COURSE:

NR500: Foundational Concepts and Applications

NR500 Week 5 Caring Concepts in Nursing

This week’s topic is centered on the concept of caring in contemporary nursing practice. In your initial response, provide a definition of caring that aligns with your perspective on the concept of caring. Identify your selected program of study specialty track (Executive, Education, Healthcare Policy, or Nursing Informatics). Describe how you will apply the principles of caring and holistic nursing in your future professional practice. Use at least one outside scholarly article to support your position. Provide an example to illustrate an application to professional practice.

SOLUTION

When one mentions nursing, the word caring as an adjective comes to mind. In my perspective, caring in nursing is the act of going above and beyond for your patient and family. One of Watson’s carative that resonates with me is “caring is creating a mental, physical, and spiritual environment that is supportive, corrective, and protective of human dignity.” (Kornusky & Karakashian 2021). I believe that to be able to provide this type of caring, nurses have to be able to respect their patients and family to be able to