Module 1 - Art - Caring
Module 1 - Art - Caring
Nursing as an ART
NURSING AS AN ART
• The nurse must care for the self to care for others.
• Nurses must remain committed to human care ideals.
• Cultivation of a higher/deeper self and higher consciousness to caring.
• Human care can only be demonstrated through interpersonal
relationship.
• Education and practice systems must be based on human values and
concern for the welfare of others.
II. Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring
and Healing
• The theory aims at helping nursing personnel to
deliver care that promotes dignity, respect, and
empowerment.
Compassion:
• Is the suffering we experience through another’s
suffering and our desire to help. It allows nurses to
“treat people as individuals and not as a disease”.
• Compassion lies in the way in which nurses provide
care that respects human rights of all background,
age and race.
• Awareness of one’s relationship to others, sharing
their joys, sorrows, pain, and accomplishments.
Competence:
-is
the ability to treat every task, every moment and
every interaction with the highest level of care.
• -As a nurse we have moral and ethical commitment
to provide holistic care that is person-centered and
aligns with a person’s care and concerns and we
have an overall commitment and responsibility to
ensure the delivery of safe and quality care.
• -The deliberate choice to act in accordance with
one’s desires as well as obligations, resulting in
investment of self in a task or cause.
Conscience: