Margareth Jean Harman Watson was born July 21, 1940 in southern West Virginia and grew up in

the small town of Welch in the Appalachian mountains. Watson entered high school in west Virginia
and then Lewis gale nursing school. In www.nursing.ucdenver.edu/caring (translation) it is stated
that Dr. Jean Watson is Professor of Nursing and serves as chair in Nursing Science at the University
of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Central Medical College. She is the founder of the Center for
Nursing in Colorado and is a member of the American Academy of Nursing. She previously served as
the Dean of Nursing at the Central University of Health Sciences and was the former president of the
National League for Nursing. His most recent activities include Founding and Director of a new
foundation: the Watson Caring Science Institute. Dr. Watson has received undergraduate and
postgraduate degrees in nursing and psychiatric, health nursing and holds a PhD in educational
psychology and counseling. He is a widely published author and recipient of several awards and
honors, including the Kellogg International Fellowship in Australia, the Fulbright Research Award in
Sweden. He holds eight (8) Honorary Doctorate Degrees, including 5 International Honorary
Doctorates (Sweden, United Kingdom, Spain, United Kingdom, Colombia and Quebec, Canada). He
has been a Professor and is recognized at universities throughout the United States and has traveled
the world several times. Clinical nursing and academic programs around the world draw on her
published works on the philosophy and theory of human care as well as the art and science of
nursing care. Dr Watson's caring philosophy is used to guide transformative models of caring and
healing practice for nurses and patients, in diverse settings around the world. She is the recipient of
national awards, including the Norman Cousins Fetzer Institute Award, in recognition of her
commitment to developing, nurturing and exemplifying relationship-centered care practices. At the
University of Colorado, Dr. Watson holds the title of Distinguished Professor of Nursing; the highest
honor given by the faculty for scientific work. In 1999 he served as the Murchinson-Scoville Chair in
Science Caring, the nation's first chair in Caring science, based at the University of Colorado Denver
& Health Sciences Center. As a writer or co-author, he has written more than 14 books on caring.
His latest book is on the empirical measurement of caring, for the new modern philosophy of caring
and healing. His books have received many annual AJN awards. Where in the contents of his book
he seeks to bridge the paradigm and lead to a transformative model for the 21st century. Watson
(1988) and George (1990) in Sartika (2011) define caring more than an existential philosophy, he
views it as a spiritual basis, for him caring is a moral ideal of nursing. Humans will exist when their
spiritual dimensions increase, indicated by self-acceptance, a high level of self-awareness, strength
from within, intuitiveness. Caring as the essence of nursing means also a responsible nurse-client
relationship, where nurses help gain knowledge and improve health. "Theory of Human Caring"
(Watson), emphasizes the types of relationships and transactions that are needed between
providers and recipients of care to improve and protect patients as human beings that affect the
patient's ability to heal. Watson suggests that caring is at the core of nursing. In this case, caring is
the embodiment of all the factors used by nurses in providing health serviceson the client. Then
caring also emphasizes individual self-esteem, meaning that in carrying out nursing practice, nurses
always respect the client by accepting the client's strengths and weaknesses. Watson also suggests
that each individual's response to a health problem is unique, meaning that in nursing practice, a
nurse must be able to understand each client's different responses to the suffering he or she is
experiencing and provide appropriate health services in each different response both currently and
will occur. . In addition, caring can only be shown in interpersonal relationships, namely the
relationship that occurs between nurses and clients, where nurses show caring through attention,
interventions to maintain client health and positive energy given to clients. Watson also argues that
caring includes a commitment to provide nursing services that are based on science. In practice,
nurses are challenged not to hesitate in using their knowledge in nursing practice.