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1
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Sharing deep and genuine concern about the welfare of another person
- being with

Art of nursing and dimension of human relating

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Caring

2
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Milton Mayeroff:

- to care for another person is to help him grow and actuality himself.

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Knowing: means understanding the others needs and how to respond.

Alternative rhythms: signifies moving back and forth between immediate and long term means of behavior

Patience: allows others to grow in own time.

Honesty: awareness and openness to ones own feelings in caring for the other.

Trust: letting go to allow the other to grow in own way

Humility: acknowledging that there is always more to learn.

Hope: belief in the possibility of the others growth.

Courage: sense of going into the unknown.

3
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Types of Knowledge:

Laws and theories

  • purpose of describing, explaining, and predicting phenomena
  • factual/concrete

(Anatomy, chemistry to theories)

A

Types of Knowledge: Empirical

4
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Types of Knowledge:

Knowing, encountering, and actualizing in the concrete, individual self.

  • promotes wholeness and integrity in the personal encounter
  • achieves engagement rather than detachment
A

Types of Knowledge: Personal

5
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Types of Knowledge:

Focus on obligation or what ought to be done
- right and wrong

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Types of Knowledge: Ethical

6
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Types of Knowledge:

Art of nursing. Creativity and style in meeting the needs of clients.
- empathy, sensitivity, compassion, holism

  • care is effective and satisfying
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Types of Knowledge: Aesthetic

7
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Caring for Self

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Multiple commitments
Self care is important
Nutrition 
Activity and exercise
Recreation 
Avoiding unhealthy patterns 
Mind-Body Therapies