Quality Caring in Nursing: Applying Theory to Clinical Practice, Education, and Leadership
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award for 2009! \ "[This] book offers a coherent, theoretical, and research-guided framework for quality nursing caring in practice, education, and leadership; a foundational, timeless, yet transformative framework of substance ."\ Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN\ College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Denver\ Dedicated time spent with patients and families in clinical settings is often limited, rushed, and impersonal. How can nurses develop more...
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"[This] book offers a coherent, theoretical, and research-guided framework for quality nursing caring in practice, education, and leadership; a foundational, timeless, yet transformative framework of substance ."Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN College of Nursing, University of Colorado, DenverDedicated time spent with patients and families in clinical settings is often limited, rushed, and impersonal. How can nurses develop more positive, caring relationships with their patients, and help to improve the quality of patient care at large? This book addresses this critical question by presenting Joanne R. Duffy's Quality-Caring Model -the result of 35 years of clinical experience and educational acumen. This values-based model will bring caring back into the foreground of nursing practice by providing revised curricula for educational programs, and outlining the core caring principles for nurse administrators. Key Features: Establishes "Relationship-Centered Caring," with discussions on how to care for the self, patients and families, each other, and communitiesOffers multiple case examples, and includes reflective questions and applications for use in educational programs, workshops, conferences, and clinical practiceDemonstrates how the Quality-Caring Model can be implemented in clinical practice, nursing education, research, and nursing leadership settingsIncludes appendices that discuss how caring can improve patient safety, outline course objectives, and explain how to assess and measure caring in your facilityWritten in clear, accessible language, this book will be an invaluable resource to nursing students, nursing scholars, clinical nurses, nurse educators, nurse researchers, and nurse leaders. Duffy's approach will help create a redesigned patient care delivery system focused on the primacy of caring relationships.
Pt. 1 Nursing's Unique Contribution to Health Care 11 Quality and Nursing Practice 32 A Framework for Quality Nursing Practice 27Pt. 2 Relationship-Centered Caring 453 Caring for Self 474 Caring for Patients and Families 635 Caring for Each Other 856 Caring for Communities 99Pt. 3 The Power of Relationships for Advancing Health Care Quality 1117 Leading Quality Caring 1138 Teaching and Learning Quality Caring 1339 Evaluating and Researching Quality Caring 16510 The Quality-Caring Model Revisited 189Appendices 225App. A Quality- and Caring-Based Resources on the Internet 227App. B Implications of the Quality-Caring Model 229App. C Reflections for Clinical Practice 231App. D Using the Caring Factors to Keep Patients Safe 233App. E Course Objectives and Content Outline for a Staff Nurse Research Internship in Human Caring 235App. F Assessment of Caring Professional Practice 237App. G Potential Research Questions for Caring Science 239Index 241
