Definitions
The unity and harmony within the mind, body, and soul; health is associated with the degree of congruence between the self as perceived and the self as experienced. It is defined as a high level of overall physical, mental, and social functioning; a general adaptive-maintenance level of daily functioning; and the absence of illness, or the presence of efforts leading to the absence of illness.
Health
Phenomenal field, self, and time.
“The formation of a humanistic-altruistic system of values”, “Practice of loving-kindness and equanimity within the context of caring consciousness”
Carative factor 1
“The systematic use of the scientific problem solving method for decision making” became “systematic use of a creative problem solving caring process” (in 2004 Watson website) “Creative use of self and all ways of knowing as part of the caring process; to engage in the artistry of caring-healing practices”
Carative factor 6
4; 1.)Lower Order Biophysical Needs or Survival Needs
2.)Lower Order Psychophysical Needs or Functional Needs
3.)Higher Order Psychosocial Needs or Integrative Needs
4.Higher Order Intrapersonal-Interpersonal Need or Growth-seeking Need
A valued person to be cared for, respected, nurtured, understood, and assisted; in general a philosophical view of a person as a fully functional integrated self. Human is viewed as greater than and different from the sum of his or her parts.
Human being
The values that determine how one should behave and what goals one should strive toward. Watson states:
“Caring (and nursing) has existed in every society. Every society has had some people who have cared for others. A caring attitude is not transmitted from generation to generation by genes. It is transmitted by the culture of the profession as a unique way of coping with its environment.”
Society
“The instillation of faith-hope”, “Being authentically present and enabling and sustaining the deep belief system and subjective life-world of self and one being cared for”
Carative factor 2
“The promotion of transpersonal teaching-learning” “Engaging in genuine teaching-learning experience that attends to unity of being and meaning, attempting to stay within others’ frame of reference”
Carative factor 7
Survival needs. These include the need for food and fluid, elimination, and ventilation.
Lower Order Biophysical Needs or Survival Needs
A human science of persons and human health – illness experiences that are mediated by professional, personal, scientific, esthetic, and ethical human care transactions.
Nursing
The totality of human experience of one’s being in the world. This refers to the individual’s frame of reference that can only be known to that person.
Phenomenal field
“The cultivation of sensitivity to one’s self and to others”, “Cultivation of one’s own spiritual practices and transpersonal self going beyond the ego self”
Carative factor 3
“The provision of supportive, protective, and (or) corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environment” “Creating healing environment at all levels (physical as well as nonphysical, subtle environment of energy and consciousness, whereby wholeness, beauty, comfort, dignity, and peace are potentiated)”
Carative factor 8
Functional needs. These include the need for activity, inactivity, and sexuality.
Lower Order Psychophysical Needs or Functional Needs
Actions and choices by the nurse and the individual. The moment of coming together in a caring occasion presents the two persons with the opportunity to decide how to be in the relationship – what to do with the moment.
Actual Caring Occasion
The organized conceptual gestalt composed of perceptions of the characteristics of the “I” or “ME” and the perceptions of the relationship of the “I” and “ME” to others and to various aspects of life.
Self
“Development of a helping-trust relationship” became “development of a helping-trusting, human caring relation” (in 2004 Watson website) “Developing and sustaining a helping trusting authentic caring relationship”
Carative factor 4
Carative factor 9?“The assistance with gratification of human needs” “Assisting with basic needs, with an intentional caring consciousness, administering ‘human care essentials,’ which potentiate alignment of mind body spirit, wholeness, and unity of being in all aspects of care”
Carative factor 9
Integrative needs include the need for achievement, and affiliation.
Higher Order Psychosocial Needs or Integrative Needs
An intersubjective human-to-human relationship in which the nurse affects and is affected by the person of the other. Both are fully present in the moment and feel a union with the other; they share a phenomenal field that becomes part of the life story of both.
Transpersonal
The present is more subjectively real and the past is more objectively real. The past is prior to, or in a different mode of being than the present, but it is not clearly distinguishable. Past, present, and future incidents merge and fuse.
“The promotion and acceptance of the expression of positive and negative feelings” “Being present to, and supportive of, the expression of positive and negative feelings as a connection with deeper spirit and self and the one-being-cared for”
Carative factor 5
“The allowance for existential-phenomenological forces” became “allowance for existential-phenomenological spiritual forces” (in 2004 Watson website) “Opening and attending to spiritual-mysterious and existential dimensions of one’s own life-death; soul care for self and the one-being-cared for”
Carative factor 10
Growth-seeking need is the need for self-actualization.
Higher Order Intrapersonal-Interpersonal Need or Growth-seeking Need