into adulthood. From their fathers they would
learn morality; their civic duties and economic training. "Negros were forcibly uprooted from a long
history of strong family and community life every bit as viable as that of their captors" (Billingsley,
1968).
Africans took pride in caring for their children due to their children being a depiction of the whole
family. Fathers and mothers where very involved in the day to day care of their children. Africans
believed that caring for children is essential to the mental health of the child. The child's childhood
experience is what will be passed down to the next generation (Billingsley, 1968).
For the duration of slavery parents were prohibited from caring for their children. The institution
was created and implemented to dissolve the material and non–material elements of African culture.
This would include caring for children. Africans have an expected way of
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74.
75. Fundamental Of Caring Movie
At first I had low expectations for this movie but i was very surprised with how much I liked The
Fundamentals of Caring. Paul Rudd and Craig Roberts with funny and charming performances and
the chemistry really made the film worthwhile. I thought Selena Gomez's performance was solid as
well. I found the movie to be very well made and I was quite happy with getting to watch it on
Netflix. The Fundamentals of caring is a very good movie, somewhat like the movie "Me Before
You". Rudd and Roberts played their roles perfectly as an emotionally crippled caregiver and a
wheelchair using teen who puts up a front, but deep down is really just another teenage boy. Ben
Benjamin is a retired novelist who spends most of his days avoiding his wife's requests
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76.
77. Caring Definition
Caring may be a simple word for some, but it has great meaning in my life, especially as a nurse.
Caring is the art of nursing. As a registered nurse, caring defines my role and responsibilities to
patients and helps guide my role as a nurse. Care is an old English word from the 1400s with the
meaning of grief and sorrow (Dictionary, "n.d."). The Collins English Dictionary (2012) states care
"is a state of mind in which one is troubled" as a noun. As a verb, care means "to be concerned or
solicitous". The American Nurses Association (2017) defines caring as "the protection, and
optimization of health and abilities, prevention of the illness and injury, alleviation of suffering
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Identifying the patients concerns allows the nurse to tailor to their individual needs. In nursing, there
are many ways to show care to a patient. This could be in the skills that are performed, or informing
a patient of test results and keeping them up to date with their plan of care. Caring is to advocate the
needs and wishes of the patient, keeping them safe, and most important: to listen. I was doing an
admission on a female patient in her late 40s. She came to the hospital with complaints of chest
pain. While doing the admission and physical assessment, I noticed everything was within defined
limits. No abnormal heart sounds, lungs were clear, and the electrocardiography (EKG) was normal
sinus rhythm. I looked over all her labs and those too were normal. I noticed this patient was here a
month ago for chest pain and had a cardiac work up done. All tests were negative. As a nurse, we
don't always have as much time as we would like to sit and talk with our patients, especially the
ones who can walk and empty their own bowl and bladder. The patients with more needs seem to get
more of our time. It was a busy night, but I made the time to talk with my new
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