Nursing as Caring Theory



Nursing as Caring Theory

Introduction

Anne Boykin's Nursing as Caring Theory is a general nursing theory that gives a wide philosophical structure with practical implications for changing practice. From this theory's perspective the sole purpose of the field of nursing is “nurturing persons living caring and growing in caring” (Boykin and Schoenhofer, 2001). The basic assumptions made by this theory are that being human is caring and that activity's of the nursing profession come together with the concept of nurturing and caring.

Purpose and Rationale  

Intentional and valid presence guides nurses in choosing and managing empirical knowledge to be practically ...