A nurse is working in an acute psychiatric unit. The nurse makes this statement to a co-worker after reviewing a newly admitted client's medical record: "Another client with bipolar disorder. We better be ready for a busy night."
This nurse is exemplifying which process of Swanson's theory of caring?
1. Knowing
2. Being with
3. Doing for
4. Enabling
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: Knowing, according to Swanson, is striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of the other. A subdimension of this process is avoiding assumptions. The nurse in this situation made an assumption about clients with bipolar disorder. Being with is being emotionally present to another person. Doing for is providing for others as they would do for themselves if it were at all possible. Enabling is facilitating the other's passage through life transitions and unfamiliar events.
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