An experience of providing emergency care on the basis of Watson's theory to a toddler suffering from minor burns

This article explores the application of Watson's Caring Theory to a child suffering from minor burns injury and his mother. After the nursing process, their physical and social-psychological needs were met. A trauma accident always affects the child and the caregiver, especially the mother. Burn injury brings physical injury, pain, and loss of control to the child and makes the mother feel very guilty and lose her confidence in her ability to take care of the child. After the caring behaviors had been practiced, relationships of mutual trust were developed between the child, his mother and the primary nurse. In the child, the medical treatments were accomplished, the pain was relieved, and he resumed his communication mode. Finally, abilities to deal with burn injury were also built between the child and his mother. This experience could serve as a reference in the emergency nursing of trauma children. The focus of emergency care is not only applying scientific knowledge in the physical area, but also using the caring behaviors to meet the individual's social-psychological needs.