Running head: 5C’S OF CARING 3
ethical and moral obligation that requires both practice and action. A nurse must have the right
knowledge to make right decisions and remain committed to taking actions on the basis of right
decisions.
Besides commitment and Conscience, competence focuses on technical care and
knowledge of patient’s condition. The nurse’s ability to demonstrate competence encompasses
knowing impending patient’s conditions and assisting patients’ family to deal with impending
events. It is a vital component of caring that protects patients from harm and assesses the needs
and condition of the patient. The fourth C is compassion, which entails a deeper sense of
empathy and effectively addresses the fears, expectations and regrets of patients and their
families. Compassion emphasizes on inherent ability to love and establish physical, spiritual and
emotional connections for therapeutic outcomes. The last C is confidence, which binds all the
other 4C’s. Confidence is an important quality that fosters trust in the support and care. It
requires confidence to not only work in challenging environments, but also offer accurate
information. It takes confidence to express compassion, remain committed and act competently
in challenging environments.
Implementation of the Theory in Nursing Practice
As a nurse, the primary role is to care of patients. The implementation of 5C’s of Caring
has strong relationship with the quality of care. To successfully implement 5C’s, to advance
knowledge in nursing practice. The development of skills and knowledge in nursing is a viable
path towards achieving broad goals in nursing practice (Lube &Roets, 2014). Similarly,
implementation of 5C’s can be achieved through the involvement of nurses in decision making.
The judgments of nurses and decisions have the potential to influence health care policy,
