What Is Nursing Metaparadigm

The purpose of this paper is to enlighten others on my perspective of what Nursing Philosophy is and describe in grave detail the cyclic pattern and the reason why it is necessary. Nursing philosophy is a set of beliefs and guidelines that focus on person, health, environment, and nursing, these four concepts create the Nursing Metaparadigm. Individuals differ substantially, so does their definition of each of the previously mentioned concepts varies to a certain extent. My definition of each concept is my own perceived notion that has been influenced by M. Hegge’s “Nightingale’s Environmental Theory” (2013), The College of New Jersey’s “Nursing Metaparadigm” (2016), and E. Taylor & M. Carr ‘s“ Nursing ethics in the Seventh-day Adventist religious

The nursing purpose is to establish and actively participate in a holistic healing approach, by focusing on the individual and not just the illness. Critical thinking and evidence based practice mobilizes the nursing process and provides a foreground for the medical profession. Nursing is a selfless endeavor that exemplifies a sacrifice of the nurse to assist the needs of a stranger before their own. The obligation of a nurse is not to heal a sickened client, nor their families or communities, but to contribute to enhancing the outer influences that compromise one’s health. The nurse is there to fulfill a desire of health by alleviating outward stressors, educating individuals, and henceforth creating equilibrium within the environment, which in return allows the individuals to establish a sense of homeostasis. A nurse must be unbiased, responsible, and always honest with the patient. For example, Hegge emphasizes the importance of honesty in her statement, “She [Florence Nightingale] cautioned against giving patients false hope when recovery was not possible” (2013, pp. 214). The reason the nurse must overcome her own personal emotions is because she is required to tell the patient what they need to hear, not what they want to