ESSAY: Critical Appraisal of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring

Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring is a conceptual thread in the College of Nursing’s curriculum framework. The purpose of this assignment is to offer students the opportunity to be exposed to Human Caring Science while providing students with the skills of critical appraisal of evidence.

Students will select one nursing research article that focuses on a study that used Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring as a theoretical framework.
Students should use as a guide, an appropriate Rapid Critical Appraisal Checklist found in Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt (2019; pp. 708-722).
The critiques are to be informal, although correct grammar, spelling, etc., are expected. The critique should include a brief description of the study that was reviewed and should address elements of the study relevant to critique.
Students will provide a written critique on a critical appraisal of the elements relevant to the nature of the research study such as type of study, design, quality of the study; and rationale, as well as implications for practice and further research and/or evaluation.

ANSWER

Watson’s caring theory holds that it is the Nurse’s mandate to provide care to the patients, from which the patients can understand the meaning in the illness, and promotes patient’s cooperation. Through this approach, nurses can, therefore, create a caring-healing environment, which aids in the patient’s quick recovery, and creates room for accepting unexpected life events among the patients. Nurses uphold this practice based on morals, ethics and the values of love, care and kindness; therefore, defining the nursing process as a practice comprised of such significant undertakings like the entire…