Caring science and human caring theory: transforming personal and professional practices of nursing and health care

J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2009 Spring;31(4):466-82.

Abstract

This article explores some of the latest developments of the emergence of Caring Science as the moral, theoretical, and philosophical foundation for nursing, leading to transformative personal/professional practices. Through nurse's taking responsibility for advancing nursing qua nursing, practitioners, patients, and systems alike are witnessing a revolution in nursing, which is restoring the heart of nursing and health care through theory-guided philosophical practices of heart-centered love and caring as the foundation for healing.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Leadership
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Nurse-Patient Relations*
  • Nursing Process / organization & administration*
  • Patient-Centered Care