Practice & Profession of Nursing Dr. Aidah Abu Elsoud Alkaissi An-Najah National University Nursing Department

Nursing The art of caring Health science of caring Nurses still found at the bedside Need for creativity within professional nursing practice Today nurses are managers, administrators, teachers & research scientists The essence of nursing is caring for persons

Person Centered Nursing Care Nursing is one of the health profession Profession, including a body of knowledge on which expert skills and services are based What is the expertise that nursing claims? “It is caring for persons”

Caring as a Basis for Nursing Caring should involve more than just carrying out nursing procedures such as bedmaking and treatments True caring is based on an attitude of nurturingرعاية of helping another to grow To care for another person, is to help him grow and actualize himself

Jean Watson- Nurse theorist Described nursing as the science of caring Watson contrasted care with cure Cure: treatment and elimination of the disease

Watson identified factors integral to the caring process, including Cultivation of sensitivity to self & others Development of a helping- trusting relationship Promotion of acceptance of positive and negative feelings Provision for a supportive, protective and corrective mental, physical, sociocultural and spititual environment Assistance with human needs gratification رضا

Definition of nursing Read page 8 Caring for persons is the organizing focus for all aspects of nursing

Elements of person-centered care Roger concentrate on strengths in order to facilitate personal growthtoward one´s highest potential All persons are in process of becoming-moving toward potentials Persons move in positive direction toward growth Appreciation of the value or worth of each person

Elements of person-centered care It requires a strong relationship between the therapist and the client The client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried

Maslow Humanistic view of persons Basic needs ranging from the most fundamental (food, oxygen, shelter)to self actualization

Attribute of the person-centered nurse Read page 11 Each person is a unique product Persons strive for their highest potential Respect the worth of each individual Recognize one´s own humanity

Attribute ميزة of the person-centered nurse Be genuine حقيقي Allow control to remain with the client Recognize that persons have basic needs and motivated to fullfil their needs Person´s action communicate message

Case study- Group discussion Mrs. Butler is an elderly woman with severity impaired vision due to cataract. The student had been working with woman in her home. What do you learn from the above case study?