While respecting patients’ right to self-determination. Nursing provides holistic care during health, illness and death. EKU CHS DBGN (2015/2016) Philosophy My philosophy of nursing is that each patient should get the best quality of care while they are in the hospital, no matter what race, age, religion or gender they are.
Tamia Kirksey My Nursing Philosophy Nursing philosophy is a mixture of the direct practice of principles, values, and beliefs. My nursing philosophy is to be holistic, meaning to treat a person as a whole and not just treating their physical symptoms, but also their mental and social factors. It also includes having the ability to be empathetic to all individuals a nurse may be provided, such as families, communities, and individuals. Nurses are liable to protect their patients, take actions in making the best of a situation, and making the healing process for a patient more bearable, beneficial, and wholesome.
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
It is the person and their physical, emotional, and psychological needs that are the basic focus of nursing’s attention. In order to care for a patient, the nurse must incorporate all these needs. For example, providing reassurance with an anxious patient who just finished hip surgery. Care also plays a major part when taking care of a unique patient. Caring influences my personal philosophy because it is the most important aspect of nursing.
The purpose of this paper is to describe how nursing’s philosophical foundations influence nursing practice and my personal philosophy. My Philosophy I have always viewed nursing as an art; throughout history, nurses have derived conceptual models and theories from other disciplines to create nursing theories and apply them to clinical practice. “As nursing theoretical thinking has evolved, there has been a need to embrace both the practical aspects of practice while dealing with those questions that have classically been the purview of philosophy” (Pesut & Johnson, 2007, p. 116).
A nurse’s philosophy is characterized by their values, principles, and beliefs developed by education and practice. As a pre-nursing student the development of my nursing philosophy will take place during my experience in nursing school. In this paper I will seek to identify my philosophy of nursing during this time by exploring my own principles and beliefs, as well as present and discuss nursing theories that would apply to my NANDA regarding deficient knowledge. Lastly, I will present an organization in my community that is available to assist and fulfill the needs of patients and family.
This process of learning provides us with experiences about; ourselves, others and the environment, in essence it provides a structure for our thinking. In addition, Buresh and Gordon (2000) stated that a nurse philosophy is hinged on the nurse’s values and beliefs regarding the profession and is acquired through observation and experiences over time. In fact, a person’s belief indicates what he
My philosophy of nursing is deeply rooted in my desire to care for people. My nursing tale began several years ago in Africa. I grew up in a remote village where females were not allowed to go to school because to the men, it was just a complete waste of time and money so for this reason I was constantly in and out of School. Since there was no electricity where I lived, at moon light after the completion of domestic and farm work my peers and I would gather outside of the hut to tell stories and expressed our dreams of what we want to become when we grow up.
My Personal Philosophy and Values of Nursing Nursing is proving care, support, and serve people who are in need. The purpose of nursing is to improve patient 's health condition to a better life. The goal of this paper is to explain my personal philosophy and clarify some of my values of nursing. Personal Philosophy
My Values and Beliefs of Nursing I believe that nursing is focused on the holistic care of individuals and their families in order to achieve and maintain an optimal level of health, a great quality of life, and comfort. This is done through promoting healthy living, providing a safe environment, preventing illness, and caring for the individual
The main ideas that revolve around my personal nursing philosophy include an empathetic and holistic approach of care for all patients. How I began to develop my personal philosophy of nursing began with self-reflection to determine
Personal Philosophy of Nursing in Practice (All information in this case study has been altered to protect the patient 's identity.) Student nurse Michelle and her preceptor are assigned to 89 year old Mrs. Chan who has just been admitted onto the medical unit for a urinary tract infection. Mrs. Chan speaks minimal English, and has her daughters with her to translate throughout the day shift, and to have a day of celebration for the Lunar New Year. Upon morning assessment, Mrs. Chan 's vital signs were stable, except for her blood pressure which was a little higher than normal. Mrs. Chan 's daughters asked to be told what their mother 's blood pressure was every morning, as they liked to keep track.
Nursing is My Passion I choose nursing as a profession because nursing is a promising career. It is very high in demand, so there will a lot of job availability. Another aspect of nursing I like is that this career provides the options to work in a variety of different setting including hospitals, clinics and private offices. And if any time in my life I decide to change from working with a pediatrician to gynecologist, I can easily transition.
My values as a nurse are based on displaying characteristics of compassion, empathy, respect, reliability, integrity, knowledge, and trustworthiness. Each of these qualities will help me provide safe, patient centered, nonbiased, competent care to each of my patients. I believe that it is imperative to provide nonjudgmental care to everyone
Miranda Henderson Personal Nursing Philosophy My nursing philosophy is a result of my clinical and work experiences that embody my values and beliefs. My personal philosophy of nursing encompasses four elements: people, health, environment, and nursing. This paper expresses how my personal philosophy, using the four elements, will be conveyed throughout my nursing career.
