Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Settings
helpful (“Type 2 Diabetes,” 2015, par.15). Nursing Metaparadigm Swanson (1993) based her original theory on Jean Watson’s grand theory of human caring. For Watson, the nursing process is based upon the caring moment or interpersonal connection between nurse and provider. Like Watson as well, Swanson affirms that nursing has a profound spiritual dimension, although she applies that spirituality in a more practical, less esoteric, and step-by-step approach (Hsiu & Shu-Ming, 2016). Swanson views expert nursing as the ability to synthesize expertise with technical knowledge. She also draws upon Benner’s theory of novice-to-expert in her analysis, which… Continue Reading...
