Nursing is a complex profession full of challenges and rewards. To grow as professionals, it is important that nurses know and understand the many theory’s that exists in nursing and respect their impact on the profession. It is essential for nurses to learn from past theorist for nursing to move forward. This paper will correlate the philosophy and values of two nursing theorist with a unique perspective of each concept and define the nursing metaparadigm. Personal Philosophy I believe the center of nursing revolves around maintaining a therapeutic relationship with the patient while providing comfort. My belief focuses on an interpersonal relationship that is based on how well the nurse can relate and empathize with the patient. In order …show more content…
• People value good relationships. • People who are comfortable and pain-free respond better. Health Health is a state of personal wellness and optimal functioning, in which a person shows progression toward a goal. This can be a physical or an internal state with development toward personal wholeness. My assumptions about health are: • Health is a personal feeling of wellness and function that is not the same for everyone. • Individuals who are not comfortable with their health seek the support of others. • People who are educated and have resources available tend to maintain better health. Environment Any situation in which a person lives, including internal and external factors that influence a person’s health and affect any aspect of their wellness. My assumptions about environment are: • Poor environment and living conditions affect ones health and wellbeing. • External factors affect healing (noise, light, clutter, fresh air). • It is necessary to change and optimize one's environment to promote comfort and healing, because poor sanitation leads to poor health. …show more content…
Nursing focuses on helping the person achieve a maximal level of functioning. My assumptions about nursing are: • The nurse must develop a trusting therapeutic relationship with the patient in order to act in the many roles of nursing. • Nurses must be able to identify their own limitations to provide an optimal quality of care. • The nurse and the patient need to work together to form a common goal. Correlation to Nursing
Every person’s needs must be recognized, respected, and filled if he or she must attain wholeness. The environment must attuned to that wholeness for healing to occur. Healing must be total or holistic if health must be restored or maintained. And a nurse-patient relationship is the very foundation of nursing (Conway et al 2011; Johnson, 2011). The Theory recognizes a person’s needs above all. It sets up the conducive environment to healing. It addresses and works on the restoration and maintenance of total health rather than only specific parts or aspect of the patient’s body or personality. And these are possible only through a positive healing relationship between the patient and the nurse (Conway et al, Johnson).
The discipline of nursing has long attempted to establish itself as a professional identity with a distinct knowledge base. In order for nursing to separate itself from other professions, it must inaugurate foundational nursing theory. Theory is an essential component to the nursing profession, because it defines and clarifies nursing concepts, and the purpose of nursing practice, which distinguishes nursing from other caring professions (McEwen, 2011). Additionally, "theory offers structure and organization to nursing knowledge and provides a systematic means of collecting data to describe, explain, and predict nursing practice" (McEwen, 2011, p. 23). Theory is the foundational component to the complex, continuously evolving nursing profession, as it enhances nursing knowledge, guides nursing practice and research, and helps in establishing and advancing the identity of the profession of nursing.
In 2007 one theorists identified and explained an aspect of concept and nursing (George, 2011). The concept identifies the central domain within nursing, meaning that nursing consists of parts, such as: the nursing client, the nurse/client transitions, nursing process, the nursing client environment, and the therapeutic and health aspects of nursing (George, 2011).
To make good nursing decisions, nurses require an internal roadmap with knowledge of nursing theories. Nursing theories, models, and frameworks play a significant role in nursing, and they are created to focus on meeting the client’s needs for nursing care. According to McEwen and Wills (2014), conceptual models and theories could create mechanisms, guide nurses to communicate better, and provide a “systematic means of collecting data to describe, explain, and predict” about nursing and its practice (p. 25). Most of the theories have some common concepts; others may differ from one theory to other. This paper will evaluate two nursing theorists’ main theories include Sister Callista Roy’s
...urse needs to be able to empathize with the client and understand the differences and barriers between self and client. Nurses need to put the barrier behind and deliver effective, yet appropriate care based on the client’s needs.
The notion of health is contextual and an interactive, dynamic process between person and environment (Schim et al, 2007). Both wellness and illness are conceptualized by the ‘person’, existing on a continuum across the lifespan (Arnold & Boggs, 2001).
The purpose of this paper is to explore this author’s personal philosophy with that of nursing theorist Madeleine M. Leininger. To compare this author’s and Madeleine M. Leininger’s philosophy with the metaparadigm model of nursing and discuss the impact of the similarities on nursing practice.
Research has demonstrated that nursing practice guided by theory from a perspective of nursing and caring has shown “improved patient and nurse satisfaction, and improvement in institutional reputation.” (Dyess et al., 2013, p. 167) Nursing theories specifically are created and shaped to describe this phenomenon called nursing. Afaf Meleis defines nursing theory as “a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing reality communicated for the purpose of describing phenomena, explaining relationships between phenomena, predicting consequences, or prescribing nursing care.” (Meleis, 2012, chap.
Nursing highly relates to the person because without that interpersonal relationship, the nurse is not able to determine whether the caring being provided is sufficient. It is important to have that relationship so that the person trust you as the caregiver and the care that you are providing. Nursing is a strenuous role that requires a dedicated individual who is able to think critically when placed on under pressure.
Many persons go into the healthcare ground because they want to work with people. For these nurses, it is the nurse-patient relationship that is one of the most significant things. By understanding the nurse-patient relationship, nurses can be better furnished to work with their patients and, eventually, deliver superior care for them. Hildegard Peplau's model of nursing emphases on that nurse-patient relationship and recognizes the diverse roles nurses take on when working with patients.
In this essay I am going to investigate whether health is easily defined as the absence of disease or physical injury. According to Health psychology (2009) ‘World Health Organisation defined health as a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’. In order to achieve good physical a nutrition diet is needed, healthy BMI, rest and adequate physical exercise is needed.
This is where I think health gets extremely subjective. For instance, I have a liver disease called Gilberts syndrome. When not well managed, it flares up and can make me extremely sick. To others, they look at me as sick or unhealthy. Personally, I still believe I am healthy when it is well managed. I believe this is the same with people who have cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc. It has become a part of me and I have learned to accept living with it and take the proper precautions so that the discomfort can be reduced. Further, as we age and get diagnosed with different illnesses and disease, I believe everyone definition evolves. They end up having a new baseline of what healthy looks like to them. We all have very subjective levels of what we see as healthy and unhealthy, therefore everyone’s definition of physical health will
Nursing theory can be used to empower nurses by giving autonomy and improve skills. With the rise of healthcare, administrative decisions involving nurses could have a negative effect on patient care. There are four concepts that make up the nursing metaparadigm, person, environment, health and nursing and act as the model for nursing care. All theories in the nursing practice proves valuable within the profession but may vary between different theorists depending on what their beliefs are. Some theorists can view the same situation entirely different. Both Rogers and Neuman were theorist that developed theories for viewing and caring for patients but in two different ways. Professionalization, coherence, and enhanced communication are three arguments when determining the importance of theory in nursing. Multi-disciplinary nursing becomes necessary to achieve positive patient
Health is described as physical and mental well-being and freedom from disease, pain or defect. However, such descriptions only superficially define the actual meaning of health. There may be many occasions when individuals are not necessarily ill or in pain but may be overweight, stressed or emotionally unstable. Health is a quality of life involving dynamic interaction and interdependence among the individual’s physical state, their mental and emotional reactions, and the social context in which the individual exists. There are many factors that influence your health, but three major components contribute to general well-being: Self-awareness, a balanced diet and, regular physical activity.
Wellness is defined according to World Health organisation, “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.