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Annotated Bibliographies Jessica Morgan Miller Professor. Alex Mudd UL 100 Information Literacy and Technology November 12, 2013

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Tonges, M. (2011). Translating Caring Theory Into Practice. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 41(9), 374 - 381. Retrieved fromhttp://www.unchealthcare.org/site/Nursing/nursingmedialibrary /articles/transltheory.pdf This article was published in the Journal of Nursing Administration. Translating Caring Theory into Practice was not only the title but truly the focus. Its purpose is to inform nurses that theory based practice is effective. It did a great job of directly providing examples of implementing theory into practice. The Swansons Caring Theory is a middle-range theory and provides structure of the caring processes and support to patient well-being. Caring theory postulates that if nurses demonstrating they care about a patient is as important to the patient well-being as caring for them through clinical activities such as preventing infection and administering medications. Pg. 374 This article was wrote by and reviewed by registered nurses with years of experience.

Watson, J. (2008). Assessing and measuring caring in nursing and health sciences. (2nd ed.). Canada: Transcontinental. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books Based on the Swanson Caring Theory the Carolina Care Model was developed and implemented in the University of North Carolina Hospitals. The main goal of the Carolina Care Model is patient satisfaction and the betterment of nursing. Caring theory is truly implemented into their practice by care delivery as Caring Actions that is composed of 5 interrelated caring processes. Maintaining belief, Knowing, Being with, Doing for, Enabling. These five processes have contributed immense success to the University of North Carolina hospitals with 50 % decrease in nosocomial decubuti due to the implementation of hourly rounding, and a 60% improvement in key area of meeting emotional need, response to call lights, concerns, and complaints, and overall patient satisfaction. One of the unique things that was incorporated into the hospital were the clinical items such as sharps boxes were moved from the patient direct view and replaced with art. This article was organized with great detail and was also an easy read. It provided a lot of useful information and used visual aids such as models, charts, and graphs to clarify and organize statistics. Florence Nightingale and the early origins of evidence-based nursing -- McDonald 4 (3): 68 -Evidence-Based Nursing. (2001, July 4). Retrieved October 1, 3013, from http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/3/68.long The purpose for this article is to show how Florence Nightingale began to shape nursing into evidence based practice. The author provides some background on Florence and her Environmental theory. Most of Florences work was not published but letters and notes that provided the basic information for nursing care.

Sitzman, K. L. (2003). Teaching-Learning Professional Caring Cased on Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. Retrieved October 1, 2013, fromhttp://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/ colleges/nursing/caring/Documents/JW_Sitzman.pdf The purpose of Teaching- Learning Professional Caring Based on Jean Watson Theory of Human Caring was to educate students at Weber State University. They created a course for

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students called Intergradations of Professional Concepts. The purpose of this class was to help students to focus on applied caring by translating theoretical caring into professional practice based on Jean Watsons- Theory of Human Caring. This article gave a brief overview of Watsons Theory of Human caring and explores how it was applied in practice. Ray, Marilyn, Turkel, Marian. (2011). Complexity Science and Nursing. In H. R. Feldman, G. R. Alexander, Nursing Leadership. This purpose of this article was examining where nursing began. It was divided into five sections, each discussing where the science and objects of nursing originated. It defined nursing as holistic and relationship-centered. The article had some good information, but not exactly what I wanted for my paper. It was published in a nursing journal and I would consider it a very reliable source. Roach, S. (1992). The Human Act of Caring: A blueprint for the health professionals. Canadian Hospital Association Press. It was a published by a very well-known nurse Sister Roach. The Article was in the Hospital Associations Press. Roach did a wonderful job of explaining the 6 Cs of caring. Even though it was written in 1992 most of the information today could be and is applied in the clinical process of caring in nursing.This resource is written to appeal to nursing students. It contains lots of information that could actually be used in practice.This work contains great information on my topic of caring. It will be useful for my research project on the clinical process of caring and also help to formulate my definition of caring. The 6 Cs of Caring gave me something to focus on and strive to be. It defined each word and gave me clarity to their purpose and meaning. According to Roach (1992) caring is the underlying concept that forms the basis of what nurses do each and every day (p.17). Taylor, C.R., Lillis, C., LeMone, P., and Lynn, P. (2011). Fundamentals of nursing: The art and science of nursing care (7th Ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This is a Nursing book that is used at ESU nursing department. The book was published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.They were teaching students to use the 10 clinical Caritas processes. It was published in 2011 so most all information is still relevant. This work just consisted of full text, pictures, graphs, and step by step processes. The author cites all the information in the work carefully and correctly. It is a book that we were required to have to be in nursing school. It provides explanations of the fundamentals of nursing. This work contains great information on my topic of caring. It will be useful for my research project on the clinical process of caring and also help to formulate my definition of caring.

Gulanick, M., & Myers, J. (2013). Nursing care plans: Diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes. Its in the nursing magazine.They were teaching students how to use nursing care plans. It was published in 2013 and it is ten years old, we are learning some of the same things in our class.This work just consisted of full text not photographs. The author cites all the information in the work carefully and correctly.This resource is written to appeal to nursing students. It contains lots of information that could actually be used in the caring process practice.

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Vance, Teresa. "Caring and Professional Practice of Nursing." RN Journal. (2003): n. page. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://rnjournal.com/journal-of-nursing/caring-and-the-professionalpractice-of-nursing>. This article relates mostly of the understanding of the caring model to hospice care because that is the authors area of expertise. However, the caring models are used in a variety of settings, such as, major hospitals, organizations, feminists groups, and major universities. A model of caring includes a call for both art and science. It offers a framework that embraces and intersects with art, science, humanities, spirituality, and new dimensions of mind, body, and spirit medicine. Caring can save the life of a patient, offer a death with dignity, and convey trust and commitment to patients, families, and staff. The author is a registered RN. Watson, J. (2003). Jean Watson and the theory of human caring. Theory overview. Retrieved from http://ww2.uchsc.edu/son/caring/content/wct.asp. In this article Jean Watson defines caring as a science. She states; Caring is a science that encompasses a humanitarian, human science orientation, human caring processes, phenomena, and experiences. Caring science includes arts and humanities as well as science. A caring science perspective is grounded in a relational ontology of being-in-relation, and a world view of unity and connectedness of all. Transpersonal Caring acknowledges unity of life and connections that move in concentric circles of caring-from individual, to others, to community, to world, to Planet Earth, to the universe. This article was perfect for my paper and I wish I would have found it earlier so that I could have used it. It was published by the famous nurse Jean Watson.