A number of nursing theorists discuss and describe the concept of caring in nursing practice. According to Benner, how is "caring" defined?
a. The central, unifying, and dominant domain necessary for health and survival
b. Preserving human dignity in the technological, cure-dominated health care system
c. Knowing, being with, doing for, enabling, and maintaining belief
d. A person, event, project, or thing that matters to a person
D
According to Benner, caring means that persons, events, projects, and things matter to people.
According to Leininger, caring is the central, unifying, and dominant domain distinguishing nursing from other health disciplines and is necessary for the health and survival of all individu-als.
Watson defines caring as almost spiritual. Caring preserves human dignity in the technological, cure-dominated health care system.
Swanson defines caring as consisting of five categories or processes. Knowing, being with, doing for, enabling, and maintaining belief are Swanson's concepts of caring.
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