%0 Journal Article %T Identifying and Overcoming Barriers for Implementing WatsonĄ¯s Human Caring Science %A Akram Sadat Hoseini %A Hadi Ahmadi Chenari %A Mohammad Ali Cheraghi %A Shahrzad Pashaeypoor %A Steven L. Baumann %J Nursing Science Quarterly %@ 1552-7409 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0894318419845396 %X The purposes of this paper are to identify and explore ways to overcome barriers to the implementation of WatsonĄ¯s human caring science in Iran. A literature search was done of PubMed, Elsevier, Science Direct, Ovid, ProQuest, Web of science, and Google Scholar between 1991 and 2018 using the search terms WatsonĄ¯s theory, clinical nursing, nursing theory, barriers to using theory, and carative factors or processes, separately and in combination. Organizational-level, practitioner-level, and educational barriers were found, and solutions for each are explored %K Iran %K nursing %K WatsonĄ¯s human caring science %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0894318419845396