Reflection Of Caring In Nursing

Obtaining the title of a nurse requires a vocation to the individual that cannot be taken away or destroyed. The calling empowers the individual to strive throughout nursing school, and even after, to become an exemplary nurse. This profession requires time and dedication, but most importantly, it requires caring towards other individuals. To care, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is when “things are done to keep someone healthy, safe, etc.” A nurse must be willing to dedicate time to help those that are negatively affected in their physical, emotional, and spiritual states. Therefore, nursing is fundamentally a caring profession. My theoretical lens is caring as a crucial component of the nursing occupation. This lens focuses on a nurse’s actions as they care for a patient and help them recuperate from the illness or problem they are facing during their hospital stay. Caring requires that I, as a patient’s nurse and advocate, make rightful decisions and actions to assist them in improving their deteriorated health status. In order to appropriately care for the patient, their background and where they come from must be taken into account so respect is shown throughout the care provided to them. I believe that caring for the

Caring for an individual requires unceasing monitoring of their health, which includes vital signs, their environment, their loved ones, and more aspects of their everyday life. My patients’ health status reflects the continuous change in their life, and if I am able to properly care for them as their nurse, there may not be large fluctuations in their health status. I will be able to help them stabilize their unique pattern so that they can resume their lifestyle as best as they are able