New Releases by Jean Watson

"This book addresses metaphysis as a core consideration and foundation for the mature evolution of the discipline of Nursing. It affirms and invites a growing maturity of Nursing and its awakening consciousness of human-universe as the substance of Watson''s Unitary Caring Science. It acknowledges an evolving quantum, global consciousness of Oneness of Human-Planet-Cosmos. Whereby all of Humanity-Mother Earth-Father Sky are held in infinite energy of Cosmic Universal Love"--

"In this continuing work, I have allowed myself to incorporate personal material...for my own caring-healing processes ...So, in some ways, writing about caring and sacred science may not be tolerated in academic circles and scholarly work, but if there was ever a time to converge personal and professional authentic ethical efforts for living/being/doing/becoming scholarly, spirit-filled and scientific, it is NOW." Jean Watson Written by the leading expert in Caring Science Dr Jean Watson, this updated newly revised text offers a moral and philosophical foundation for all health professionals. This moral/ethical framework offers the reader a way to work and view life through a caring and healing lens. The author discusses a new paradigm for mind-body-spirit nursing, medicine and healthcare. You will gain core knowledge of caring as it relates to both education and the practice of compassionate, professional human caring and healing. This new edition includes Watson''s most recent writings on the Seven Sacred Sutras as well as her 10 Caritas Processes(R), a foundational, values-based guide in which to base your life and work.

Miracles and Mysteries Witnessed by Nurses is a unique collection of truthful phenomenal experiences described by 27 practicing Nurses from all over the world. With an introduction by the foremost Nurse Theorist Jean Watson, this book is a compilation of miracles, large and small, witnessed by nurses.

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Unitary Caring Science: The Philosophy and Praxis of Nursing takes a profound look at conscious, intentional, reverential caring-healing as sacred practice/praxis and as a necessary turn for survival. Jean Watson posits Unitary Caring Science for the evolved Caritas-conscious practitioner and scholar. A detailed historical discussion of the evolution from Caring Science toward Unitary Caring Science reflects the maturing of the discipline, locating the nursing phenomena of wholeness within the unitary field paradigm. An exploration of praxis as informed moral practice results in an expanded development of the ten Caritas processes, resulting in a comprehensive value-guide to critical Caritas literacy and ontological Caritas praxis. Watson writes for the Caritas Conscious NurseTM or the Caritas Conscious Scholar/Practitioner/Educator on the journey toward the deeper caring-healing dimensions of life. Unitary Caring Science offers a personal-professional path of authenticity, bringing universals of Love, Energy, Spirit, Infinity of Purpose, and Meaning back into nurses lives and their life’s work. Unitary Caring Science serves as a continuing, evolving message to the next generation of nurse scholars and healing-health practitioners committed to a praxis informed by mature disciplinary consciousness. Individual customers will also receive a secure link to select copyrighted teaching videos and meditations on www.watsoncaringscience.org.

Praise for the First Edition: “The book offers rich examples of nursing projects that may broaden nursing care for greater patient and student satisfaction and assist nurses with holistic self-care." --Gale Robinson-Smith, PhD, RN Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Villanova University International Journal for Human Caring “Provides wonderful tools for nurses to use in practice, education, or even for self-care. Designed for any nurse, . . . who wishes to learn more about applying Jean Watson''s Human Caring Theory to practice ... [It] is a practical, easy-to-read book for all nursing audiences and could be used at any educational level." --Doody''s Medical Reviews "Sitzman and Watsons'' book is an invaluable resource. The strength of this book is its simplicity on one level yet its complexity as the reader works throughout the layers incorporated within the book." --Nursing Times This seminal work, based on the philosophy of Watson’s Human Caring Theory, is designed to help students and practitioners of nursing to simplify Watson’s complex teachings and integrate them into everyday practice. The revised second edition includes an abundance of new micro practice examples for each Caritas process; practical exemplars from Dr. Sitzman’s research, enabling readers to cultivate Caritas and mindfulness on a daily basis; and new case studies demonstrating how others have implemented Human Caring Science into everyday life and work. Drawing on the contemplative and mindfulness teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, the text offers an engaging entry into Human Caring Theory for newcomers and deepens understanding for current practitioners. Clear and simple content supports foundational learning and promotes direct experience related to Watson’s work. The book features guided mindfulness activities and artistic practices for each of the ten Caritas Processes, plus case studies and guided procedures to facilitate learning and internalizing the method. The text also serves as the foundational text for the WCSI online course that provides step-by-step instructions on how to integrate and ground the philosophy and abstracts of Human Caring Theory into practice. Additional teaching supports include Power Point slides. New to the Second Edition: New and updated content throughout Presents new examples from author’s research for cultivating daily Caritas and mindfulness practices Each Caritas process chapter includes micro-practice examples from scholarly work demonstrating use of Watson’s Theory Abundant case studies demonstrating how others have implemented Caring Science and Mindfulness in everyday life and work Key Features: Engages newcomers in learning Human Caring Theory and deepens understanding for current practitioners Facilitates integration of the philosophy and abstracts of Human Caring Theory into clinical practice Provides abundant case studies and guided activities to reinforce content Includes guided mindfulness and artistic practices for each of the Ten Caritas processes Designed for a diverse audience including undergraduate, graduate, and international nursing and health science students Serves as the foundational text for the companion WCSI online course (including videos)

This innovative text, built on the foundations of Watson''s Caring Science, demonstrates how nursing professionals can develop virtual relationships that encompass caring and understanding in professional, teaching/learning, and everyday cyber communications. It describes how caring and love can transcend distance, space, and time in our increasingly virtual world to preserve the basic fabric of humanity as we physically interact less and electronically interact more. Straightforward and concise, the text offers specific practices for teachers, students, and professionals to support caring in a digital world, along with practical examples that enable readers to envision ways to create their own caring online presence. The text provides examples of initiatives aimed at establishing ongoing intent to care on levels ranging from personal to global. Included are a variety of educational activities that rely on digital resources to facilitate interaction, collaboration, learning, and connection. Learning objectives and knowledge-check questions in each chapter reinforce information, and a corresponding MOOC and other free professional online trainings are available to readers to augment study. Key Features: Built on Watson''s Caring Science and expanded through Sitzman''s research Contains specific information and practical examples for faculty, students, and professionals who interact online Provides examples of online caring initiatives from personal to global Validated by seven research studies and extensive online experience of the authors

"JANG, CHIEF OF THE DANI" is the sequel to "Jang of the Dani" and continues the story of a young man growing up in the remote Baliem Valley in western New Guinea. Jang''s father has joined the ''Freedom Fighters'' who are trying to gain independence from Indonesia, leaving Jang to rule as chief of the Dani tribes. Foreigners are influencing his valley and Jang seeks to discover what he can learn from them and how his people might benefit from the contact without losing the best aspects of their own culture. He travels to Australia to study the language, customs and lifestyle then returns to the Baliem with a vision of guiding his people to a better life.

"Caring Science, Mindful Practice offers unique and practical project examples that nurses will consider for their practice or educational settings. With its integration of Watson''s caring science and mindfulness principles, Sitzman and Watson have extended knowledge of Watson''s caring science and caritas processes through integrating Thich Nhat Hahn''s mindfulness perspective and practices. The book offers rich examples of nursing projects that may broaden nursing care for greater patient and student satisfaction and assist nurses with holistic self-care." -- Gale Robinson-Smith, PhD, RN is Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Villanova University, International Journal for Human Caring "This book provides wonderful tools for nurses to use in practice, education, or even for self-care. Designed for any nurse, new or experienced, who wishes to learn more about applying Jean Watson''s Human Caring Theory to practice, it supplies the meaning behind the importance of having a practice based on mindfulness....[It] is a practical, easy-to-read book for all nursing audiences and could be used at any educational level."--Doody''s Medical Reviews ìSitzman and Watsons'' book is an invaluable resourceÖ The strength of this book is its simplicity on one level yet its complexity as the reader works throughout the layers incorporated within the book.î--Nursing Times This is the first text to help students and practicing nurses translate and integrate the philosophy and abstracts of Caring theory into everyday practice. It was developed for use as the primary text for an online caring theory course that will be offered through the Watson Caring Science Institute in October 2013. Through case examples and guiding activities, the book helps students and practitioners to more fully comprehend the meaning and use of each Caritas Process. It draws upon the contemplative and mindfulness teaching of Thich Nhat Hahn, a renowned Buddhist monk, poet, author, teacher, and peace activist. Each of the ten Caritas Processes are clearly presented by the author and accompanied by guided mindfulness and artistic practices to support learning and absorption of the method. These artistic practices include the use of images, art, metaphors, and expressive symbols that are designed to promote meaningful introspection and self-awarenessóthe underpinnings of genuine Caritas practice. The book reflects several years of teaching by the author, who has been invited by several large health care institutions (including Kaiser-Permanente) to provide training based on her materials. Key Features: Helps students and practitioners to integrate the philosophy and abstracts of Caring theory into clinical practice Offers case studies and guided activities to reinforce content Draws upon the contemplative and mindfulness teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn Includes concrete guided mindfulness and artistic practices for each of the ten Caritas Processes Designed for a wide audience including undergraduate, graduate and international nursing students

Yon rekèy powèm an kreyòl ki trete de reyalite peyi Ayiti.

Rev. ed. of: Nursing: human science and human care / Jean Watson. c1999.

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Jean Watson''s first edition of Nursing, now considered a classic, introduced the science of human caring and quickly became one of the most widely used and respected sources of conceptual models for nursing. This completely new edition offers a contemporary update and the most current perspectives on the evolution of the original philosophy and science of caring from the field''s founding scholar. A core concept for nurses and the professional and non-professional people they interact with, "care" is one of the field''s least understood terms, enshrouded in conflicting expectations and meanings. Although its usages vary among cultures, caring is universal and timeless at the human level, transcending societies, religions, belief systems, and geographic boundaries, moving from Self to Other to community and beyond, affecting all of life. This new edition reflects on the universal effects of caring and connects caring with love as the primordial moral basis both for the philosophy and science of caring practices and for healing itself. It introduces Caritas Processes and provides other energetic and reflective models to assist students and practitioners in cultivating a new level of Caritas Nursing in their work and world.

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"As in the first edition, the author has done a magnificent job compiling these instruments and providing important information that the reader can use to evaluate their usefulness." --Ora Lea Strickland, RN, PhD, FAAN (From the Foreword) This book provides all the essential research tools for assessing and measuring caring for those in the caring professions. Watson''s text is the only comprehensive and accessible collection of instruments for care measurement in clinical and educational nursing research. The measurements address quality of care, patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring, and caring behaviors, abilities, and efficacy. Newly updated, this edition also contains three new chapters, which document the most effective caring language and provide innovative methods of selecting appropriate tools for measurement based on validity and reliability. Key features of new edition: A chapter providing a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caring A chapter entitled "Caring Factor Survey," which presents a new scale based on Watson''s original theory of human caring Chapters outlining instruments for care measurement, including Holistic Caring Inventory, Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale, and many more New instruments focused on assessing caring at the administrative-relational caring level An updated section dedicated to challenges and future directions of the measurement of caring

Jean Watson''s first edition of Nursing, now considered a classic, introduced the science of human caring and quickly became one of the most widely used and respected sources of conceptual models for nursing. This completely new edition offers a contemporary update and the most current perspectives on the evolution of the original philosophy and science of caring from the field''s founding scholar. A core concept for nurses and the professional and non-professional people they interact with, "care" is one of the field''s least understood terms, enshrouded in conflicting expectations and meanings. Although its usages vary among cultures, caring is universal and timeless at the human level, transcending societies, religions, belief systems, and geographic boundaries, moving from Self to Other to community and beyond, affecting all of life. This new edition reflects on the universal effects of caring and connects caring with love as the primordial moral basis both for the philosophy and science of caring practices and for healing itself. It introduces Caritas Processes, offers centering and mediation exercises on an included audio CD, and provides other energetic and reflective models to assist students and practitioners in cultivating a new level of Caritas Nursing in their work and world.

This classic book by renowned nurse theorist Jean Watson discusses the balance between science and caring that is the basis of the nursing profession. Watson''s Theory of Human Care draws from the works of Western and Eastern philosophers, approaching the human care relationship as a moral idea that includes concepts such as phenomenal field, actual caring occasion, and transpersonal caring. Inherent in this theory are concepts of health and illness, the environment, and the universe.

"The purpose of this thesis is to describe how a nursing instructor utilized Jean Watson''s (1999) Transpersonal caring-healing model to facilitate the transformation of student nurses over a six week period of time during the first quarter of the Practical nurse program."--Introduction.

This new book written by Jean Watson, a highly regarded visionary of nursing theory reestablishes the critical balance between caring and curing. It blends the technical aspects of modern medicine with the holistic focus traditionally associated with nursing, and serves as a model for nursing practice into the 21st century.

Cet ouvrage offre une approche claire de la nature du caring, de ses caractéristiques et des éléments essentiels qui le constituent. Pour Jean Watson, le caring est un ensemble de facteurs qui fondent une démarche soignante étayée à la fois par une philosophie humaniste et par un ensemble de connaissances issues des sciences humaines et des sciences exactes. Ces facteurs permettent de comprendre le processus thérapeutique interpersonnel entre l''infirmière et la personne soignée. La discipline infirmière considérée comme la science du caring engloble les activités de promotion et de prévention de la santé, les soins curatifs et les soins de réhabilitation. L''intérêt majeur de ce livre est qu''il offre des perspectives passionnantes pour expliciter les fondements de l''exercice du rôle propre et qu''il interpelle sur la nature des savoirs fondamentaux et des concepts structurants qui devraient être maîtrisés pour pouvoir prétendre offrir des soins infirmiers professionnels. Il invite à une approche résolument centrée sur la santé, dans laquelle toutes les dimensions de la personne sont prises en compte. Le caring ouvre à des pratiques professionnelles qui permettent d''offrir des soins profondément holistiques à la population, et invite les infirmières à se centrer en permanence sur les réactions spécifiques de la personne confrontée à un problème de santé ou à une crise développementale et le caractère unique de ses stratégies d''ajustement au stress.

In this story, Dan helps his great-grandfather find missing possessions that, while partially hidden from the characters, are fully visible to the readers.

This book presents a new potential for health care in scholarship, edu cation, and practice. Does the aesthetic environment affect the qualit y of care? Can art be a significant force in healing? Celebrated contr ibutors demonstrate the deep connections between aesthetic awareness a nd caring-based practice. Music, narrative, painting, and more are fea tured as viable therapeutic modalities essential for reclaiming nursin g as a human art and science.