Nursing Revised

Week 2: Caring Concepts in Nursing
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Institutional Affiliation

Caring Concepts in Nursing
Constant transformations within the field of healthcare have raised demands and accountabilities on the nursing career. In spite of these changes, the nursing professionals are obliged to keep the art of caring to be the priority (Papathanasiou, Sklavou & Kourkouta, 2013). As a result, the delineation of caring that goes hand in hand with my viewpoint when caring is concerned is that from Duffy (2015), which outlines caring as a range of moral acts and attitude besides common values and actions that are knowledge-based and are directed by human-to-human relationships. My perception of the idea of caring is that it is a considerate, empathetic and sympathetic feeling that is directly associated with the predicament of other humans. I think caring is a response to what other individuals are going through, combined with a strong desire to physically or emotionally offer support to those in need. In my area of study, I selected masters of nursing education program. This area requires the application of holistic nursing and its principles for it to succeed.
As an educator, I will work with my students to ensure they are well-versed with the adequate knowledge that will enable them to handle patients well since facilitating students to assimilate what they learn in class into practice is imperative (Oermann, 2015). Competent nurses will not only provide their patients with physical needs but also emotional, mental, spiritual as well as their environmental needs.

As an educator, my roles can range from teaching nurses to patients on issues regarding their safety and education. While doing so, especially to the patients, I would not only consider cultural and social differences and preferences, but I will also stress on their relationship with their surroundings (Papathanasiou, Sklavou & Kourkouta, 2013). Similarly, I would generate feedback from both my students and patients with the aim of strengthening nursing practices. Additionally, I would use real-world connections and observations to ensure my students grasp essential information regarding effective nursing practices which will go to the extent of affecting the patient. Furthermore, I would make sure that my students learn by observation, practice, reflection, and participation as this is one of the methods of sharpening them to have holistic nursing practices. Lastly, marks awarded to the students should be genuine and should have no biases as this would guarantee the quality of nurses produced by institutions. I perceive caring to be the most crucial aspect as far as nursing profession is concerned.

Reference
Papathanasiou, I., Sklavou, M., & Kourkouta, L. (2013). Holistic nursing care: theories and perspectives. Pdfs.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 6 January 2018, from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9110/3f19e95e3afe87db96056500bf2dabdd04f2.pdfOermann, M. (2015). TEACHING IN NURSING AND ROLE OF THE EDUCATOR. Nursinglibrary.org. Retrieved 7 January 2018, from http://www.nursinglibrary.org/vhl/bitstream/10755/291020/1/Newberry_Shirley_53452.pdf