Abstract
This qualitative study critically examined nurses' perception of nursing qua nursing in an American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet® re-designated healthcare system in Albany NY. Watson's Theory of Human Caring is used by many Magnet® hospitals, including the site for this study, to inform and guide nursing practice. Watson's Theory supports concepts and practices of integral health, holism, caring, healing, and the education and integration of complementary health care modalities as independent therapeutic nursing interventions. This study aimed to understand the nurse's emancipatory experience, comportment and self-agency as she/he participated in a theory guided practice; and illuminate the nurses' acquisition, understanding and utilization of knowledge and power as required for engaging independent therapeutic nursing interventions in the unitary-transformative health paradigm.
Sigma Membership
Mu Epsilon
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Holistic Nursing, Human Caring, Integral Nursing, Theory Guided Practice, Therapeutic Nursing Interventions
Advisor
Kathleen Kelly
Second Advisor
Glenda B. Kelman
Third Advisor
Barbara Brewer
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
The Sage Colleges
Degree Year
2013
Recommended Citation
Marks, Lura Wendy, "The emancipatory praxis of integral nursing: The impact of human caring theory guided practice upon nursing qua nursing in an American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet® re-designated healthcare system" (2022). Dissertations. 213.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/213
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-04-08
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3591134; ProQuest document ID: 1433293604. The author still retains copyright.