Margaret Jean Harman Watson

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss and elaborate the great personality and role model in the field of nursing Dr Jean Watson. The paper will focus on Dr Jean Watson and elaborate the leadership characteristics through which Dr Watson influenced the entire healthcare industry; nonetheless, the paper will also discuss the importance of leader characteristics possessed by Dr Watson in the field of nursing. This study will enlighten the major works and contribution of Jean Watson in the field of nursing and healthcare; moreover, the paper will discuss the barriers that were experienced by Dr Watson during her practice. Finally, the paper will elaborate the implications of Dr Watson's approaches for the future workforce of the nursing industry, and discuss the impact of implications through knowledge, value and belief.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Overview of Jean Watson5

Rationale for Choosing Watson as a Nurse Leader5

Leadership Characteristics of Jean Watson6

Unique Contributions to Nursing Profession8

Advocacy Characteristics of Jean Watson for Healthcare Needs of Individuals and Families9

The Influence of Barriers10

Impact of Jean Watson's Contribution on Future Generation of Nurses11

Impacts from a Professional Perspective: Knowledge, Values and Beliefs12

Conclusion13

References14

Margaret Jean Harman Watson

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to explore a distinctive personality known as Dr Jean Watson. This paper will enlighten the leadership traits and capabilities of Dr Watson and their impact on healthcare and nursing industry. Moreover, the paper will justify Dr Watson as role model for future nursing professionals on the basis of logical reasoning and rationale. The analysis in this paper also focus on the barriers that were faced by Dr Watson during her practice and leadership initiatives; moreover, the influences will be presented that changed Dr Watson's some decisions. Dr Watson describes nursing as a process of caring not curing, and that it is effectively practiced and demonstrated interpersonally only. Dr Watson's theory also suggests that caring is a different way of being human, present, attentive, conscious, and intentional.

Dr Watson developed ten carative factors, the first three are philosophically based, and the rest of the factors revolve around the main concepts of health, environment, and nursing. Health care tremendously has changed over the pass years. Nurses have a higher workload and are responsible for many tasks and have little time to complete them. Nurses are taking care of more complex and high acuity patients. Furthermore, these conditions make it difficult for nurses to provide ideal care to each patient. Humanistic values and morals continually exist in health care. Jean Watson's theory is a resource of knowledge to help nurses understand how to choose ways to save their caring practice and why it is important. After understanding Jean Watson's theory, nurses will be able appropriately to apply them to clinical applications and in result, patient care will improve.

Overview of Jean Watson

Dr Jean Watson is one of the few nursing leaders that have a crucial impact on not only the field of nursing; but, their influence is eminent on the entire healthcare industry. The services offered by Jean Watson in the nursing field ...