Implications to Nursing Research

Like other aspects of nursing, nursing research has been influenced by recent and progressive changes in the health care system. The CASAGRA Theory is one of these game changers. Sr. Agravante's theory of Transformational Leadership Theory is focused primarily on the educational and psycho-spiritual aspect of nursing. We believe that Sr. Agravante emphasized the need for nursing faculty specially trained to develop holistic nurses who will become leaders in health service. There were no citations about its use in research but her approach to the development of the theory can be modified to include nurses with different religion and employ nursing educators from a wider variety of schools to attain practicability.

However, the particular light on its spiritual aspect, specifically Christianity that was used as its main subject needs to be explored and studied further. It is essential that nursing management fosters not only to a specific faith but also to a broader spectrum of faith and tradition, in a society where in there is an abundant number of beliefs and culture. It can also help to develop an understanding of the ways in which individuals engage in spiritual practice outside the traditional religious setting. The theory identifies spirituality as a beneficial variable in management, training or any other scenario. Critical studies of nursing management involving spiritual initiatives should be done for other religions or systems of faith, aside from Christianity. This could add considerably to the growing body of research and theory in this field.

With the increasing demands for nurses that need to surpass the ordinary practices of the current norms, not only in the Philippines but all over the world, it is just in time that we develop our new leaders that will protect and nurture the quality of the nursing care. The concept of CASAGRA Transformative Leadership model could be of great help on the goal of developing a new set of servant-leaders that are designed to transform them from apathy or indifference to a spiritual person, embedded in her greatest model, Jesus Christ.

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References

Scribd. Sr Carolina Agravante: CASAGRA Theory (Online) Available at https://www.scribd.com/doc/61840541/Carolina-Agravante-Theory  (Accessed: 10 September 2016)