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

2. 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

3. 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”

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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?