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One concept of the nursing care theory is personhood and this theory focuses on a process of living that is grounded in caring. The model further explains that beings who are as authentic caring persons are open to unfolding possibilities for caring. Although this theory explains that each individual is caring, it does not necessarily mean that each act of an individual is taken as caring. It does however supports the thought that caring effectively and consistently for a period of time is a continuous process. The assumptions of the caring theory include; that everybody is caring since they are human, people are whole in every moment, nursing is both a profession and discipline, personhood encompasses living life founded on caring and individuals are caring each and every moment (Chan et al., 2021). 

Caring theory entails that nurses are human beings living with care for their patients. The caring theory assumes that individuals are caring because they are human is based on the foundation that a human being means that you are living with care, through which possibilities and being are known to the fullest (Sofronas et al., 2018). Every individual throughout their life grows into a level where they express care. This statement does not back the thought that every single act an individual does is caring. However, it does claim that essentially, primarily, and potentially each individual is caring.

Caring theory entails that care providers should perceive every patient as complete. The theory’s idea that individuals are caring for each and every moment indicates that there is no absence, sufficiency, or brokenness of something. Viewing someone as complete and caring is an intentional act. Through this lens, an individual can be viewed as someone with no absence of something, insufficiency, and brokenness. The caring theory explains that nurses should be grounded in care (Colen & Vecchio, 2021). Personhood is a lifestyle of growing and living in care. It involves being truly authentic. It demonstrates congruence between behaviors and beliefs. This, therefore, means that being a human being is shown in living caring on a daily basis through involvement in caring relationships.

The caring theory explains that nursing is both a profession besides a discipline. As an occupation nursing uses the application of knowledge to care for human needs. As a discipline nursing is a way of living, knowing, appreciating, and being in the creation (Young, 2019). The discipline of nursing attends to the development, creation, and refinement of knowledge required in the practice of nursing. The caring theory entails that nurse administrators practice their discipline in line with the proper objectives, goals, procedures, and policies. 

References

Chan, N. P., Chia, J. L., Ho, C. Y., Ngiam, L. X., Kuek, J. T., Ahmad Kamal, N. H., Hanifah Marican Abdurrahman, A. B., Ong, Y. T., Chiam, M., Lee, A. S., Chin, A. M., Mason, S., & Radha Krishna, L. K. (2021). Extending the ring theory of personhood to the care of dying patients in Intensive Care Units. Asian Bioethics Review, 14(1), 71–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-021-00192-0

Colen, J.-A., & Vecchio, A. (2021). Should we dispense with the idea of personhood? the impoverishment of philosophical-theological language. Scripta Theologica, 53(2), 273–304. https://doi.org/10.15581/006.53.2.273-304

Sofronas, M., Wright, D. K., & Carnevale, F. A. (2018). Personhood: An evolutionary concept analysis for nursing ethics, theory, practice, and research. Nursing Forum, 53(4), 406–415. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12267

Young, G. (2019). Personhood across disciplines: Applications to ethical theory and mental health ethics. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 10, 93–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2019.100407