The Importance of Jean Watsons Caring Theory in Nursing

Jean Watsons Caring Theory Modern hospitals of currently are filled with a many advanced technology and equipment. A combination of this advanced scientific analysis and testing has made the nurses working environment feel more like a high-tech business. This is far-fetched from the roots of nursing, where the nurse-patient interaction was the essential and primary factor contributing to the patients recovery. With strict regulatory documentation requirements and keeping up with the latest medical advances can distraught from what has been described as the core of nursing; caring (Watson, 2009). In all definitions of nursing, the word care or caring is always used and carries root of the meaning. The study discusses Jean Watsons contribution to the nursing profession and the implications of her theory in shaping the multiple paradigms of nursing. Jean Watson is one of the leading nurses of her time re-emphasize the importance of caring in nursing. 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