PERSONHOOD
Watson explains that
concepts are the building blocks of theory and it is one of the important basis
that brings new meaning to the paradigm of nursing. Major concepts formulated
by Watson includes: personhood, health, environment and nursing. For Watson,
personhood (human being) is a “unity of mind, body, spirit, and nature”. Human being refers to a valued to be
cared for, respected, nurtured, understood and assisted. And it has
complex needs including physical, psychological and psychosocial.
HEALTH
Another major concept is the health, which was
originally derived from the World Health Organization as “the positive state of
physical, mental, and social well-being with the inclusion of three elements: a
high level of overall physical, mental, and social functioning; a general
adaptive-maintenance level of daily functioning; and the
absence of illness (or the presence of efforts that leads its absence)”. Later, she defined health as “unity and
harmony within the mind, body, and soul”.
ENVIRONMENT
In the environment concept, Watson speaks to the
nurse’s role in the environment as “attending to supportive, protective, and
corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environments”. She also
describes that “healing spaces can be used to help others transcend illness,
pain, and suffering”, and she emphasizes that environment and person are
connected.
NURSING
She also views the nursing concept. To her, nursing consists of
“knowledge, thought, values, philosophy, commitment, and action, with some
degree of passion”. She also viewed that nursing is concerned with promoting health, preventing illness, caring for
the sick and restoring health and It focuses on health promotion and treatment
of disease. And she firmly believes that holistic health care is central to the
practice of caring in nursing
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