Nursing Metaparadigm
The definition of nursing varies among individuals and its influence on their culture, education, and knowledge of the nursing profession itself. In my opinion, I defined nursing as a professional nurturer, with the main goal is to provide care to people, their families, and communities in order to reach the goal of improvement of their quality of life. My personal philosophy of nursing will be analyzed with the metaparadigm concepts of Person, Environment, Heath, and Nursing.
Metaparadigm
A metaparadigm stands for a discipline in a broad comprehensive way. There are four main concepts of metaparadigm of nursing that are all interrelated but at the same have different meanings; these concepts of metaparadigm are the
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As nurses, we must be excellent advocators of health to our patients. One way to be a good advocator is to be up to date will the new technology and Evidence Based Practice (EBP) resources to provide the care to the patient various states of illnesses. By teaching the community and instructing them of health promotion, nurses can maintain the people and community healthier with disease prevention, nutrition, and childcare. Advocacy is a trait must nurse have with it in, and including the patient’s financial and home safety into the plan of care based on the patient diagnosis, and make changes to that plan in order to achieve the highest level of health possible for the …show more content…
The location, cultural upbringing, and socio-economic status, can influence a person’s environment. As nurses, we must be sensible of cultural differences when providing care for patients and being aware that our perception of what is acceptable culturally for the nurse may not be culturally acceptable for the patient and vice-versa. Lastly, the healthcare environment is what we provide our client and it’s our duty to ensure the patient is concordant in that environment.
Nursing
Being a nurse, as I mentioned earlier, is in my opinion delineated as a healthcare profession, with main focus on the care of people, their families, and communities to attain a comprehensive objective of proportionated health and quality of life throughout life. The science and the art concepts are equally important to the nursing profession. The science of nursing is associate with the healthcare theory that sets down into practice based on the physical EBP that were proven to proved the best care to patients.
Personal
Philosophy of Nursing Introduction Nursing is a discipline that is guided by philosophical orientations that create a base for the development of nursing theories that translate into clinical practice. McEwen and Wills (2014) state, “rather than focus on solving problems or answering questions related to that discipline, the philosophy of a discipline studies the concepts that structure the thought process of that discipline with the intent of recognizing and revealing foundations and presuppositions” (p. 6). Nursing philosophy embodies knowledge acquisition and cultivates professionalism within the profession. Through philosophy, nurses have gained knowledge and have discovered the true value of nursing practice.
1.When I think of Nursing, I see it as part of the health care institution providing a venue through which people of social and personal conscious may engage humanity to effect positive,concrete, growth and change. There are many aspects to nursing which define and guide it. For me, I
Philosophy of Nursing Everyone’s values and beliefs about the profession of nursing are all different. The four concepts of nursing are interrelated and all mean something different to every person, too. Throughout this paper, I will be reflecting on my values and beliefs about nursing through the four concepts while comparing them to a nursing theorist with views that are most similar to my own.
Meleis (2012) explain the characteristics of nursing perspective are nursing as a practice, caring discipline, human science, and health oriented discipline. The main role of nursing profession is to provide care to the person who is experiencing illness as well as who is having other health care problems. Nursing is a practice oriented discipline that means primary task is related to practice .basic and applied knowledge are two important component of nursing as a practice .Nursing practice is constructed on nursing knowledge theory and research along with that nursing derives knowledge from other profession and which will apply to the nursing practice(.IMO) ,.as well as they gain knowledge from the practical care they delivered .when a nurse see a patient frequently she study more about the patient such as their daily life process ,and able to understand there health care needs and will achieve a caring relationship that will enable her to provide better care to the patient.
Caring for The Individual: An Examination of Personal Nursing Philosophy Arianna Mailloux 400164224 NURSING 2AA3 Ashley Collins Harris February 19, 2018 As a novice nurse, developing and understanding of ones’ own personal feelings about nursing is important to help shape your clinical practice. Within this paper I will examine my personal assumptions, beliefs and values of the four nursing paradigms to develop a personal philosophy of nursing. This philosophy will be aligned with a known nursing theory and the comparisons will be discussed. Section I: Personal Philosophy of Nursing Person
The first concept of the nursing metaparadigm is nursing. My philosophy of nursing recognizes the important role the nurse has to deliver care. It is the therapeutic and mutual relationship between nurse and patient that is “the foundation of nursing practice” (End of life, 2016, p. 4). Nurses must understand how they affect patients because every interaction a nurse has with a patient has an impact on their care.
Nursing Metaparadigm The metaparadigms in nursing knowledge are human beings, environment, health, and nursing. Nursing Philosophy
My concept definition of the Fawcett (1984) four metaparadigm in nursing is a reflection of the totality paradigm approach by Parse (1987). That a person is a unified whole, that consist of different parts which are interrelated to each other. The four concept of the metaparadigm was defined based on my understanding and knowledge, as well as through my past experiences as a patient, a nurse, and an individual. Looking back and critically reflect on my past experiences has helped me in making this reflective paper that has changed my meaning perspective (Mezirow, 1990) of what constitutes the person, the environment, health, and nursing. Most importantly it made me aware of my nursing practice that will help me to provide a better quality
According to Butts & Rich (2013), a discipline’s metaparadigm is regarded as being abstract and practically intangible. However; the concepts comprising the nursing metaparadigm, namely person(s), environment, health, and nursing are relevant and easily applicable to practice. (p.
What does nursing mean to me? Nursing means helping people heal, meeting their needs while they are in your care, listening to concerns, protecting them from harm, and educating them how to care for themselves while treating them with dignity, compassion and respect and giving of yourself to the care of people and community. It is having compassion for people and their health and being a humanitarian, making sure they receive the best care possible. Nurses must also treat families of patients with kindness, realizing they are going through a stressful situation also. Nursing is a responsibility to provide the best care regardless of the patient’s age, race, religion, sex, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or their past.
Every nurse has their own idea of what nursing means to them; they also have their own idea of what the metaparadigm of nursing is. The metaparadigm of nursing consists of defining the person, environment, health, and nursing or nurse. Even though everyone has their own thoughts and definitions on what the metaparadigm of nursing is, many of them overlap and have similarities. The first idea to consider when defining the metaparadigm of nursing is the person. The person, or the patient, is the one seeking help, and it is how he or she views him/herself in the world.
The metaparadigm of nursing is one concept that nurses learn in a baccalaureate level of education. On this article, there is an emphasis on recognizing nursing as a profession that involves abstract thought processing rather than a job that demands skills and service delivery. Compared to undergraduate nurses, BSNs are taught the metaparadigm concept in order to expand ones’ knowledge beyond the walls of clinical bedside care and into the world of research and theoretical thinking. This article covers differentiated practice competencies between ADN and BSN level graduates. Overall, it is clear that transitioning from ADN to BSN requires proficiency in leadership, communication, professionalism, public health and evidence-based practice.
More so, the change in the healthcare needs of many individuals in the world has led to a change in the scope of the nurses. Thus, the change in scope has dictated
Nursing Theory Ahidjo Nfor Professor: Sabrina Cook Professional Role Transition During graduations and pinning ceremonies, most students recite the Nightingale pledge. Florence Nightingale is consider to be the pillar of modern nursing. She is recognized as one who revolutionized the profession of nursing by defining the practice as it was conceived in her era in opposition to professions such as caregivers and house servants. in her book, Notes on Nursing: What it is, What it is Not, Florence Nightingale pioneered the idea of health and illness, how the environment could affect patient’s health and the difference between nurse’s practice and that of a physician. Florence Nightingale Theory in essence encompassed most
Even though nurses are familiar with the terms of nursing science, it seems that no one can provide clear and concise its definition because the definition of nursing science is an enigma (Barrett, 2002). Moreover, Barrett (2017) stated that “communicating a clear definition of nursing science to the public will change how society thinks about nursing, and that change will reverberate” (p.129). Therefore, before thinking about the revolution of nursing science, it is necessary that nurses should understand the definition of nursing science. Surprisingly, only few definitions of nursing science were presented in the literature (Barrett, 2002).