Date of Award
6-16-2011
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Joyce B. Perkins
Second Advisor
Susan K. Nash
Abstract
Being a nurse can be physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. Nurses are exposed to sickness, sadness, trauma, suffbring, terminal illnesses, and potentially harmful contagions in their daily work. Nurses tend to care for others more than they care for themselves and can become overwhelmed, lose their resilience, and burnout. Nurses who practice daily self-care benefit by experiencing greater self-esteem, resilience, and ultimately wisdom and compassion. This project focuses on the development of a self- care model for nurses to help nurses learn how to care for themselves. The model is grounded in the work of Dr. Jean Watson and her theory of human caring.
Identifier
SC 11.MAN.2011.Severson.CM
Recommended Citation
Severson, Cynthia M., "The Self- Caring Tree: A Model of Nursing Self-Care" (2011). Theses and Graduate Projects. 1163.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/1163