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ranscultural "aring caring is the essence and central, unifying and dominant domain that distinguishes nursing from other health disciplines; Care is essential humnan need, necessary for the health and survival of all individuals; Even though human caring is universal phenomenon, the expression, processes and patterns of carying vary among cultures #atson's !ranspersonal "aring transpersonal caring looks for deeper sources of inner healing to protect, enhance, and preserve a person's dignity, humanity, wholeness and inner harmony; Watson's view of caring becomes almost spiritual; It perserves human dignity in the technological, cure dominanted health care system and emphasis is on the nurse patient relationship #atson's 1$ "arati%e &actors !"#orming a human altruistic value system, $" instilling faith hope; %" cultivating sensitivity to one's self and to others; &" developing a helping, trusting, human caring relationship; '" promoting(expressing positive(negative feelings; )" using creative problem solving, caring processes; *" promoting transpersonal teaching learning; +" providing for a supportive, protective, and(or corrective mental, physical, societal and spiritual environment; ," meeting human needs; !-" allowing for existential phenomenological spiritual forces "arati%e &actor 1 - &orming a human-altruistic %alue s'stem using loving kindness to extend yourself; use self disclosre appropirately to promote a theraeutic alliance with your patient "arati%e &actor 2 - (nstilling faith-hope provide a connection with the patient that offers purpose and direction when trying to find the meaning of an illness "arati%e &actor 3 - culti%ating a sensiti%it' to one's self and to others learn to accept yourself and others for their full potential; a caring nurse matures into becoming a self actuali.ed nurse "arati%e &actor 4 - )e%eloping a helping* trusting* human caring relationship leart to develop and sustain helping, trusting, authentic, caring relationships through effective communication with your patients "arati%e &actor 5 - +romoting and e,pressing positi%e and negati%e fellings support and accept your patients' feelings; in connecting with our patients you show a willingness to take risks in sharing in the relationship "arati%e &actor - - .sing creati%e pro/lemsol%ing* caring process apply the nursing process in systematic, scientific problem solving decision making in providing patient centered care "arati%e &0ctor 7 - +romoting transpersonal teaching-learning

learn together while educating the patient to ac/uire self care skills; the patient assumes responsibility for learling

"arati%e &actor 1 - +ro%iding for a supporti%e* protecti%e* and/or correcti%e mental* ph'sical* societal and spritiual en%ironment creating a healing environment at all levels, physical and nonphysical; this romotes wholeness, beauty, comfort, dignity, and peace "arati%e &actor 2 - 3eeting human needs assist patients with basc needs with an intentional care and caring consciousness "arati%e &actor 1$ - 0llo4ing for e,istentialphenomenological-spiritual forces allow spritiual forces to provide a better understanding of yourself and your patient

54anson's !heor' of "aring defines caring as a nurturing 4a' of relating to a %alued other to4ard 4hom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsi/ilit'6 supports claim that caring is a central nursing phenomenon /ut not necessaril' unique to nursing practice 54anson's !heor' of "aring - 5 processes 7no4ing* /eing 4ith* doing for* ena/ling* maintaing /elief "aring +rocess - 8no4ing 5tri%ing to understand an e%ent as it has meaning in the life of the other6 a%oiding assumptions6 centering on the one cared for6 assessing thoroughl'6 see7ing cues6 engaging the self or /oth "aring +rocess - 9eing #ith 9eing emotionall' present to the other6 /eing there6 con%e'ing a/ilit'6 sharing feelings6 not /urdening "aring +rocess - )oing &or doing for the other as he or she 4ould do for self if it 4ere at all possi/le6 comforting6 anticipating6 performing s7illfull'6 prtecting6 preser%ing dignit' "aring +rocess - :na/ling &acilitating the others passage through life transitions ;e, - /irth* death< and unfamiliar e%ents6 informing/e,plaining6 supporting/allo4ing6 focusing6 generating alternati%es6 %alidating/gi%ing feed/ac7

"aring +rocess - 3aintaining 9elief 5ustaining faith in the other's capacit' to get through an e%ent or transition and face a future 4ith meaning6 /elie%ing in/holding in esteem6 maintaining a hope-filled attitude6 offering realistic optimism6 =going the distance= "aring in >ursing +ractice +ro%iding presence6 touch6 listening6 7no4ing the patient6 spiritual caring6 relie%eing pain and suffering6 famil' care 5ummar' of !heoretical ?ie4s >ursing caring theories ha%e common themes6 these commonalities as human interaction or communication* mutualit'* appreciating the uniqueness of indi%iduals and impro%ing the 4elfare of patiens and their families6 "aring is highl' relational6 nurse/pt enter into a relationship that is much more than one person simpl' =doing tas7s for= another6 mutual gi%e-and -ta7e6 theories %alua/le 4hen assessing pt perceptions and /eing cared for in muticultural en%ironment