Cuidado espiritual à mãe de bebê com malformação à luz da Teoria Watson: compreensão de enfermeiras

Resumo Objetivos investigar a compreensão de enfermeiras assistenciais sobre espiritualidade; analisar o cuidado espiritual prestado pelas enfermeiras à mãe de bebê com malformação, à luz da Teoria de Jean Watson. Método abordagem qualitativa, implementando a entrevista semiestruturada com 11 enfermeiras de uma maternidade de referência no município de João Pessoa (PB). Os dados foram analisados a partir da técnica da análise de conteúdo proposta por Bardin. Resultados emergiram duas categorias: compreensão de enfermeiras sobre espiritualidade e cuidado espiritual; cuidado espiritual prestado pelas enfermeiras às mães de bebês com malformação congênita, na perspectiva da Teoria de Jean Watson. As profissionais utilizam, empiricamente, elementos do Processo Clinical Caritas-Veritas. Conclusão e implicações para a prática as enfermeiras compreendem espiritualidade como algo que norteia e dá sentido à vida, podendo ou não estar relacionada a uma prática religiosa. Reconhecem que o cuidado espiritual auxilia as mães no enfrentamento de problemas.

An Alternative to Socio-Economic Injustice

Individuals have responded with a variety of responses to crises such as war, natural disasters, famine, and pandemics. These are times when people have pulled together to overcome these challenges, or sometimes have divided themselves ideologically, politically, and behaviorally. This chapter addresses some of those characteristics within the United States affecting national and global relationships in the 21st century. The authors support the perception that there is a need for behavioral and cultural change—caring. Specifically, the authors propose an alternative paradigm: the development and sustainability of a “culture of care” as an interdisciplinary approach for national behaviors and international collaboration. The work of two American scholars, Nel Noddings and Jean Watson, center on the importance of the philosophy of care, caring theory, and practice in education and nursing. Going forward to more international crises such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and poverty and hunger, the authors look to a more equitable and collaborative means to address these problems.

Nursing Is the Light in Institutional Darkness: A Dialogue With Dr. Jean Watson

The year 2022 is Nursing Science Quarterly’s 35th year in publication, and we are interested in dialoging with some of the discipline’s nurse theorists. We hope to uncover some influences and origins of their theoretical thinking and hear about their current projects related to nursing science. In this Scholarly Dialogue column, we dialogue with Dr. Jean Watson, nurse theorist, director of the Watson Caring Science Institute, and Distinguished Professor/Dean Emerita of University of Colorado Denver, College of Nursing.

Humanized Care From the Nurse–Patient Perspective in a Hospital Setting: A Systematic Review of Experiences Disclosed in Spanish and Portuguese Scientific Articles

Nowadays, humanized care is an essential component in the field of health because the professional work of nursing seeks to provide quality services to patients who are suffering and fear illness or the dying process. Nurses recognize the need to incorporate humanized care into their daily work, as supported by Jean Watson, who states that caring entails establishing an adequate nurse–patient therapeutic relationship, where health education is a tool that promotes self-care in the patient, family, and community. The main objective of this work was to find scientific evidence on humanized care from the perspectives of nurses and hospitalized patients. To meet those research objectives, an exploratory systematic review of articles published in high-quality scientific journals from 2016 to 2020 using the PRISMA methodology in the Scopus and Scielo databases was conducted, yielding 26 studies that were analyzed. The findings show that nurses and patients perceive the need to remove the barriers that limit the advancement of humanized care in hospital institutions because they urgently demand that health professionals in all settings, especially critical ones, strengthen their humanizing role by sharing cordial, empathetic health experiences, and respecting their customs and beliefs during the hospitalization process. As a conclusion of the findings, the nurse–patient professionals agree that health personnel training is critical to providing humanized attention with quality in the hospital context, emphasizing that professional training should develop in practice soft skills, communication, safety environment, and human values.

Going above and beyond: using nursing theories to explore volunteerism during the COVID-19 pandemic

Historically, nurses have volunteered to serve in wars and natural catastrophes. However, instead of a distant disaster, many nurses in the UK volunteered, working above and beyond, to assist their colleagues, local communities and health systems in the NHS during the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the motivations and benefits to the community or self of volunteerism have been discussed in the literature, there is a paucity of literature and theoretical understanding from the field of nursing. Using a reflective and personal account of volunteering, this article aims to provide a better understanding of the concept of volunteerism in nursing. By exploring associated nursing theories from Jean Watson and Kristen Swanson, this article aims to illuminate and expand the knowledge base about nursing volunteerism. These nursing theories can frame the act of volunteerism and nursing and illustrate the interrelations of nursing theory and the practice of nursing volunteerism.

The Illusion of Separateness, a Philosophical Study of Nursing and Naturopathic Practice: Healing Connections Between People

<p>This thesis describes the journey of a practicing Independent Nurse Practitioner and Naturopath towards the understanding of the illusion of separateness and what this could mean in terms of health and healing generally and specifically through the stories of five clients. The study reveals through these stories how the practice developed over time in relation to this idea. As a result of personal experience, clinical practice and my quest for knowledge I have come to a consideration that what stops or blocks us realizing that we all have an innate potential for self-healing is the illusion of separateness; that is, believing we are beings separate from each other and separate from the rest of nature. The thesis is presented as a narrative and begins with an account of the events in the practitioner's life that lead to the specific study of natural therapies and the development of a cohesive practice using holistic health practices from a nursing perspective. The text essentially describes the process of establishing a private practice combining two disciplines of Nursing and Naturopathy in New Zealand. The study reveals how a nurse and naturopath's practice is based on the premise that it is crucial to recognise that the personal life and professional life of the nurse inform and influence each other and are always part of the process of care in such a practice. Three healing modalities that are central to the practice are described in detail. The description is informed by theory and research from nursing, the social sciences and the natural sciences. The study reveals the practical value of postmodern nurse theorists, Jean Watson and Margaret Newman to this practice. This study also briefly discusses the concepts from quantum theory, evolutionary theory and psychoneuroirnmunology that are used in the practice. The thesis reveals one nurse's journey of practice development using contemplation and reflection that records an important aspect that has already benefited clients and the community where the practice occurs.</p>

The Illusion of Separateness, a Philosophical Study of Nursing and Naturopathic Practice: Healing Connections Between People

<p>This thesis describes the journey of a practicing Independent Nurse Practitioner and Naturopath towards the understanding of the illusion of separateness and what this could mean in terms of health and healing generally and specifically through the stories of five clients. The study reveals through these stories how the practice developed over time in relation to this idea. As a result of personal experience, clinical practice and my quest for knowledge I have come to a consideration that what stops or blocks us realizing that we all have an innate potential for self-healing is the illusion of separateness; that is, believing we are beings separate from each other and separate from the rest of nature. The thesis is presented as a narrative and begins with an account of the events in the practitioner's life that lead to the specific study of natural therapies and the development of a cohesive practice using holistic health practices from a nursing perspective. The text essentially describes the process of establishing a private practice combining two disciplines of Nursing and Naturopathy in New Zealand. The study reveals how a nurse and naturopath's practice is based on the premise that it is crucial to recognise that the personal life and professional life of the nurse inform and influence each other and are always part of the process of care in such a practice. Three healing modalities that are central to the practice are described in detail. The description is informed by theory and research from nursing, the social sciences and the natural sciences. The study reveals the practical value of postmodern nurse theorists, Jean Watson and Margaret Newman to this practice. This study also briefly discusses the concepts from quantum theory, evolutionary theory and psychoneuroirnmunology that are used in the practice. The thesis reveals one nurse's journey of practice development using contemplation and reflection that records an important aspect that has already benefited clients and the community where the practice occurs.</p>

RISCOS DE INFECÇÃO POR COVID-19 PELOS CATADORES DE RESÍDUOS: REFLEXÕES À LUZ DE JEAN WATSON

Objetivou-se refletir sobre os riscos de infecção por Sars-CoV-2 no exercer da função dos catadores de resíduos e segurança destes por intermédio de ações de prevenção via orientações em saúde sob a perspectiva teórica de Jean Watson. Trata-se de um estudo de reflexão, cujos referenciais são a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos no Brasil, o tempo de atividade do coronavírus e a perspectiva teórica de Jean Watson. O conteúdo apresentado reflete sobre os riscos de infecção pelo Sars-CoV-2 aos quais os catadores estão sujeitos sobre duas vertentes categóricas, sendo elas: “A Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos em vigor no Brasil e a insegurança frente ao Sars-CoV-2” e “As ações de prevenção de infecção pelo Sars-CoV-2 por intermédio das orientações em saúde associada ao cotidiano dos catadores sob a perspectiva teórica de Jean Watson”. Conclui-se que os riscos aos quais os catadores estão sujeitos no exercício profissional são minimizados mediante o uso de equipamentos de proteção individual e pela lavagem e higienização das mãos, mas a conscientização destes indivíduos sobre a importância de se adotar medidas as preventivas de modo adequado deve ser realizada por intermédio de orientações em saúde ancoradas na Teoria do Cuidado Transpessoal, pois esta apresenta seu desenvolvimento partindo do sujeito para o sujeito.

Publications of theses and dissertations addressing the human caring theory: a bibliometric study / Publicações de teses e dissertações sobre a teoria do cuidado humano: estudo bibliométrico

Objetivo: Analisar a produção científica acerca da Teoria do Cuidado Humano de Jean Watson em teses e dissertações, no âmbito nacional. Métodos: Estudo bibliométrico constituído de 41 teses e dissertações publicadas no banco de teses e dissertações do CEPEn, catálogo de teses e dissertações disponível no portal da CAPES, no Portal Domínio Público, na TESESENF e BDTD, no recorte temporal de 2000 a 2016. Resultados: Os anos de 2000 e 2016 foram os de maior produção sobre o tema. A região sul obteve um maior destaque nas publicações, com maior quantidade de estudos produzidos na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. As palavras-chave mais evidenciadas foram enfermagem, teoria de enfermagem e cuidado de enfermagem. Houve predominância de dissertações e de pesquisadores da área da enfermagem. Conclusão: Sugere-se a realização de novos estudos sobre a temática, no sentido de auxiliar a aplicabilidade da teoria no ambiente de cuidados.

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Practices and Human Caring Science: Toward a Care-Informed Model of Treatment

Psychedelic therapies intentionally combine a caring/healing environment, psychotherapy, and psychedelic medicine as a powerful means of treating intractable conditions of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. This article utilizes the nursing theory of human caring science, as articulated by Jean Watson, to describe the essential and fundamental human caring qualities in psychedelic therapy. By mapping these qualities onto the traits of a psychedelic therapist, articulated by Janis Phelps and illustrating them with qualitative, exemplar data from a psilocybin assisted therapy study, we have created a nursing-informed philosophical theoretical framework with which to begin to examine questions related to trust enhancement between patient and therapist, therapeutic communication of openness to patient experiences, mutual learning between therapist and patient, the influence spiritual or psychedelic practices of the therapist on outcomes, optimizing therapeutic healing environments, and care of the physical body during psychedelic therapy sessions. This article is intended to identify themes and generate hypotheses for future nursing-informed psychedelic psychotherapy research.