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Careful nursing: a model for contemporary nursing practice.

Therese Connell Meehan1

  • 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Ireland. therese.meehan@ucd.ie

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|September 6, 2003
PubMed
Summary

This study analyzes historical documents of careful nursing, an Irish nursing system. It identifies ten key concepts, including disinterested love and contagious calmness, offering a model for contemporary nursing practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing History
  • Healthcare Systems Analysis
  • Professional Practice Models

Background:

  • Careful nursing, developed by Catherine McAuley, is an Irish nursing legacy with historical significance.
  • Despite its preservation, careful nursing has been underrepresented in contemporary nursing literature.
  • This study addresses the gap by analyzing historical documentation of this nursing system.

Observation:

  • A preliminary content analysis was performed on primary source historical documents of the careful nursing system.
  • The analysis focused on understanding the philosophical underpinnings, attitudes, and practices of nurses within this system.
  • Key concepts were identified and summarized in relation to the four central nursing concepts.

Findings:

  • Definitions for person, environment, health, and nursing within the careful nursing model were established.

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  • Ten core concepts of careful nursing practice were identified: disinterested love, contagious calmness, restorative environment creation, skillful safety and comfort provision, nursing interventions, health education, participatory-authoritative management, trustworthy collaboration, service-derived power, and self-care.
  • The spiritual dimension in human life and nursing emerged as significant characteristics of the model.

    • Implications:

    • The preliminary findings require further validation and critical assessment.
    • The careful nursing model offers valuable insights into professional nursing.
    • This model has the potential for further development to conceptualize and guide contemporary nursing practice.