...Running head: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NURSING PHILOSOPHY The Early Development of a Professional Nursing Philosophy: The Art of Caring University of Texas at Arlington In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N3645 Professional Nursing Mary Alice Wise, RN, MSN/Ed November 16, 2013 Online RN-BSN The Early Development of a Nursing Philosophy: The Art of Caring “A philosophy is a set of beliefs about the nature of how things work and how the world should be viewed” (Chitty & Black, 2007, p. 329). Chitty & Black also state that the most vital nursing knowledge is based on person, environment, health, and nursing. These are the foundation on what the theories of nursing were built off of. My personal philosophy builds on the foundation and encompasses Virginia Henderson’s philosophy. I believe a nurse should be someone who is caring, shows compassion, advocates for the patient, shows empathy, knowledgeable, and does whatever it takes to improve patient care/outcomes. Choice of Nursing Unlike most people, when I was only five years old I already knew what I wanted as a career later on in life. My grandparents were always in and out of the hospital for various different health problems, and my parents would usually take me to visit them. I enjoyed being involved in my grandparents care and was always asking questions to the nurses’ and wanting to help with anything I was able to. My grandfather was battling cancer, and when we were...
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...Kiana, I thought that your nursing philosophy was well written and concise. I like that you mentioned meeting diverse patients and using critical thinking skills since both of those will be utilized in your nursing career. I believe that we have similar views when it comes to patient-centered care. Although you based your nursing philosophy off the Modeling and Role Modeling Theory and I based mine on the Self-Care Theory, there are many similarities. The Self-Care Theory was developed by Dorothy Orem to teach patients how to care for themselves once they reached a nurse (Alligood, 2014). As you stated, the Modeling and Role Modeling Theory is focused on patient-centered care. Both theories focus on the patient's control of their health....
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...Nursing Philosophy Essay Transition to the BSN Role To cut to the chase, so to speak, I have never had any other thought of what I want to be when I ‘grew up’, other than that of a nurse. I apologize in advance, as I am certain my essay’s opening statement mimics that of many you have read before. My childhood experiences from having sutures placed after a nasty fall, a tonsillectomy and having arthroscopic knee surgery all left such a strong impression on me as a child, that I simply never considered any other path. Instead of playing house or any other games, I played hospital. I envisioned myself as the nice, cheerful and comforting nurses that took care of me, as well as my parents. I believe many of us in the profession have some commonality amongst us that bonds us and make us the great nurses we are, because we truly love what we do. With that being said, with this paper, I will discuss nursing definition and my philosophy of the nursing profession. The definition of what nursing is, is quite the hot topic lately. In light of the controversial incident on the television show, The View, there is much publicity on our profession at the moment, The basis of this controversy is the hosts critiqued a monologue by a Miss America contestant. In lieu of the traditional talent performance during the pageant, her spoken monologue described her profession as a nurse and what it meant to her, As part of the controversy, her representation of nursing as...
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...Jyothi Siju My philosophy of nursing I believe that nursing is much more than a career that we train for in order to earn a living. I do not think that a truly good nurse goes into the profession because of the stability that it offers. A truly good nurse is drawn to the profession because of the skills and compassion that she can offer to it. The desire to be a caring person who strives to help the human race is not learned, but inherent. Therefore, nursing must be done by those who have the overwhelming desire to improve the world by caring for those who cannot care for themselves. The nurse is the person on whom the patient depends. She is there when the patient wakes up, when he takes medications, when he needs assistance during the day, and when he wakes up in the middle of the night due to discomfort. She is the person that the patient must trust fully if he is to recover well. A trustworthy nurse must demonstrate competence respect, compassion and sympathy. I do not think that a nurse can be effective without these elements. How well a nurse can administer an injection is, of course, essential. But her technical skills are not the only things of importance. How she interacts with her patient, which is encompassed in the art of nursing, is critical as well. Skills without compassion create an unsuccessful nurse. As a result, only those with a true love for helping others can become effective in this field. Beyond having these...
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...Nursing Ethics Shannon Gonnelly Grand Canyon University: NRS-437V July 02, 2016 Nursing Ethics Numerous individuals see the nursing profession as an honorable profession with high ethical standards. When a nurse graduates from college they take the Florence Nightingale Pledge, which implies they have a moral obligation to their patients (American Nurses Association, 2015). Nurses additionally take after a Code of Ethics that gives them a guide to what their obligations are in providing quality of care to patients and what their ethical commitments are (American Nurses Association, 2015). Despite the fact that there is a Code of Ethics, nurses still face numerous predicaments when caring for their patients. This paper will examine the author's moral compass, nursing philosophy, and ethical dilemmas. Author’s Moral Compass The author's moral compass has high confidence in God and follows the Nurses Code of Ethics. The author's energy to be a nurse began at just ten years old. The author has always wanted to take care of the elderly and trusts that nobody should have to die alone. The author believes that nursing was a calling from God, and this is what spurred the author to become a nurse. The author had difficulties becoming a nurse due to already having one child while being pregnant with another. However, the calling to be a nurse was sufficiently high enough to overcome the difficulties. For instance, the author had a four-year-old daughter and had only four weeks...
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...Building a Personal Framework I have spent most of career practicing nursing in the surgical setting. I was a staff nurse on an orthopedic surgical unit for the first two and a half years after graduating from an associate’s degree nursing program. I then went back to my home of the Operating Room (OR), previously working as an OR Assistant prior to going to nursing school. I joined the cardiovascular team in the OR during my orientation period and absolutely loved it. Four years later I began my journey in nursing leadership. My first leadership position was the supervisor of an operating room, and was promoted to a nurse manager a few years later. Looking back, I’m not sure how I remained in management, I had little to no mentorship or guidance. Since then I have developed a passion for mentoring nurses and helping them be successful in both staff and leadership roles. Performing both inpatient and outpatient procedures, I get to be involved in the care of healthy and ill adult patients undergoing surgery, endoscopic procedures, and pain management procedures. I have a holistic approach to nursing care, and place the patient in the center of the care they receive during their stay. Of course, there are times during a patient’s stay, the focus must be placed in a particular area, such as patient safety in the operating room. Another important focus while the patient is undergoing surgery is the patient’s family and loved ones. We adopted a standardized process for...
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...After reading "Chapter 3: To Heal Sometimes, To Comfort Always," complete the questionnaire titled, "My Nursing Ethic." Using the reading and the questionnaire, write a paper of 750-1,000 words in which you describe your professional moral compass. As you write your paper, include the following: 1. What personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to your worldview and philosophy of nursing? How do these values shape or influence your nursing practice? 2. Define values, morals, and ethics in the context of your obligation to nursing practice. Explain how your personal values, philosophy, and worldview may conflict with your obligation to practice, creating an ethical dilemma. 3. Reflect and share your own personal thoughts regarding the morals and ethical dilemmas you may face in the health care field. How do your personal views affect your behavior and your decision making? Do not be concerned with the use of ethical terminology for this paper. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in...
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...routes end with the graduates of each program sitting for the same licensing exam, the NCLEX-RN. The baccalaureate nursing program is a 4-year degree offered at senior colleges and universities. It includes a more in-depth study of the physical and social sciences, nursing research, public and community health, nursing management and the humanities. BSN educated nurses are believed to be the most well-prepared of the three programs to meet the demands of the nation’s changing and more challenging healthcare needs.(“Fact Sheet: The Impact of Education on Nursing Practice”,2012) A study of the history of the available programs: the 3-year diploma usually provided by a hospital, the 3-year associate degree typically obtained at a community college, and the 4-year baccalaureate degree available at a senior college or university sheds light on the differences in competencies each educational path produces. To begin, is interesting to note that the diploma and associate degree programs were a result of hospital needs and a shortage of nurses available to meet those needs. Those programs were never intended to produce professional nurses capable of filling complex decision making and leadership roles. (Creasia&Freeburg, 2011, p.27).Their intent was to produce a technical bedside nurse quickly and efficiently. They balanced a general education platform with clinical nursing courses. Nurses from those programs have rose and stepped into leadership roles, oftentimes not pursuing additional...
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...Nursing Nursing is a unique profession in which there are core values and competencies that guide and dictate what nurses do. The core values of nursing are social justice, human dignity, altruism, autonomy, and integrity. The core competencies include critical thinking, communication, and assessment. Nursing is the nurturing and centered care of a patient. It is imperative that patients are the center of care and their surroundings are adequate for healing and health. I believe nursing is the foundation for patient centered care and providing dignity among all patients. Human dignity is the core value that correlates best with my philosophy of nursing. Core Value: Human Dignity Nurses play a significant role in maintaining a patient’s dignity and providing their best knowledgeable care. Providing dignity has always meant a lot to me. Most often, patients are being taken care of when they are vulnerable which makes human dignity an important priority. To extend this thought,...
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...Nursing has been around for many of years that started off by military men and nuns taking care of the wounded in times of war. Back then it was not a respected profession and was more for the low class, poor, uneducated types of women with who took care of the sick. The conditions were poor and undesirable. Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, who came from upper class family found a calling for nursing and paved the way in which nursing is today. Nightingale not only used evidence based nursing believing the surroundings of the patient affected the health and wellbeing of them, she also incorporated and emphasized the importance of education which was later founded in 1860 in London. Registered Nursing can be accomplished in three ways, Diploma in Nursing, Associates in Degree of Nursing, and Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Whichever educational path you take, all these degrees will lead you to be a RN but with healthcare always evolving, nurses who achieve higher levels of education are more qualified to keep up with the demands of the continuous change and quality of care. Diploma nursing has been established in Boston in 1873 and it was the first formal type of education in the United States where nurses received their technical skills while working in the hospital. They were not considered nursing students as they are known today because they were used as workers when there shortages of staffs and started off as 4 months based programs to now which...
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...desired quality of life. This essay will pose the debatable question for one to ponder as you sit in the passenger seat and I guide you through an in depth development of my nursing philosophy. A broad philosophy would look at the general and fundamental problems concerning matters of existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. My nursing philosophy in one of a restorer and maintaining order where there is no order. Although there is peace even in chaos, at times a helping hand is needed to bring balance. A nurse assists to maintain or attain that balance. Before a nurse can assist someone else, this position requires strong understanding of oneself, with this understanding, a nurse can then transcend from personal issues and ideals and open oneself to experience that connection that at times lasts in the broad scheme of life only mere seconds. The role of a nurse requires one to be in touch with oneself, to know their boundaries, and be aware of their weaknesses and strengths. Same with a driver on the freeway, a driver that can merge smoothly between other cars in close proximity, can utilize this knowledge as strength and can navigate in and out of traffic. Same with a driver that is aware that this type of a task can be hard and even cause anxiety, this type of driver knows they are better off merging when they feel most comfortable and can easily see the front of the car...
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...Compassion and Caring: My Philosophy of Nursing Practice In nursing, it is important to have a personal philosophy of the profession. It dictates how a person deals with the day-to-day tasks and obstacles that nurses will face. Patient populations are ever-changing, with some much sicker than others, and various lengths of stay expected. The nurse will encounter different cultures and beliefs in their practice, some contrary to their own. Their philosophy of nursing will be evident with how they handle the various aspects of the job. One thing that all patients have in common is that they are in a vulnerable situation. They are in the hospital, many confined to their room or bed. Some have family with them. Others must face their sickness on their own. They are in the hospital for nursing care, and that is what should be provided for them. A nurse is a caregiver and advocate for the patient. A nurse is not there only to pass medications and take vital signs. A nurse is there to not only take care of their physical needs, but also to help them when they are at a vulnerable time. A nurse should not only be knowledgeable about healthcare, but also be compassionate and caring to the patient. Choice of Nursing For me, nursing was not something that I had initially thought about doing, even though both of my parents were in and out of hospitals for various ailments and surgeries. I liked history, and was going to study it at a university. Shortly before I left, I had an epiphany...
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...CURRICULUM REVISION A CONCEPTUAL MODEL to Support Curriculum Review, Revision, and Design in an Associate Degree Nursing Program B E T T Y W. D AV I S P A R T I C I PAT I O N IN CURRICULUM DESIGN of program outcomes has been identified as a core competency for nurse educators A N D E VA L UAT I O N (Billings & Halstead, 2009; Southern Regional Education Board, 2002). Facing declining NCLEX-RN® pass rates, faculty at an associate degree nursing program at a public community college in Mississippi responded to the National League for Nursing ([NLN] 2005b) call to transform nursing education by undertaking an intensive critique of its curriculum and program outcomes. Based on this analysis, a conceptual framework was created to guide curriculum revision, development, and implementation. The framework provides structure for ongoing and systematic curriculum review and revision. A review of the literature revealed the need to move from a teaching-centered to a learning-centered approach to teaching. Learning-centered institutional design is reflective of a number of principles: the need to bring about substantive change in participants; the full engagement of learners and the mindset that students bear primary responsibility for personal choices; multiple learning options to appeal to students’ preferred learning styles; the enhancement of collaboration; educators as learning facilitators; and measurement of success through the documented improvement...
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...Educational Philosophy Professional Dynamics November 3rd, 2013 Excellent! I finally made it and now I’m an RN! Wait a minute though. What do you mean I should consider going back to school? I just graduated though! Statistically a BSN nurse saves more lives? Wow, I never knew that was true. I guess I should consider continuing my education. After all, I am in this business to care for patients, save lives, and make a difference. Let’s do it! The world of nursing is such an amazing and rewarding career. I am a little bit surprised that I ended up in nursing because my first passion was working in the technology field. I never thought myself for the caretaking type until my mother, who is an RN, put me up to the idea. There are so many different areas that a person may choose to focus on or specialize in that it can actually be a little bit overwhelming. A person may choose to specialize in working with children, pregnant mothers, psychiatry and even become a flight nurse. The exciting journey that I recently completed had taken me from being a CNA for 2 years to becoming an LPN for 8 years to completing my RN a month and a half ago. My current adventure though places me squarely into the program at Grand Canyon University to obtain my Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN). According to Grand Canyon University’s College of Nursing Philosophy, the Baccalaureate nursing practice incorporates the roles of assessing, critical thinking, communication providing...
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...Implementing ethico-legal issues in nursing practice. Caldwell, E., Lu, H., & Harding, T. (2010). Encompassing multiple moral paradigms: a challenge for nursing educators. Nursing Ethics 17(2), 189-199. Retrieved August3, 2010, from Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Database. Aim: As society becomes increasingly globalised, it is imperative to include international educational perspectives in the nursing profession (Robinson, Sportsman, Eschiti, Bradshaw and Bol, (2006). Caldwell, Lu & Harding (2010) argue that the quality of nursing care necessitates nurses to reflect on nursing ethics in relation to their individual principled way of life. Cadwell, Lu & Harding (2010) paper explores these ideas. Summary: The fundamental nature of professional development implies personal development (Glen, 2005). ‘Encompassing multiple moral paradigms: a challenge for nursing educators’, is an in-depth analysis of nursing ethical dilemmas; the efforts that are undertaken to implement professional development through reflection, self-monitoring and self-control; and the challenges for nurse educators to integrate the syllabus into real-life clinical practice situations. Caldwell, Lu & Harding (2010) study analyses nursing ethics, Chinese ethical philosophies, and Judeo/Christian traditions as they endeavour to demonstrate the real-life issues of morally conflicting situations in nursing practice within these groups and the possible legal consequences. Relevant to topic yes/no...
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