~Kristen Swanson's Theory of Caring~
Swanson Theory of Caring:
5 Processes of this theory:
-Assessing throughly
-Seeking cues
-Engaging the self or both
- Conveying ability
- Sharing feelings
- Not burdening
- Anticipating
- Performing skillfully
- Protecting
- Preserving dignity
- Supporting/allowing
- Focusing
- Generating alternatives
- Validating/giving feedback
- Maintaining a hope filled attitude
- Offering realistic optimism
- "Going the distance"
- Defines caring as nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility.
- Supports the claim that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but not necessarily unique to the nursing practice.
5 Processes of this theory:
- Knowing: striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of the other; avoiding assumptions.
-Assessing throughly
-Seeking cues
-Engaging the self or both
- Being with: being emotionally present to the other
- Conveying ability
- Sharing feelings
- Not burdening
- Doing for: doing for the other as he or she would do for self if it were at all possible
- Anticipating
- Performing skillfully
- Protecting
- Preserving dignity
- Enabling: Facilitating the others passage through life transitions and unfamiliar events
- Supporting/allowing
- Focusing
- Generating alternatives
- Validating/giving feedback
- Maintaining belief: sustaining faith in the others capacity to get through an event or transition and face a future with meaning
- Maintaining a hope filled attitude
- Offering realistic optimism
- "Going the distance"