Nursing is a profession of humanistic service that requires empathy and compassion to manage the mental and physiological welfare of others. Accordingly, the profession demands quality, safety, and efficiency in the provision of services that are acquired via expert knowledge. Hence, nursing knowledge, regardless of specialty focus, should not be viewed from a singular vernacular but rather from a dimensional perspective that addresses social, cultural, economic, political, and technological factors that encompass healthcare delivery (McEwen & Ellis, 2011). Nursing is kaleidoscopic and requires adaptation that can be derived via exercising awareness and developing skills to meet the demanding needs of an ever-changing society. Thus, the …show more content…
As such, the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) presents with much appeal as it will augment my knowledge and provide a level of credentialing that will facilitate this clinician's endeavor to improve care practices via the introduction of ideological frameworks that permit exploration and introduction of innovative strategy. Following graduation from the DNP program, this clinician will pursue a leadership role via my current employ, (SC Department of Mental Health) with aspiration to impact policy and practices that affect all stakeholders e.g., the patient, the caregiver/staff, the hospital, and the community who mutually share a vested interest in the outcome of persons plagued with mental illness. As a DNP clinician, I will use collegial relationships to engage in collaborative exchange to address research, training, data collection, and technology needed to improve health and comprehensive care for the …show more content…
Respectively, as cited in McEwen and Ellis (201I), I embrace Faye G. Abdellah's Patient-Centered Approach to Nursing and acknowledge the "interconnectedness of social enterprises and social problems" (p.129) that impact nursing. In partnership with the community, the patient is central, and the issues that affect health care e.g., "poverty, racism, pollution, education," (p.129), and the need for professional development to include nursing leadership opportunities among minorities and underserved populations remain apparent (McEwen & Ellis, 2011). Despite societal shortfalls, however, a symbiotic relationship is established and maintained between the patient and the caregiver where neither can exist independent of the other. Extrapolating further, one cannot inextricably measure the competency or effectiveness of a quality nurse without having a patient by which one can evaluate outcomes. Additionally, patient outcomes cannot be accurately derived via isolated assessment of the physical parameters exclusive of the mental aspects (or vice versa), which comprise holistic care, as both edify nursing knowledge and are fundamental to the nursing process.
Similarly, patient outcomes cannot be accurately derived via isolated assessment of the physical