Question

1. CASE STUDY

A 62 year-old inmate is admitted to the hospital from prison with a complain of chest pain. The patient is being worked up for possible myocardial infarction and admitted to the cardiac unit. Because the patient is an inmate, while he is in the hospital a prison guard will be posted outside of the patient’s room and he patient will be hand cuffed to the bed rail. During the initial assessment, the admission nurse finds the patient to be withdrawn. The nurse discovers the patient has a past medical history significant for abuse of multiple substances. . the patient describes how the addictive behaviours led to his incarceration and estrangement from his family. The patient expresses to the nurse interest in meeting with a chaplain while in the hospital.

• QUESTION

Describes examples of the how a nurse can provide care to this patient as guided by each of the 10 caritas processes.

Answer 1

Jean Watson theory of nursing regenerates life energies and potentiates capabilities. The benefits are immeasurable and promote self actualization on both a personal and professional level. The caritas processses includes being authentically present, enabling faith and hope and honoring others by cultivating own spirirual practices, beyond ego self to transpersonal self. Developing and sustaining loving, trusting-caring relationships.

The nurse can give care by trusting self and other by nurturing individual beliefs, personal growth and practices. They gives the care by ensuring a balance between health and illness experiences of a person. The nurses can care for the basic needs, both spiritual and physical . Nurses can give care by engaging in his or her own emotions in caring relationship, not being closed to new spiritual and emotional experiences while looking after the physical and health needs of the patient.