Caring Theory In Nursing

Introduction

The key component in nursing is caring, even though everyone has a different perspective on what caring means. Caring can make or break the communication between individuals or even their relationship as a whole. There are guidelines and standards that are put into place for nurses to build a therapeutic relationship with their patients. Without caring, a therapeutic relationship would be next to nearly impossible. If a patient does not feel cared for by the nurse, then the patient will not want to open up to the nurse. Understanding the basics of caring and knowing how to use it appropriately will ensure that the patient's needs are being met.

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2014). The qualities needed are broken down into four groups: strengths of mindset, strengths of knowledge and knowing, strengths of relationship and strengths of advocacy (Gottlieb, L.N. 2014). I will be talking about one of the groups which is the strengths of relationship. The strengths of relationship are the qualities someone has that allows them to build a relationship with someone else (Gottlieb, L.N. 2014). One of the main components in a relationship is being respectful (Gottlieb, L.N. 2014). Showing the patient you respect them means that you aren’t judging them, you pay attention when they speak to you and accepting their culture or perspectives (Gottlieb, L.N. 2014). Demonstrating all of these examples will allow the patient to feel safe and cared for by you (Gottlieb, L.N. 2014). This will also allow the patient to open up to you and listen to what you have to say to them about their health even if they do not agree (Gottlieb, L.N. 2014). Respecting someone else will also result in that person showing you the same respect by allowing you to examine them and tell them your