Boykin & Schoenhofer's Nursing as Caring Theory PDF

**BOYKIN & SCHOENHOFER\'S:** **NURSING AS CARING THEORY** **ANNE BOYKIN** **Known for:** Leadership in Nursing **Education:** Dean and Professor Emerita at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University. Director of the Christine E. Lynn Center for Caring. **Born:** 1944...

**BOYKIN & SCHOENHOFER\'S:** **NURSING AS CARING THEORY** **ANNE BOYKIN** **Known for:** Leadership in Nursing **Education:** Dean and Professor Emerita at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University. Director of the Christine E. Lynn Center for Caring. **Born:** 1944 in Kaukauna, Wisconsin **Recognition:** Recognized for contributions to nursing theory and education. Active in national and international nursing organizations like the International Association for Huban Caring. ** Education:** Bachelor\'s degree in Nursing from Alverno College, Milwaukee, Master\'s degree in Nursing from Emory University, Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. ** Major Works:** Books and Publications: \"Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice\" Numerous articles and chapters on caring in nursing and nursing education. **SAVINA SCHONHOFER** **Known for**: Contributions to Nursing **Education**: Professor and researcher with a focus on caring and nursing theory. **Born**: 1940 in Kansas **Recognition**: Recognized for contributions to nursing theory. Influential in promoting the concept of caring within the nursing profession. **Education**: Bachelor\'s degree in Nursing from Wichita State University, Master\'s degree in Nursing from University of Mississippi Medical Center, Ph.D. from University of Louisiana at Lafayette. **Major** **Works**: Spent 3 years in the Amazon region of Brazil working as a volunteer in community development. Co-founded the Nightingale Songs. **BOYKIN & SCHOENHOFER\'S APPROACH TO NURSING** - Their approach to nursing centers on the belief that caring is the essence of nursing and should be the foundational focus in all nursing practice, education, and research, emphasizing that every nursing action should stem from a genuine concern for the well- being of patients. **NURSING AS CARING THEORY** Core Concept: **Caring is the essence of nursing.** Primary Focus: Nursing actions and interactions should stem from **genuine caring.** Authentic Presence: Nurses should be **intentionally and authentically present** with patients. Holistic Understanding: Recognizes each person as a **whole and unique individual**. Integration in Practice: Caring should be **integrated into nursing practice**, education, and research. Caring Environment: Nurses should create environments that **nurture caring relationships.** Health Promotion: Caring interactions **enhance** **health and the healing** **process.** **A MODEL FOR TRANSFORMING PRACTICE** **Nursing As Caring:** **A Model for** **Transforming Practice** by Anne Boykin Savina O. Schoenboer Purpose: Introduces a nursing model centered on caring as the essence of nursing practice. Core Ideas: Emphasizes genuine caring in all nursing interactions and relationships. Approach: Encourages nurses to be authentically present, recognizing each person\'s uniqueness. Integration: Advocates for integrating caring into practice, education, and research to foster nurturing environments. Goal: Aims to transform nursing by making caring the foundation of nursing activities and relationships. **ASSUMPTIONS** - **Persons are caring** by their virtue of their humanness - Persons are **whole and complete** in the moment - Personhood is living life **grounded in caring** - Persons live **caring moment to moment** - Personhood is enhanced through participating in **nurturing relationships with caring others\'** - Nursing is both a **discipline and a profession.** **ASSUMPTIONS** - A person is viewed as continuously evolving in their capacity for caring. According to the theory, \"**at a fundamental, potential, and actual level, each person embodies caring,\"** although not every action may be recognized as an expression of care. **CARING** \- **is lived by each person moment to moment and is an essential characteristic of being human.** **- a process, and throughout life, each person grows in the capacity to express caring.** **PROPOSITIONS** 1. **Caring is central to nursing practice.** 2. **Nurses and patients co-create the caring relationship.** 3. **Caring interactions promote healing and well-being.** 4. **Nursing practice is a disciplined process of intentional caring.** **MAJOR CONCEPTS** **Focus and Intentions of Nursing** Caring in nursing is demonstrated as \"**the deliberate and genuine presence of the nurse with someone who is acknowledged as living and growing through caring.\"** The sensitivity and skill in crafting unique and effective ways to communicate care are cultivated through the nurse\'s purposeful intention to care. **Nursing Situation** CARING is the service that nursing provides and exists within the context of the Nursing Situation. This nursing situation is the central point for all nursing knowledge and actions and is described as \"the shared, lived experience where the caring between nurse and patient enhances personhood.\" It represents what the nurse keeps in mind whenever their intention is \"to nurse.\" Within the nursing situation, the nurse responds to the calls for care or the needs expressed by the nursed. Nursing practice and practical knowledge are grounded in the relational context between the nursed and the nurse within this nursing situation.  Is a process of living rooted in caring. It involves being our true selves as genuine, caring individuals and being open to new opportunities for caring. We continuously express the essence of our caring from moment to moment. In the nursing situation, the shared experience of caring enhances personhood, allowing both the nurse and the patient to grow in their capacity for caring. In the closeness of caring, respecting oneself and respecting others are values that affirm personhood. A deep understanding of personhood reveals the paradox of being both an individual and part of a shared connection simultaneously. **Direct Invitation** In the nursing situation, a direct invitation fosters a genuine caring relationship between the nurse and the nursed. This invitation allows the patient to share what is truly significant to them in the moment. With the goal of truly understanding the nursed, the nurse risks entering their world and discovering what is meaningful to them. The focus is on what holds significance for the patient or one being nursed. **Call for Nursing** Are perceived as requests for nurturance in the nurse\'s mind. Intentionality and genuine presence enable the nurse to recognize these calls for care. The nurse responds to each patient in a distinctive manner, drawing on a thoughtfully developed understanding of what it means to be human and recognizing the patient\'s unique expressions of caring in the moment. These calls for nursing are personal requests to be seen as a caring individual in the present moment and to be supported as they strive to fully embody their true selves. **The \"Caring Between** Without the mutual caring between the nurse and the nursed, activities may be performed, or exchanges may occur, but nursing, in its truest form, does not take place. It is within the mutual caring that personhood is nurtured, as each individual expresses their true self and acknowledges the other as a caring person. When addressing a nursing call, the nurse approaches the situation with the goal of understanding the patient as a caring individual. This understanding refines the nursing call and informs the response, making the nurse\'s knowledge applicable in a specific and unique way. Nursing responses to calls for care develop as nurses deepen their comprehension through presence and conversation. These responses are tailored to the moment and cannot be predetermined or implemented as standard procedures. **Nursing Response** When addressing a nursing call, the nurse approaches the situation with the goal of understanding the patient as a caring individual. This understanding refines the nursing call and informs the response, making the nurse\'s knowledge applicable in a specific and unique way. Nursing responses to calls for care develop as nurses deepen their comprehension through presence and conversation. These responses are tailored to the moment and cannot be predetermined or implemented as standard procedures. **DANCE OF CARING PERSONS** **THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CARE & CARING** **care Focus: Emphasizes the DAVAO** **delivery of medical and therapeutic interventions, such as administering medication, performing procedures, and monitoring vital signs.** **caring** **Focus: Emphasizes the** **connection between the nurse and the patient, involving emotional support,** **understanding, and valuing the patient as a whole person.**