![]() Within Watson’s theory, ten carative factors of love-heart-centered-caring/compassion represent the core of caring ( Watson, 2008 Watson, 2012). With her theory of caritative caring, she influenced Watson’s work and development of carative factors ( Nelson & Watson, 2012). Eriksson introduced the word ‘carative’ in caring science and defined it as love and charity and the motive for all caring ( Eriksson, 2006). Trustful and respectful interpersonal relationships are extremely important for preserving human dignity ( Pajnkihar, 2003). Watson pointed out that caring is “the moral ideal of nursing whereby the end is protection, enhancement, and preservation of human dignity” ( Watson, 1999, p. 29). As there is a lack of research relating to the personal characteristics of nurses such as education and caring behaviors, and a lack of empirical data on the relationships between carative factors as core of caring and patient satisfaction in Slovenian health care institutions, we decided to explore these relationships. Regular reviews of nurses’ caring behavior and actions, and patient satisfaction may help nursing administration to plan necessary improvement in practice. (2015) could not confirm the association between previous caring experience by patients and higher emotional intelligence in nurses. Because of the rapid advances in knowledge and technology, knowledge about care in practice must be constantly re-examined ( Pajnkihar, 2003). Caring has to be done in practice and research ( Watson, 2009), as lack of caring is a major threat to health care quality. When caring is not present, non-caring consequences and dissatisfaction with care, where the person feels like an object, can occur. Nursing education plays an important role in the acquisition and advancement of caring attributes ( Labrague et al., 2015) and this should be emphasized throughout their professional lives ( Pajnkihar, 2003)Ĭaring behavior by nurses can contribute to the satisfaction and well-being of patients and is more than only the performance of the healthcare organizations ( Burt, 2007 Kaur, Sambasivan & Kumar, 2013 Sherwood, 1997 Wolf, Colahan & Costello, 1998) or a specific type of professional and human-to-human contact. To be able to perform a caring action, nurses need an artistic as well as a scientific knowledge and expertise ( Pajnkihar, 2008). One way to ensure that caring is central to the patients’ experience is to endorse Watson’s theory of human caring as the basis or a guide for nursing practice. The first of these two main domains in holistic nursing related to professional knowledge and expertise and the second to psychological and spiritual consideration of clients ( Pajnkihar, 2003). ![]() Caring includes care for and care about clients ( Fisher & Tronto, 1990 Pajnkihar, 2003). Caring is the core concept in nursing ( Brilowski & Wendler, 2005 Kyle, 1995 Pajnkihar, 2003 Palese et al., 2011). ![]()
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