Dr. Margret Jean Watson

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Nursing theorist Dr. Margret Jean Watson grew up in Welch, West Virginia where she was the youngest out of eight children (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006). Once she graduated high school she married Douglas Watson and then moved to Colorado (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006). Once she moved her and her husband had two daughters one named Julie and the other named Jennifer. Between her two daughters Dr. Watson has five grandchildren (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006). Even after Mr. Watson’s death in 1998, Dr. Watson continues to live in Boulder, Colorado and is currently writing several nursing books regarding her theory (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006).
Dr. Watson has had a lot of educational and professional advancements throughout her life. After graduating high school she attended the Lewis Gale School of Nursing in Roanoke, Virginia and graduated in 1961 (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006). Once she got established in Colorado she got her baccalaureate degree in 1964 and went on to get her master’s degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing in 1966 at the Boulder campus (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006). After obtaining her masters Dr. Watson continued her education and got her doctorates in educational psychology and counseling in 1973 at Boulder’s Graduate School (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006). After her doctorial graduation Dr. Watson joined the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver as part of the school’s faculty and went on to become the school’s dean from 1983 through 1990 (Marriner-Tomey & Alligood, 2006). Dr. Watson has been honored by many universities and one of which she was honored was by the University of Colorado School of Nursing in 1992 with a distinguished professor of nursing honor (M...

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...also relevant to day with her webinars and presentations regarding her theory (The Watson Caring Science Institute, 2013). She also continues to work on her theory by attempting to extend it to a meta-paradigm level and her theory is one of the theories that are acknowledged as critical to the professional regulation of nursing (Watson & Smith 2002).
Dr. Watson’s Theory of Transpersonal Caring has ten carative factors that could assist nurses to not only help their patients on a physical level but also on an emotional one. Her theory which consists of helping patients heal on a metaphysical level is very well thought out and could help patients heal better than they would have without the nurse connecting with them on that particular level. The theory also helps to show nurses that their patients are people as well and they need extra support from their nurses.

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