TFN: MARGARET JEAN WATSON

MARGARET JEAN WATSON

● Born: Southern West Virginia

● “Nursing is the human science of

persons and human health illness

experiences that are mediated by

professional, personal, scientific,

aesthetic, and ethical human care

transactions”

● interpersonal

METAPARADIGM IN NURSING BY

MARGARET JEAN WATSON

NURSING

● having to move educationally in the

two areas of stress and

developmental conflicts to provide

holistic care which she believes is

central to the practice of caring

PERSON

● valued person in and him to be

cared for, respected, nurtured,

understood, and assisted

HEALTH

● unity and harmony within the mind,

body, and soul;

● associated with the degree of

congruence between self as

perceived and as experienced

ENVIRONMENT

● provides the values that determine

how one should behave and what

goals one should strive toward

THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS FOR

CARING

● caring starts with family

● caring can be effectively

demonstrated and practiced only

interpersonally

● effective caring promotes health

and individual or family growth

● caring responses accept person not

only as he or she is now but as he or

she may become

● caring environment is one that

offers the development of potential

while allowing the person to choose

the best action for himself at a

given point in time

● caring is more “healthogenic” than

curing

○ healthogenic- a science of

caring caring is

complementary to science

of curing

● practice of caring is central to

nursing

THEORETICAL FOUNDATION IN NURSING

PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY OF TRANSPERSONAL CARING

(MARGARET JEAN WATSON)

10 CARATIVE FACTORS

1. Formation of humanistic-altruistic

system of values

➔ satisfaction one gets through giving

and extension of the sense of self

➔ practice of loving kindness and

equanimity

2. Installation of faith and hope

➔ being authentically present

➔ describes the nursing role in helping

the patient adopt health-seeking

behaviors through wellness

promotion

3. Cultivation of sensitivity to self and

others

➔ opening to others with sensitivity

and compassion

➔ ability of an individual to feel and

realize one’s needs, weaknesses and

strengths in relation to other’s

needs, weaknesses, and strengths

4. Development of a helping-trusting,

human caring relationship

➔ involves empathy, congruence,

non-possesive warmth and effective

communication

5. Promotion and acceptance of the

expression of positive and negative

feelings

➔ being present and supportive

➔ risk taking experience for the nurse

and patient

➔ the individual is reality-based and

does not live in fantasies

6. Systemic use of creative

problem-solving caring process

➔ importance and use of the nursing

process

➔ creative use of self

➔ assessment, plan, interventions

7. Promotion of transpersonal

teaching-learning

➔ provision of self-care,

determination of personal needs and

personal growth

8. Provision of supportive, protective, and

connective mental, physical, societal, and

spiritual development

➔ nurse should recognize the

influence of internal and external

environment on the health and

illness of man

9. Assistance with qualification of human

needs

➔ alignment of mind-body spirit

➔ role of the nurse to promote

wellness according to Maslow’s

Hierarchy of Needs

10. Allowance for existentialphenomenological-spiritual forces

➔ included to provide a

thought-provoking experience,

THEORETICAL FOUNDATION IN NURSING

PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY OF TRANSPERSONAL CARING

(MARGARET JEAN WATSON)

leading to a better understanding of

the self and others

PERSONALITY TYPE

● TYPE A- intensive, acute,

compulsive

● TYPE B- fun-loving, friendly,

joyous, indulgent

SOLID FAMILY BACKGROUND

● “one can only give what one has”

EXPERIENCE OF HAVING BEEN

LOVED AND THE ABILITY TO

LOVE

● of giving or receiving love- the

quality of love the child receives at

home and the role of model he/she

sees among the significant others

around him/her influence to a great

extent, his/her very own way

SPIRITUAL LIFE

● the more spiritual the person is, the

finer is the regard and relatedness

with the other

SENSE OF HUMOR

● the ability to laugh at one’s mistake

RELAXED ATTITUDE

● vision is broader and

accommodates more things in his

heart and mind

OPEN-MINDEDNESS

● the ability of an individual to

perceive an issue, considering the

pros and cons