Which of the culture and caring theories most resonates with you for your practice as an NP?

In my future role as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, the nursing theory resonates with the Quality-Caring Model because it reveals and illustrates the importance of nursing in the context of evidence-based practice in contemporary healthcare. It encourages a method or manner of being, that subverts modernist norms and emphasizes the importance of connections. The blended model characterizes the two main connections that make up professional encounters by restating the relationship-centered aspect of nursing work. It is predicted that caring relationships benefit patients and their families as well as healthcare providers and systems (Thomas et al., 2019).

How does the theory integrate the nursing paradigm? 

The Quality care Model unifies the nursing paradigm by centering the nursing process around relationships. This paradigm places a strong emphasis on the value of connections with patients, families, coworkers, oneself, and the community. To foster efficient caregiving and cohesive teams, it also recommends that nurses collaborate with other members of the healthcare team. The approach helps nurses deliver high-quality care by fusing these compassionate interactions with evidence-based practice (Compton et al., 2018).

What parts of the theory do you identify with? How does the theory help to meet CLAS standards to advance health equity?

One aspect of Duffy's quality care model that resonates with me is how understanding patients' perspectives on caring behaviors can assist the nursing team in identifying areas where rapport-building and improving the quality of life for patients and their families.  Because it identifies eight caring factors acknowledging each other's distinct meaning, fostering a healing atmosphere, offering attentive reassurance, human respect, encouraging behavior, meeting basic human needs, and working together to solve problems the Duffy quality care model contributes to meeting the CLAS standard by tailoring care to a patient's linguistic and cultural preferences, medical professionals can assist improve health outcomes for a range of groups and reduce health disparities (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2019).

References

Compton, E., Gildemeyer, K., Mason, T., Hartranft, S., & Sutton, S. (2018). Nurses’ Caring Behaviors: The Perception of Patients with Cancer at the Time of Discharge After Surgery. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 22(2), 169–174. https://doi.org/10.1188/18.cjon.169-174Links to an external site.

Thomas, D., Newcomb, P., & Fusco, P. (2019). Perception of Caring Among Patients and Nurses. Journal of Patient Experience, 6(3), 194–200. https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373518795713Links to an external site.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (2019). What is CLAS? Think Cultural Health. https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/clas/what-is-clasLinks to an external site.