Bücher von Jean Watson

Modern Sutras From Nurses; finding peace is co-edited by Jean Watson and Sean M Reed, and includes sage advice from nurses and care professionals as they navigate everyday challenges."Who better to seek advice from than our caring professionals who've been at the front line of human caring during this unprecedented time."Jean WatsonWritten by nurses and caregivers, edited by renown theorist Jean Watson and Dr Sean Reed, this compilation of personal truths serves as a guide for all of us as we attempt to negotiate an ever complicated world. These personal truths will inspire, delight and comfort the readerSacred sutras, more formally, are brief aphoristic compositions of Ancient Hindu teachings- the way of spiritual elders; highly laden energetic words or phrases that point to spiritual truths, source, spirit as ancient truth teachings. Sutras can serve as a prayer or breaths of quietude of the busy mind. Sutras are basic forms of almost all ancient religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism and of early Indian philosophers who did not work with written texts. Sutras were memorized, chanted and recited for thousands of years and to this day as a way toward enlightenment and higher God consciousness, transcending self and outer world.Sutras in nursing can serve as ancient universal truths to live and evolve by, uniting with consciousness for caring and healing. Who better to help our collective healing and recovery than nurses? These nurses and caregivers narratives are an offering, providing a platform in which to reflect on our own beliefs and values.The unifying thread points to love as the highest level of consciousness and greatest source for all healing.With contributions from nurses and caregivers throughout the USA:Jean WatsonSean M. ReedKaren White-TrevinoJennifer DrakeDebby FlickingerLeone SheehanGloria LittlemouseJulie PiazzaPriscilla JavedPatricia CrispNatalya YimRita Romito

Facing life/death human experiences every day, nurses confront unexplained phenomena, which do not conform to common explanatory scientific models. This collected work, which features the experiences of nurses who answered a call by Watson to share their profound nursing miracles and mysteries, provides a forum where miracles and mysteries of life/death can be shared. It was created to honor and highlight life-death “unknowns;” allowing for the reality of miracles to come back into our life and world.“When we [nurses] are in the presence of patients who entrust their care to us, we may be knowingly or unknowingly entering very sacred spiritual space.” Cynthia Holle “There is nothing else to say, other than to invite you to read, appreciate, bow down, and relish the deliciousness of life’s wondrous unknowns – that can only be considered a miracle.” Jean Watson 

This narrative-based work is the first to describe Human Caring Literacy from the perspective of caring scientists who "live the life" by incorporating the precepts of human caring into every aspect of their personal and professional lives. It demonstrates, for nursing students and experienced nurses in a variety of roles, the abundant ways in which Caring Science Theory powerfully informs the lives of frontline clinicians, nursing deans and faculty, APRNs, and administrators in the United States and globally.The book goes beyond theory to illustrate how Caring Science is used every day in a variety of arenas and scenarios, ranging from the advancement of the discipline of nursing in South America to peacemaking in the Middle East. It describes the methods that help practitioners develop mindfulness, reflection, authentic presence, intentionality, and a caring consciousness in the service of providing authentic, heart-centered care for patients, their families, and societies. Designed to cultivate loving-kindness behaviors in all settings, including among nurses themselves, these narratives provide welcome alternatives to current ways of being, both professional and personal.Provides Examples of Caring Science Theory as a Guide to:Advancing professional nursing practice in South AmericaTranscending politics and conflict in the Middle EastEvolving global caring consciousness through online educationDeveloping nursing leaders who are heart-centered and intentionalExploring relationships between caring and Ubuntu in South AfricaTeaching through simulation to promote humanistic practiceKey Features:Provides real examples of living the theoryDemonstrates the use of Caring Science in leadership, practice, research, the healing arts, education, and praxisIllustrates practices that develop mindfulness, reflection, authentic presence, intentionality, and a caring consciousnessProvides evidence of an evolving global caring consciousness on five continents