Caring for ourselves mirrors our caring for others. This mirrored care theory serves as the embodiment of a nurse possessing a selfcare nursing competency capable of mirroring competent patient care. The key concept of the theory is self-care nursing competency. Nursing has been established within this theory to help nurses achieve patient care competencies and impact the nursing profession. Self-care nursing competency contains three domains: self-awareness, self-regarding behavior, and self love. Moreover, Hawthorne nurses are the nurse managers and leaders who must integrate and apply the self-care nursing competency and the concept of the mirrored care theory in the nursing curricula, policies, and programs. These managers and leaders should constantly monitor and appraise the system. Consequently, the mirrored care theory shall rationalize the inclusion of self-care nursing competency in the nursing scope and standards of practice. When nurses possess self-care nursing competency, they are more competent in caring for others since they develop a sense of purpose, decrease experiences of burnout and dissatisfaction, and increase their morale. With this, the quality of care given by the nurses to themselves reflects the quality of care given to their clients. Hence, the mirrored care theory shall serve as a basis of caring not only for the patients but for the nurses as well.

Nurses