STUDY GUIDE ON PROFESSIONAL CARING
( most information in Creasia Ch. 14 )

Student:

1. Without caring, infants fail to .
2. The impact of being cared for as a child forms the basis for & as an adult.
3. A person with a caring attitude gives so that the person cared for feels that s/he truly .
4. In caring a person has a concern for another's & , intending to maximize .
5. Caring can be expressed though :
a feeling of
an attitude of
a philosophy of
actions that
attention to
advocacy for
6. Before a person can care about another, that person must recognize a bond with that other person as a
7. Lay persons and professional nurses (are) (are not) capable of perfect caring.
8. Professional caring must have 3 ingredients :
, , & .

Any one or two of these alone is not professional caring.
9. A person who feels that s/he is cared for will feel the environment is , & stress hormones levels will be .
10. When one is being fully present for another, one is tuned to the other's words, , , .
Skilled communicators will sometimes use a "dance of caring" that pick up subtle nuances of the other's patterns of communicating.
11. The person who cares sees the possible self for the other, and works to help the other actualize that self.
12. Becoming a personal friend to a client ( increases ) (interferes with ) professional caring.
13. Feeling the suffering of a client ( increases) (interferes with) professional caring.
14. Things that nursing students can do develop their ability to give professional care include:
the study of
learning nursing
practicing techniques
reading literature about
watching & talking to
caring for
15. In class or via computer in groups discuss situations in which you felt cared for:
  1. describe the situation
  2. describe specific things that gave you this feeling