Healthcare interprofessional team members' perspectives on human caring: A directed content analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

As Watson's Human Caring Theory continues to evolve and guide the discipline of nursing, the challenge is to find ways to integrate it into practice. The purpose of this study is to describe interprofessional team members' perspectives on human caring based on the Ten Caritas Processes^®/Caritas-Veritas Literacy of Watson's Human Caring Theory within the Unitary Caring Science.

Methods

This is a qualitative directed content analysis study, taking place in a Children's Hospital in the United States between November 2017 and April 2018. Information redundancy was utilized to guide the recruitment. Data were collected via a one-time face-to-face individual interview. A qualitative directed content analysis was conducted using Watson's Ten Caritas Processes<

SUBMITTER: Wei H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6608670 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature