Jean Watson Human Caring Theory in Psychiatric Nursing

Jean Watson Human Caring Theory in Psychiatric Nursing
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Jean Watson Human Caring Theory in Psychiatric Nursing
Mental health is a condition involving people's behaviors, emotions, and socialization. According to Auerbach et al. (2018), the World Health Organization (WHO) informs that millions of individuals around the globe have mental problems at different ages or are anticipated to be experienced at any stage of life. With that, the prevalence of mental issues is alarming, warranting crucial clinical interventions. The focus is to examine Jean Watson's human caring theory application in an acute psychiatric setting on physical restraints of patients with severe illnesses like schizophrenia.
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Patients with severe psychological conditions may pose critical risks of harm to themselves and others, pointing to the need for an intervention. According to Ye et al. (2019)), mentally challenged individuals have the possibility of agitation and practitioners are forced to apply alternatives like crisis management to alleviate the risks posed. Compulsory approaches are integrated when techniques like de-escalation fail to solve conflicts. Though regarded as inhuman, physical restraint in medical practice is a method used to limit patients' mobility and control their behaviors (Zboun & Marzouq, 2020)). The process involves using environmental measures like social seclusion or confinement to restrict movement in a particular space. Physical restraint is another way to apply material appliances like limb ties, bed rails, or belts to limit clients' conduct and control. Moreover, chemical restraints may regulate a person's behaviors through psychoactive medications to cause sedation.
Regardless of the restrain intervention, the application raises practical and ethical controversies due to emerging unexpected effects on nurses and patients. Likely impacts include dehumanization, traumatization, distress, inflicted fear, feeling ignored, powerless, or lack of control. Nonetheless, many medical professionals have opted to use physical restraint as a practical approach to deter injuries and reduce unnecessary movements (Ye et al., 2019). The approach is deemed essential under rational circumstances, but it is prone to abuse with intentions to punish.
About psychiatric conditions resulting from physical restraints, schizophrenia is a critical disorder that impacts brain functions and is characterized by severe implications. The mental issue consists of symptoms affecting patients' emotional, social, and behavioral aspects. A typical active sign of the disease is the exhibition of violent conduct demonstrated through verbal or physical assaults. Essentially, schizophrenia can be grouped into subtypes such as paranoid, disorganized, undifferentiated, and catatonic (Lubis & Husada, 2022). Thus, managing severe symptoms of such mental illness in acute settings warrants using physical restraints as a common approach.
Human Caring Theory Concepts
The human caring model is grounded on important principles and vital concepts. Developed by Jean Watson, the framework essential values of the caring ap...