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. When the reading came up on the vital signs …show more content…
When envisioning where I may end up as a nurse, I continually come back to the idea of dwelling. Dwelling is one of the key aspects of Rosemarie Parse 's nursing theory, and it has proved to be very important to me as a nurse. Based upon this, I can see myself working in healthcare settings that are much slower, and allow for a relationship to develop with the patient. I choose to have my nursing practice focus on being in the moment with the patient, as the nurse is a major part of the patients health experience. I can see myself working in a calm and slow-paced unit, either with the elderly or people in rehabilitation. I think that I find my true passion for nursing when I have time to sit with people in the hard moments of life and offer a listening ear and open heart. I think that fast-paced nursing will allow me to become organized and sharp with my clinical skills, but I do not find a great deal of fulfillment through it. If I did have to work for a short time in a fast-paced environment, I would still be able to gain valuable skills, and this would allow me to strengthen my weaknesses and enable me to become a well-rounded nurse. By having time to talk to patients, and discover parts of their story and how they view their health would allow me to truly satisfy my personal philosophy of nursing. I will choose to see glimpses of the Lord 's glory in the littlest moments of the day, whether that includes helping a patient transfer, talking to a patient 's family member, or documenting. I will choose to show my patients the love that I have so graciously experienced from our Saviour Jesus, as they are true image bearers of God. I will choose to show compassion, empathy, and love towards my patients, and see them for the whole person that they are, and not solely their diagnosis or
Framework for Praxis The author is pursuing the Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-PC) course. In order for nurses to be able to assess and manage their patients, they should be able to effectively synthesize knowledge (Higgs, Burn, & Jones, 2011). This paper aims to provide a succinct discussion of the ideological, theoretical, and ethical framework that influences the author’s praxis. Furthermore, this paper will discuss how the author’s philosophical viewpoint and theoretical framework affect how she views her phenomenon of interest on newborn screening for critical congenital heart defects (CCHD).
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.
Introduction In Bed Number Ten by Sue Baier and Mary Schomaker, the theme was about how showing compassion can help someone through a difficult time. The story was in the perspective of Sue Baier, who was a patient diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. She wrote, with incredible detail, about the interactions she had with the healthcare professionals that took care of her. Each member had different interactions when they took care of Mrs. Baier, both positive and negative interactions.
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
My personal philosophy of nursing seeks to incorporate the art of conveying nursing science holistically with care and human dignity. The four nursing metaparadigm concepts are described in relation to nursing as a science and an art and provide the base upon which my view of nursing and my personal philosophy are derived. As a nursing student at UIC, I am well aware of the fact that the best outcome for any patient may not be improvement in health, but rather, a dignified death during the end of life care. End of life care includes a significant quality in care and human dignity.
My passion for healthcare lies with patient care. I enjoy taking care of patients and their family. I have chosen to become a family nurse practitioner because I can combine nursing and medicine to provide a higher level of care to my patients. As a nurse practitioner will be able to make an impact on my patient’s health through, health promotion, disease prevention, managing acute and chronic conditions and improving patient’s health (Wynne,
Being a nurse is not always as easy and picture perfect as people paint it to be. A nurse is expected to act perfectly professional, even when tears, anger and all-around emotions are begging to come out. A nurse must always be the one that has their life together, especially when others do not. They are there to be the ones to hold and care for others in desperate times of need. Nurses are expected to be more than just a nurse, but rather an advocate, caregiver, support system and professional.
“A philosophy of nursing presents a particular professional nurse’s belief system or worldview of nursing the nurse’s personal definition of nursing” (Kearney-Nunnery, 2012, p. 17). My personal nursing philosophy is one in which the patients overall health, including emotional and spiritual needs are being met. This is done through collaborative care with the patient, physicians and colleagues. The collaboration must obtain effective communication within every interaction. I believe the exchanges between every member must be open and honest, that builds a relationship centered in trust.
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.
My philosophy in nursing is that it is important for one to carry their personal, moral, ethical values with them at all times. Nurses have a duty to serve the community to deliver a harmless, holistic, patient-centered care. Patients should be treated fairly and equally according to their cultural customs. They should all be cared for regardless of whether they are rich or poor; as long as a patient requires medical services, they should be attended without any prejudice. Patients are human beings and not just a room number or medical conditions.
I am in my third year of nursing and I am currently working in a hospital on an Orthopedic Neurological Trauma Unit. I collaborate with patients to identify the prominent health issues they are experiencing and advocate to ensure the care they receive is the most effective for their healing process. Patient interaction, learning new skills and evidence based practice, and being hands on with patient care are the benefits of my job that I enjoy the most. I form a bond with these patients and listen to their personal story to ensure that I give care individualized for each patient. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, I can connect with patients of various age ranges and diagnoses by applying these
An ordinary day of a nurse is filled with enduring hours of physical, mental, and emotional work. A nurse always has to be on their feet and ready to go. They must be ready face the obstacles placed upon them, and make life and death decisions in the snap of a finger. This is not an easy job by any means, and can leave you run-down at the end of the day. It may feel as though the day is a never-ending cycle, but it is so worth the health and happiness of others in
w beliefs and practices, nurses must understand patient’s values indicating “both a consistent heritage (traditional) and an inconsistent heritage (acculturated/modern)”(Spector, 2002, p.197). They must connect, listen, and understand that patients can have diverse beliefs regarding their health. Nurse often will find themselves in difficult situations that might disrupt their personal or professional morals. In those situations it is important for the nurse to speak out demonstrating moral courage by advocating for the patient. It will be difficult to completely comprehend some patient’s practices, but it is good to have knowledge on these topics, so they can add their cultural implications into their care plan.
The patient is a 64 year old female who presented to the ED with acute psychosis. The patient denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation. Patient endorses seeing others in her hospital room and speaking with them. Patient does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation, aggression, or responding to internal stimuli. At the time of the assessment the patient appears not to be oriented with time, place, and situation.
Becoming a nurse or virtually any medical practice, require to have the feeling to care for your patient and compassion for other people as well. Compassion is what makes a nurse basically a nurse. It makes a patient feel cared for as well as trust their nurse with how they are feeling. This personal bond between nurse and patient is good as it can relax the patient, relieved their stress and less pain and anxiety. But the patient has to be willing to cooperate with the nurse to allow this progress of trusting to happen.