Question 1: Who is she?
Katie Eriksson, a Finland-Swedish nurse, took a nursing course in 1965 that capacitated her to practice nursing. Admittedly, there is a lack of information regarding Eriksson’s date of birth, place of birth parents as well as brothers and sisters. Currently, she works at Abo Akademi University, Vaasa, as a professor of health sciences. Katie Eriksson has a built a health sciences master’s program that lasts for four years leading to a health science doctoral degree in the institution.
Question 2: What's her theory?
Katie Eriksson graces the list of nursing theorists owing to her formulation of the Theory of Caritative Caring; a theory that immensely stresses the purpose of care for patients. Reportedly, the theory upholds that the purpose of care should always be linked to the patient’s well-being and the need to alleviate the patients suffering with regards to the ethos of Caritative Caring Science. To Eriksson, as stipulated in the theory, any suffering to a patient emanating as a result of Caritative care is a misdemeanor of the self-worth of humans.
Question 3: Why they developed this theory?
Question 4: How does this theory apply to nursing practice?
Question 5: how would you apply it in your own nursing care?
Regarding how I can apply the theory, I base my contention on the two most important facets of the theory; love and charity. I can express love to a patient by doing anything to boost the spirit of a patient- it is, however, hard to pinpoint what I can do achieve this, but I am sure when the duty calls I will have something to do. Similarly, I can be charitable to a patient by offering to finish some chores that are not included in my job description for instance walking a patient with muscle muscular dystrophy.
