Personal Philosophy Of Nursing

Personal Nursing Philosophy
What is the philosophy of nursing? Many of the nursing theorists have different answers to this question, but all of them share the main concept and idea of nursing: a philosophy, which focuses not on the treatment of a disease but on the wholeness of human being. Florence Nightingale concentrated on the surrounding environment of the patient and how it affected the patient’s health (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). Her findings had incredible impact on the philosophy of nursing today. Along the environment factors Betty Neuman believed that nursing should be primarily concerned with appropriate actions in stress-related situations to help patients, their families, and society achieve and sustain wellness (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). The ideas of Jean Watson focused first on the commitment to self to be able to commit to others. A philosophy of nursing addresses four different meta-paradigm concepts known as client, health, nurse, and environment (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). In the movie Wit, Emma Thompson’s character Vivian Bearing was treated like a test subject with no sense of human dignity, respect and decency. The movie started with Dr. Kelekian telling Vivian that she had stage four-metastic ovarian cancer and that the treatment involved a vigorous course of therapy. There was no explanation to what that meant. He simply told her diagnosis in medical terms. The human factor was not present at all, and the rapid decline in her health was thanks to the lack of empathy, kindness, and humanity. The only character that was on the human side in the hospital, the one that had the understanding of basic human decency and cared for Vivian’s condition was the nurse Susie. She was caring, companionate, provided comf...

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... interact with my clients/patients. To be able to successfully communicate with the patients one must understand their morals, values, desires, and needs. In order to achieve that one must actively listen and respect the differences of others.
Ethical.
Ethics is a term used to describe how you conduct yourself with you patients, co-workers and society. Ethical knowing is judgments about what is good, what is right, and what is important. Ethical knowing guides how people conduct themselves in life and work. It helps one determine what is most significant, and what priorities mandate advocacy.
Socio-political.
Socio-political term refers to the collaboration of political and societal matters, factors or changes. These aspects have a solid influence on our day-to-day lives and shape the realm around us. They affect how nursing is perceived and accepted by society.