In order to create a personal philosophy that is meaningful and can be carried through a person’s career; one must first start with the basis of being a nurse. According to Faye Abdellah “Nursing is based on an art of science that moulds the attitudes, intellectual competencies, and technical skills of the individual nurse into the desire and ability to help people, sick or well, cope with their health needs” (Lessing, 2004). In other words, being a nurse builds you up as a person and uses your technical skills and intellect to care for people. Faye Abdellah describes nursing as an art of science, as the nurse learns new things, they become more qualified to look after their patients. When I first became a nurse, I developed a philosophy …show more content…
I believe people are connected beings with fundamental pride and values. To appropriately care for a person, the patient must be considered as a whole package. In order to do this, the person’s physical, social, psychological, cultural, spiritual, and aspects of their life must be considered when creating a plan of care. Environment can be defined as “the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surrounding and the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population,” (n.d.). A person’s environment is such a large part of their life and such an influencing factor on their day-to-day decisions. Their environment includes their socio-economic status (can they afford their prescriptions? Is the test that’s being run really necessary or an undue burden on them financially?), demographics (what is their understanding of health? What are their religious beliefs? what are their race/are they more susceptible to certain conditions?), access of to health care (do they drive/have transportation? Do they have health insurance?), and social support (are they alone? Do they have too much support with too many opinions?). As a nurse, one must always know a person is in continuous contact with their environment and the stress that come along with it. An appropriate and relaxing environment can impact a patient’s adherence to their medications and treatments and reduce their recovery time. The third concept on which I based my philosophy is health, which is the absence of illness. As a nurse and/or practitioner, it is important to focus on the patient’s main health complaint as well as any associated symptoms, needs, and overall wellness of the patient. Nursing is the promotion, deterrence of sickness and harm, protection, optimization of wellbeing and abilities; and advocacy in the care of individuals, populations, communities,
The purpose of this paper is to define, describe, and explain the thoughts, feelings and beliefs of the author in regard to the philosophy of nursing practice. Philosophy is the study of ideas about knowledge, truth, nature, and meaning of a subject Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, (n.d.). I will address the four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm and the relationships of each as they guide my practice as a nurse. This concept synthesis paper will address the personal nursing autobiography, two practice specific concepts, and a list of propositions and assumption statements that clearly connect the described concepts. Many factors influence the philosophy of nurses and their practice.
The intention of this paper is to reflect on my personal philosophy of nursing using the concepts of nursing metaparadigm. When I was a student nurse, my philosophy was solely on patients’ care. However, this perspective on nursing transformed overtime secondary to nursing education and clinical experience. Nursing philosophy refers as “a statement of fundamental and universal assumptions, beliefs ad principles about the nature of knowledge and thought and about the nature of the entities represented in the metaparadigm” (McEwen, & Wills, p.10). My personal nursing philosophies include provision of safe and quality nursing care, maintaining patients’ health, managing resources and environment as well as career advancement. In order to
My personal nursing philosophy and fundamental beliefs of nursing using the four meta-paradigms concepts: nature of human beings, health, environment, and nursing. First, I believe that the profession of nursing is all about the nature of human beings as people. Care involves the patient as a whole, not just as a disease process. Second, I believe that health is on the same continuum as illness. Health is more about quality of life. Third, it is also necessary to look beyond the patient to the environment in which he/she lives in. This is important because people come from different backgrounds and have their own story, we cannot separate patients from their environment because they are interrelated. Last, I think that nursing involves being with the individual patient and having an active roll with them. This process of being engaged in meaningful relationships requires we as nurses be actively
This document will depict my own philosophy of nursing. I will describe why I chose to become a nurse, those who influenced me, my views on the “core” of nursing, my values and beliefs in regards to my patients, their family members, my peers, and myself as a nurse, I will then share my goals and visions for myself in the future.
In the words of the late Virginia Henderson: “nurses help people, sick or well, to do those things needed for health or a peaceful death that people would do on their own if they had the strength, will, or knowledge.” Truer words were never spoken-- my personal nursing philosophy is much like Henderson’s in that I believe nurses do not simply follow physician’s orders, but utilize their knowledge, skills, and ability to think critically in order to help patients achieve a better quality of life.
As a whole, environment is beyond the person’s control. This can be classified as external environment. On the other hand, within the external environment there is an internal one. This internal environment is what the person makes of it. These internal environments can also be further divided into spiritual and emotional. The external environments also comprises the social and cultural. Based on these classification, the nurse’s role varies. In terms of the social and cultural environment, the nurse has to conform to the social and cultural ideals and way of life. Then by comparing her ideals to the environments and to the nursing process, he/she can have an effective plan that will benefit the given
According to Chitty & Black (2014) the philosophy of nursing is defined as beliefs and values that are the bases for how we think and act in our nursing careers. Similar to a nursing philosophy, a personal philosophy includes a person’s specific beliefs and values. The purpose of this paper is to start evolving my own personal nursing philosophy that contains my own beliefs and values that I will take with me throughout my career as a registered nurse.
This paper is a first attempt at forming and articulating my own philosophy of nursing.
This paper explores the personal philosophy I have as a nursing student and what I intend to convey throughout my nursing career. A philosophy is “an analysis of the grounds and concepts expressing fundamental beliefs (Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, n.d.). Before entering into any profession it is important to evaluate your personal philosophy about the profession, as it pertains to values and principles in which believe in to guide your practice. The field of nursing is more than treating a physiological ailment, but it involves providing quality care for the individualized needs of each patient, hence being client centered. My philosophy of nursing integrates the importance of knowledge base practice of medicine, combined with addressing holistic needs of the patient and family, including the physical, psychological, cognitive, emotional, spiritual and social care (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, 2010). Additionally, a vital aspect of nursing is effective interpersonal relationships with other healthcare professionals to promote quality patient care. Moreover, my philosophy includes the importance the client-nurse relationship to aid in health promotion to prevent illness and increase the level of health of clients.
Nursing is considered one of the most trusted professions in the world. It is an essential part in the caregiving of sick, injured, and even healthy individuals. Developing a philosophy with any profession is the beginning basis of any practice. The nursing philosophy is usually incorporated from the science of nursing. That is because the field of health care is constantly changing, which causes the need of better competence in the health field of providing caring (Flagg, 2015). With nursing it starts by the science behind it. Then along with knowledge and experiences, that is when the nursing philosophy is developed. Researching differences between new ideas and cultural differences can then expand the viewpoint into a bigger picture.
The nursing field is a career that is based on many theories that assist nurses to administer the best nursing care possible. This assignment will distinguish between a theory, philosophy and paradigm, then the following theories will be discussed under person, health, environment and nursing. The theories are: Orem, Henderson, Nightingale, Peplau, Rogers, Watson and Leninger.
It is important to explore one’s personal values and principles that will guide your nursing practice. Philosophical and theoretical outlooks provide the foundation for all nursing actions including practice and research. A nursing philosophy not only guides one practice but also facilitates knowledge, and the development of knowledge to further advance nursing theory into practice. According to Alpers and Wotring (2013), nursing philosophy helps explore one values, develop imagination, increase understanding and build knowledge with the application of critical thinking into practice. Working in Oncology has helped me achieve and uphold the highest standard of quality care to all patients, whether it is end of life care or new diagnoses
Every nurse determines the way they will practice in the beginning of their career. More than likely these roles and values are created and sparked in nursing school. As time goes on, nurses dig deeper and establish who they are in their new role as a professional. When the metaparadigm of nursing and personal philosophy coincide with one another, individualized concepts, care, and professionalism are achieved and delivered in multiple settings. From a personal perspective, these concepts were established and developed very early in my career. Maintaining and establishing myself as a nurse remains a top priority ten years later in my practice.
These assumptions are natural laws; mankind can achieve perfection; nursing is a calling; nursing is an art and a science; nursing is achieved through environmental alteration; nursing requires a specific educational base; and nursing is distinct and separate from medicine. (Karim, 2015, p. 225)
Nursing is a medical profession that involves the care and management of patients majorly in the hospital setting. This paper seeks to illustrate the fact that nursing is both a science and an art. Nursing is a science because it involves evidence based practice, education of the public, lifelong learning for the nurse and administrative roles that are allocated to the nurses. Nursing is also an art because nurses depend on intuition, have the capacity to promote positive change, are understanding and culturally sensitive.