A Case Study Based On Watson's Theory of Human Caring: Being an Infertile Woman in Turkey
NURSING SCIENCE QUARTERLY, vol.26, no.4, pp.352-359, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 26 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1177/0894318413500346
- Journal Name: NURSING SCIENCE QUARTERLY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.352-359
- Keywords: infertile women, nursing care, Watson's theory of human caring
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Nursing theories and models form a framework for systematizing nursing practices. In Turkey, nurses are generally organized on the basis of the medical model, which makes the essence of nursing invisible. The authors here aim to explain how to maintain a theory-based care approach for nurses working with persons experiencing infertility. The interaction between an infertile woman and a nurse is shared within the framework of Watson's theory of human caring. Watson's theory has been found useful for the infertile group in practice.