Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
1. The information of a humanistic-altruistic system of
values
Grounded in concern, kindness and empathy
"Starting point and an attitude that becomes a will, an intention,
a commitment and conscious judgement that manifests itself in
concrete acts of caring"
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
2. The instillation of faith-hope
"Hope comes when patients know that others care and have
hope for them" Hope provides meaning to life and reason for
living
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
3. The cultivation of sensitivity to one's self and to other
"By being sensitive to others' feelings, nurses show empathy,
compassion, and understanding." An awareness that what
happens to one affects the other and this awareness transfers into
actions
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
4. The development of a helping trust relationship
"To develop a helping-trusting relationship, the nurse must first
know the client person"
,Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
5. The promotion and acceptance of the expression of
positive and negative feelings
Acceptance of positive and negative feelings
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
6. the systemic use of a creative problem-solving process
"Nurses use knowledge from the affective, cognitive and
psychomotor domains. Creativity involves generating fresh
ideas, originality and independent thought rather than realaying
on learned ways to solve problems"
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
7. The promotion of interpersonal teaching-learning
Exemplar- Sensation information
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
8. The provision for supportive, protective and/or corrective
mental, physical, societal and spiritual environments
Exemplar- Milieu therapy
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
9. Assistance with the gratification of human needs
Exemplar- Purposeful touch
Watson's 10 Carative Factors:
10. Allowing for existential-phenomenological-spiritual
dimensions of caring
, Exemplar-sensitivity to client's culture, religious beliefs
Compassion- Bramley
" the way in which we relate to human beings. It can be nurtured
and supported. It involves noticing another person's
vulnerability, experiencing an emotional reaction to this and
acting in some way with them, in a way that is meaningful for
people"
Bramley's Compassion from Patient Perspective Themes
(1) What is Compassion (2) Understanding the impact of
Compassion (3) Being more Compassionate
Caring verus compassion
Compassion care is more than witnessing suffering; it is about
entering into the patient's experience and maintaining their
dignity and independence
Theme: What is Compassion
Patients described compassion as a caring attitude toward them
as individuals. It involves treating patients as people rather than
objects. Key elements of compassion included understanding
patients' needs, preserving their dignity, and providing
emotional support. Compassion was also associated with the
nurse's physical touch and offering encouragement during
difficult times.
Theme: Impact of Compassion
Patients emphasized the positive impact of compassionate care
on their overall well-being. When nurses demonstrated