Jean Watson's Blog

Coaches, where are you? What's happening? Have your projects that you began or completed in the coach program continued? The work for me is continuing and deepening at my facility. We are actually spreading the work throughout the community. I hope you are each doing well and look forward to hearing from you. In Caritas, Randy Williams-Cohort 1

There are many ways to center ones self. A practice of centering assist us as we go into meetings or discussions. This practice can help us to let go of all the inner chatter or the discussions in the last meeting or the laundry waiting for us at home. Therefore a centering practice can be anything that helps us retrurn our thoughts to why we are really here, connect us to our values, and refocus our vision on the discussion ahead so that we may see it through the lens of Caring Science. This POST and Category has been created to allow you each to share with oneanother Openings or Closings that you have found beneficial. These may take the form of Poem, Prayer, Meditation, Video..really any medium. It is important as with all things within the Caring Science paradigm that we meet our audience where they are so that they may open their ears to hear and hearts to experience this ancient and necessary (for survival) way of seeing our healthcare practices and humanity.

Please share any modalities that you use personally or professionally to create a caring-healing presence or that assist you in maintaining a caring-healing presence. This is the 5th Core Aspect of the Theory of Human Caring as Dr. Watson describes in "Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of Caring" p.30

Please share importance of Art in Caring Science, examples of how you use art in healing, benefits or outcomes you have seen from this modality.

In your words what is Caring Science?

Do you have any rituals or activities that you could share with others, that may help them on their journey?

Please provide us with thread questions or topics that you would like to see posted.

Also see Conference on right sidebar and Please Post any conference that your Organization or Consortium is holding in relation to Caring Science

Please contact us with any questions, suggestions or issues with any technical problems you may be having with this Blog or with the WCSI website. Also, we welcome any suggestions to improve these communication vehicles and to help with the caring experience.

Many thanks.