The Caring Occasion

Watson Says… “ ” A poignant human- to

human interaction “manifests within a

healing consciousness” (pg. 411)

a Metaphysical Experience (Watson’s use of energy fields and transcendence)

(George, 2002) ( www.shiftinaction.com, 2005)

Associated Concepts

Healing Consciousness Transpersonal Caring

Obtaining a certain method of thinking in the dynamics of transpersonal caring

The state of the nurse’s consciousness affects the energy fields of others

“The caring-healing process is connected with the other human(s) and the higher energy of the universe…” (Watson, 2008)

The deep, connected quality of human-to-human interaction

The sharing of oneself (by both patient and nurse) in the healing process

Healing modalities that are rooted in intentionality and promote human dignity… (George, 2002)

Associated Concepts

The Ten Carative Factors The Postmodern Mindset

1. Practice kindness, 2. presence, 3. transpersonal self, 4. helping-trusting function, 5. feeling expression (+ & -), 6.creative self, 7. teaching-learning function, 8. healing environment, 9. intentional care essentials, 10. existential dimension of life and death (Sitzman & Eischelberger, 2004)

Multiple truths Physical and

nonphysical phenomena Relativity of time and

space Emerging artistry, spirit-

metaphysical, holographic, etc.

(George, 2002)

How do we facilitate the

“Caring Occasion”?

The nurse must bring to the table their unique life histories (Sitzman & Eischelberger, 2004).

Transpersonal caring behaviours, in accordance with the 10 Carative Factors

“Emotional catharsis and ‘intersubjective flow’” (Mullaney, 2000).

Applying Theory to Practice

Treating Depressed Women, Mullaney’s (2002) Study: (the caring occasion)“Five themes were: feeling understood; feeling like there was a way out, regaining an empathetic perspective toward self and other; expressing negative feelings that enable self-acceptance; feeling better and able to engage in effective problem-solving and health life ways. Themes were related to carative factors.”

Mullaney also sights the successful use of Waton’s theory with pregnant woman whose fetuses have died in utero, Aids patients, etc.

The Watsonian NurseSearching for alternative healing modalities that go deeper than the traditional prevention and cure ideals

Application of the “caring science”

- CARATIVE FACTORS

- TRANSPERSONAL CARING

Creating the ideal environment for the caring occasion to occur

Advance practice , for example with the elderly, to assume the role of the practitioner, educator, and consultant

(Bernick, 2004).

the level of development made since 1980’s and international interest

Multidimensional approaches to research on the caring relationship

technological competency is given a high degree of importance in situations of severe health concerns

Watson’s 2002 publishing indicates tools for measuring caring in its scientific understanding

(Smith, 2004).

Strengths

Disruption of the “mechanistic medical model”

Not in Watson’s work itself but in the way the bureaucratic health care system operates

Trying to mesh together different values and beliefs

Challenge for healthcare provides to adapt to a new role ; shift from “sickness treatment systems” to “ healing/health care systems”

(George, 2002).

Limitations

Proposal

(Google Images, 2008).

ReferencesBernick, L. (2004). Caring for older adults: Practice

guided by Watson’s caring-healing model. Nursing Science Quarterly, 17(2), 128-134. Retrieved October 25, 2008 from CINAHL database.

George, J. (2002). Nursing theories: The base for professional nursing practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Mullaney, J. (2000). The lived experience of using Watson’s actual caring occasion to treat depressed women. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 18 (2), 129-142.

Sitzman, K. and Eischelberger, L.W. (2004). Understanding the work of nurse theorists: A creative beginning. Detroit, MI: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Smith, M. (2004) Review of research related to Watson’s theory of caring. Nursing Science Quarterly, 17(1), 13-25. Retrieved October 25, 2008 from CINAHL database.

Watson, J. (2008). The Watson Caring Science Institute. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from http://www.watsoncaringscience.org/index.html