My Personal Philosophy of Nursing
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This paper is a first attempt at forming and articulating my own philosophy of nursing.
Our course, Transition to Professional Nursing, is barely two weeks old and already I am being enlightened and challenged to expand my experience of nursing. I will attempt to explain my personal journey and experience thus far including how and why I got here, my beliefs about nursing and related values, and my visions for the future.
The Nursing Choice
Nursing came in a round-about way for me. I had little direction when I graduated high school and had already disregarded the nursing field due to an incident with a family member (who was a nurse) that had left a negative impression about the nursing field on me. I entered college planning on a pre-med or biology major. I had built up a vision of college being different- scholarly, intellectual, advanced- different somehow than school before. I soon was disillusioned. My first biology course was a bitter disappointment and I turned away from any thoughts of a medical/health related career altogether.
Several years, colleges, and majors later I found myself still without a gut-felt direction. On a whim I decided to go to EMT school. It was there that I was finally introduced to the healthcare field and loved it at once. After finishing the program I worked the 911 system and also took a job as a patient care technician in a pediatric emergency department. I quickly saw that the hospital setting was where I wanted to be and that I had to become a nurse. That I did, and haven't left the emergency department since!
The Essence of Nursing
I truly believe that the core, the essence, of nursing (outside of a true emergency where measures to sustain or revive life become paramo...
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...en I have a goal. I work hard and don't give up easily. I am a perpetual optimist always looking to the future and learning from my mistakes rather than letting them pull me down. I have a certain amount of natural intelligence, and what I lack I make up for with persistence and tenacity. I have an inherent belief that I will accomplish my goals that keeps me positive and pursuing my goals even when it is difficult to do so.
I will need to overcome some obstacles in order to accomplish my goals. Family obligations will challenge my time management and multitasking skills. Procrastination is one of the biggest obstacles I face. I will need to develop more patience as I feel demands of the family encroaching on my professional goals. I tend to be shortsighted and allow myself to feel overwhelmed rather than being able to keep everything in perspective.
In this essay, the author
- Explains the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.
- Opines that serious attention or consideration applied to doing something correctly or to avoid damage or risk.
- Explains that jean watson's entire philosophy is based on and supports the importance of caring. her first book, the philosophy and science of caring, called for a return to the earlier values of nursing.
- Analyzes how caring can be viewed as the nurse's moral ideal of caring.
- Analyzes how the ana code of ethics for nurses (2001) links the philosophy of caring with the practice of nursing. it specifies ethical obligations and duties of all who become nurses and stands as the ethical standard of the profession.
- Explains that this paper is a first attempt at forming and articulating their own philosophy of nursing. their course, transition to professional nursing, is barely two weeks old.
- Narrates how they were disillusioned with the nursing field after a family member's negative impression on them. they went to emt school and were introduced to the healthcare field.
- Opines that the core essence of nursing is caring. caring about your patient and your job can be the starting point for all your nursing responsibilities.
- Opines that all patients deserve unbiased treatment and interaction. they believe that the patient's family and significant others' treatment varies by situation.
- Explains that they want to balance their nursing career with their obligations at home. they plan to work a schedule where they can devote the most time possible to their children.
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- Explains that the patient's family is the support system in the care of their loved one. their role is to be present and enabling, encouraging the family to bring in their own spiritual practices.
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- Explains that their own health is important to them, since they promote good health and health care practices, it's a lifestyle. they eat and drink adequately, play or participate in various forms of recreation, and learn, discover or satisfy the curiosity that leads to normal development.
- Opines that becoming a nurse alone has been an amazing life dream and feels blessed with the love and support they have received just by getting to this point in their nursing career.
- Opines that they want to be an efficient, effective, and outstanding nurse in five years. in 10 years, they'll be almost 50 and have a master's degree in nursing.
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- Quotes virginia henderson's quote, "the unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death).
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- Opines that by striving to help someone every day, whether it is in a large or small manner, they are fulfilling this value.
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- Explains that nurses help each human being to be the best they can be at any point in time. not everyone who has a license is true nurse, and many without nametags are worthy of this title.
- Describes the elements of the nursing metaparadigm that interrelate in that the patient must be in a safe environment to provide care to optimize health.
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- Explains that caring is defined in many ways but the one that applies here is, “to feel interest or concern.” it is the staple of nursing theories and practice. we care because it is an essential part of the nursing profession.
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- Explains natasha johnson's personal philosophy of nursing, which addresses four concepts: person, health, environment, and nurse.
- Encourages patients to be kind, empathetic, and compassionate. they should see patients as human beings with lives and loved ones.
- Opines to treat people the way they want to be treated, remembering that the small things truly matter, such as a smile, kind gesture, or kind words.
- Opines that human beings deserve to be treated with respect and dignity in a time of need.
- Opines that nursing/caring is truly a beautiful art form that not all have the privilege of embracing.
- Argues that people should be self-reliant and responsible for their care, as well as others in their family who need care.
- Explains that nursing is a form of action. it is an interaction between two or more people.
- Explains that meeting universal and development self-care requisites is an important component of primary care prevention and ill health.
- Explains that a novice/beginner has no clinical experience in the conditions in which they are expected to operate.
- Explains stage 2: advanced beginner- a nurse now has some prior experience in clinical situations, which enables their knowledge to begin developing.
- Explains that in the competence stage, an individual demonstrates skill sets of conus and deliberate planning, which allows them to work efficiently with a sense of organization.
- Explains that a nurse has reached stage four or the proficient stage. they have gained knowledge that allows them expect situations and how plans of care may need to be modified in response to certain events.
- Explains that they plan to make the most of their next four semesters, two years, here at etsu gaining the knowledge and skill sets needed in the field.
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- Explains that nursing philosophy is a set of ideas about how to do something or live. it is open to personal interpretation.
- Explains that dorothea orem's theory focuses more on when to care for patients, while patricia benner’s theories focus on nurses acquiring their level of knowledge.
- Explains that self-care and dependent care are behaviors learned within a socio-cultural context.
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- Explains that they didn't know they wanted to be in the nursing field until the fall semester of their senior year of college. they had mentors who guided them to the field because they could perform well at whatever they put their mind to.
- Describes how their time as a lab assistant at cortland helped them with their educational and career goals.
- Explains that being an immigrant who grew up in a poor non-english speaking home, it helped them understand that not everyone has the same access to healthcare.
- Explains that in order to achieve their academic nursing goals, they must use their many skills that would allow them to be a successful student and nurse.
- Explains how they excelled in multiple rigorous courses at cortland, making deans and presidents, volunteering at the hospital, tutoring, and having personal time.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that they have unknowingly created a set of values and beliefs for themselves, otherwise known as their personal nursing philosophy.
- Opines that it is their personal responsibility as a nurse to provide the best quality of care regardless of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, religious preference, socioeconomic status.
- Explains the concept of metaparadigms guides nurses from the moment they come in contact with a patient. person, health, environment and nursing are key areas of focus when it comes to patient care.
- Explains that the patient or client is the most important focus in the concept of metaparadigm. the nurse's goal is to encourage and enable the person to manage their health to the best of their abilities.
- Describes the environment as the interaction of internal and external factors that influence the health of person(s). nurses are trained to educate patients about diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases.
- Opines that health is about the patient's emotional and physical wellbeing that enables them to perform at a level desirable for the person not the health care provider.
- Opines that nurses should be available to encourage and support each individual in pursuing their optimal level of health. the nursing practice compasses critical thinking, acquired skills, use of evidence base practice and technologies to guide the nurse in caring for the person.
- Explains betty newman's view of the client as an open system that responds to stressor in the environment.
- Explains the newman system model, which states that when stressors break through the flexible line of defense, the system is invaded and the lines of resistance are activated.
- Explains newman's belief that a person who interacts with both internal and external environment forces or stressors can live healthy and fulfilling lives if the nurse and other members of the health care team coordinate or find community resources.
- Opines that the environment plays a major role in the newman concept model. it can be the interaction with food, how they deal with stress, and perspective on life issues.
- Explains that newman acknowledges that when person needs are met he or she can live a good quality of life. nursing intervention is aimed at helping the person adjust or restore some degree of stability among the client system variables and environmental stressors.
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- Explains that nursing science is a practical science, in that knowledge is developed for the direct purpose of nursing practice itself.
- Opines that nursing is based on the idea of holistic, empathetic and culturally sensitive care to all patients and their family members.
- Opines that the goal of nursing practice is to deliver quality, safety, and reliable patient care while promoting health.
- Explains their personal nursing philosophy and fundamental beliefs of nursing using the four meta-paradigms concepts: nature of human beings, health, environment, and nursing.
- Explains that they believe strongly in holistic nursing and want to value each patient as an individual and help them with their needs. they hope to work alongside other healthcare professionals and deliver the best care to patients.
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