Running Head: Concept of Caring 1

NR 500 Week 2 Graded Assignment; Artistic Expression of Concept Caring

Artistic Expression of Caring Concept

Caring is the central concept to nursing profession. It is influenced by the knowledge and

skills of the nurses (CCN, lesson 2, 2017). It is important for nurses to be equipped with relevant

knowledge and skills to be able to care their patients appropriately. A nurse should be able to

care for his or her patients and promote health for the maximum restoration of patient’s health

and autonomy. Caring in nursing is communicative action. It is the respect all human life,

circumscribing human experience in the form of verbal and nonverbal communication between

two equal human being (Robinson Wolf & Nagle Bailey, 2016).

Definition of Caring

Nursing as a profession, has a duty to educate, communicate, and provide resources to

patients (Maroon, 2012).Patients perceive themselves as vulnerable being when a patient’s

autonomy is being challenged due to an impairment of a person's physical or emotional state

(Dobrowolska & Palese, 2016). This is when a patient desires care to enable him to restore his

autonomy.

Holistic nursing care is being educated and promoted to nursing students. Holistic care

encompasses patients’ physical, emotional and spiritual care. Many traditional nursing programs

focus on the physical and mental need of patients. Patients’ spiritual care needs are often

overlooked. In my nursing experiences, I found emotional care is as important as physical care.

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