Watson Caring Science Institute: WCSI

WCSI Overview

The Watson Caring Science Institute is an international non-profit foundation created to advance the philosophies, theories and practices of Human Caring, originated by Distinguished Professor Jean Watson, who holds the Murchinson-Scoville Endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center. The Theory and Science of Human Caring seeks to restore the profound nature of caring-healing, and bring the ethic and ethos of Love back into Healthcare. Through an extended network of professional, clinical and academic colleagues, the Institute will translate the model of Caring-Healing/Caritas into more systematic programs and services which can continue to transform healthcare, one nurse/one practitioner/one educator/one system at a time.

The WSCI is dedicated to help the current health care system retain its most precious resource, competent, caring professional nurses, while preparing a new generation of health professionals in a broader model of Caring Science. The WSCI will help to ensure caring and healing for the public, reduce nurse turnover, and decrease costs to the system.

WCSI Programs in Progress:

Professional network of 'Caring Science/Caritas Practitioners©', who bring the profound nature of caring-healing and Love back into healthcare, as well as a professional Caritas Speaker's Bureau, already booking.
Continuing development, implementation and integration of Caring Science/Caritas© clinical-educational programs, modeled from its developer, Distinguished Professor Jean Watson, PhD, RN, FAAN, to include quarterly Webinairs/Teleseminars with Education Programs to its Caritas membership.
The continued archiving of Dr. Watson's lifetime of esteemed work in Caring Science as the foundation for sustaining caring-healing for practitioners, patients and the public, thus facilitating transformation of nursing and the healthcare system.
Personal development and professional advancement programs for nurses and other health professionals in the Caring Science/Caritas model that include train-the-trainer and both off and on-site delivery models with WCSI FieldGuide, manual, workbook, and 'Caritas CareKit' Line.
The 'International Caritas Consortium', a network of hospitals and academic programs implementing models of Caring Science in various systems around the world www.caritasconsortium.org.
Caritas consultations with students, academic programs, and clinical systems.
Caritas CareKit merchandise line that delivers the tools, integration, and brand awareness of the 'Caring Science/Caritas work' into existing health care systems, to include but not be limited to books, CDs, DVDs, candles, 'Be Well' & meditation cards, soaps, lotions, and oils.
Clinical and academic Caritas Affiliate Certification partners program.
Honoring 'first' donor individuals * Marian Turkel, RN, PhD * and organizations * The Albert Einstein Healthcare Network * on WCSI Caritas Charter Founder Levels. Checks or endowments can be made payable to: WCSI or Watson Caring Science Institute, 2441 7th Street, Boulder, CO 80304

"We are the light in institutional darkness, and in this model we
get to return to the light of our humanity", shares Dr. Watson.

The Watson Caring Science Institute builds upon the lifetime background and global academic and clinical experiences of Dr. Jean Watson and her work in the field of Caring-Healing philosophy, theories, and practices.

Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN

Dr. Watson has more than 30 years experience, with travels throughout the world, in developing and implementing the science, theories and philosophies of caring and healing used by nurses and academic and clinical institutions internationally. The acclaimed Title of Distinguished Professor of Nursing and the Murchinson-Scoville Endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Denver are held by Dr. Watson. Founder of the original Center for Human Caring in Colorado and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, Dr. Watson is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Fetzer Institute Norman Cousins Award, an International Kellogg Fellowship in Australia, a Fulbright Research and Lecture Award in Sweden, and six Inter/national Honorary Doctorate Degrees.

Author of over 100 publications in the area of Caring Science and of more than 12 books on the Science of Human Caring™, including the original, classic: Nursing. The Philosophy and Science of Caring (1979), which identifies the 10, core "Carative Factors" necessary for studying and implementing a model of Caring Science in practice, Dr. Watson's newly revised edition will be released in May, 2008 by University Press of Colorado along with a meditation CD. This work has expanded to "Caritas Processes," restoring the deep-spiritual dimensions of Love with caring-healing as the foundation for preparing a new level of practitioners in Caring Science/Caritas HealthCare.