Nursing Care

Introduction

Nursing, as a profession, was a “holistic, moral, educative process into which student nurses were inducted” (Bradshaw, 1999). The person who are not of good health and cannot care themselves then the only one came into the mind is “Nurse” who are the ultimate care providers at hospitals and at homes as the case may be. So, as a nurse it is a great responsibility to provide a comfort zone for the patient so that he or she can feel that someone is there who cares us, because in hospitals patient's attendants cannot stay more than time specified. Cobb defines Care as “Information that one is cared for and loved; that one is valued and esteemed; and that one belongs to a network of mutual obligation” (Cobb, 1976). Care is a simple four lettered word, but it leaves a sweet impression on the listener. We as a human being require care at each and every step of life. When a newborn cry her mother take him in to the lap. The care starts from there. It is a human nature that everyone feels delight to know that someone is there to care him.

Discussion

I begin my discussion with the name of Florence Nightingale; she is the founder of nursing profession. She led the foundation of Nursing by giving sacrifices and step against the decision of her family. Florence Nightingale appeared to agree in her statement: “It is the surgeon who saves a person's life …….it is the nurse who helps this person live”

According to the Royal College of Nursing, the purpose of nursing encompasses several aspects that give a holistic insight into the nursing profession. These include promoting and maintaining health, caring for individuals with compromised health, assisting recovery, facilitating independence, meeting needs and improving well being. Furthermore, the practice of nursing maintains specific prerequisites, among which education and knowledge of applying learned concepts is vital. Nursing skills must aptly provide direct patient care. Nurses must possess a portfolio of numerous skills including experience, empowering patients, communication skills, teamwork and compassion (Royal College of Nursing, 2003). The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates competency as an imperative component of the nurse's skills set. In the WHO 2000a: Glossary, competency implies “a framework of skills reflecting knowledge, attitudes and psycho-motor elements” (World Health Organization, 2001).

“Nursing Care”-In Light of Theories

Holistic Nursing Care theories were put forwarded on the basis of highlighting on a specific feature of the person with outside world, inside world and his nurse. The common goal is to deal with a person as an entire individual. All theories from Maslow till modern theories, the strategy to accept a person as a whole and consider him as an individual and importance should be given according to individual needs (American Journal of Nursing Science, 2013).

Jean Watson's Theory

There are several theories which propose the idea of nursing care. Jean Watson's Theory is one of them. His theory is known as “Jean Watson's Theory of Transpersonal Caring” also known as “Theory of Human Caring” ...