Katie Eriksson's Theory of Caritative Caring Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key terms, metaparadigm concepts, assumptions, and framework of Katie Eriksson's Theory of Caritative Caring.

Katie Eriksson

Finnish nursing theorist (1943-present) who was a forerunner of basic research in caring science, founded the Dept of Caring Science at Abo Akademi University, and developed the Theory of Caritative Caring.

Caritative Caring

Caring that takes 'caritas' into use when caring for the human being in health and suffering, functioning as a manifestation of love that 'just exists' to alleviate suffering.

Caritas

A major concept in Eriksson's theory representing love and charity, which serves as the basic motive of caring.

Caring Communion

True caring that occurs when the one caring in a spirit of caritas alleviates the suffering of the patient, forming the context of meaning of caring.

Axioms

Fundamental truths in relation to the conception of the world, serving as one of the two kinds of major assumptions in Eriksson's theory.

Theses

Fundamental statements concerning the general nature of caring science, serving as one of the two kinds of major assumptions in Eriksson's theory.

Human Being

Fundamentally an entity of body, soul, and spirit who is religious and holy, and who becomes a patient (a suffering human being) upon entering the caring context.

Caring Nursing

Caring without prejudice that emphasizes the patient and his/her suffering and desires, distinguished from nursing care.

Nursing Care

Care based on the nursing care process, described as good care only.

Ethos

The concept used by Eriksson to represent environment, referring to home or the place where a human being feels at home.

Health

Defined as soundness, freshness, and well-being, implying wholeness and holiness in body, soul, and spirit, as well as a movement in becoming, being, and doing while striving for wholeness.

Suffering

The basic category of caring and an inseparable part of life, divided into three types: suffering related to illness, suffering related to care, and suffering related to life.

Caritative Ethics

Ethics deriving its origin from the ethos of love, responsibility, and sacrifice, conferring ultimate meaning on the caring context.