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
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at GSRMC. I am an Emergency Department Nurse. Every day is a different experience from one extreme to another. Nursing is an ever changing, always learning, and never ending practice by a special person, trained by special people to provide care for even more special people. I use this definition because every day I am told that I am a special person to be able to do what I do. Nursing requires assessment, analyzing, diagnosis, identification, interventions, outcomes, planning, teaching, education
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Nursing was not my first career choice. I was adamant that I was going to become a veterinarian and take care of animals. It took going through some of the worst years of my life to see that nursing was a viable career choice for me. Both of my husband’s parents were diagnosed with cancer within a 3 month span. Soon after his father was in hospice care and I assumed most of his personal care. I took him to dialysis appointments and to his paracentesis twice weekly; he also had chemotherapy and radiation
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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
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Running Head: My Philosophy of Nursing My Philosophy of Nursing Ethics Paper * Sarah Penrose, RN * Grand Canyon University * NRS 437 5-15-11 My Philosophy of Nursing Ethics Paper Ethics is known as the study of moral thought in regards to one’s own religious beliefs, values, feelings, and standards to issues or situations confronted by. This paper I am writing will describe my view of philosophy of nursing which everybody has different beliefs about nursing overall. In my
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Auburn University School of Nursing Abstract: This paper explores the personal nursing philosophy I plan to convey in my nursing career. I believe the nature of nursing is rooted in commitment to public service and the undeniable desire to help those in need. Nursing is more than treating an illness; rather it is focused on delivering quality patient care that is individualized to the needs of each patient. My philosophy of nursing incorporates the knowledge of
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Rosenald E. Alvin Florida Atlantic University A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step, a Chinese proverb that I have come to live by through my journey of nursing. I never thought in a millions years that I would have become a nurse. When I was younger nursing was the only profession my mother pushed. It was as if everyone in our family had to be a nurse. Honestly, I think I rebelled from the thought of being a nurse simply because it was my mothers desire
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Personal Nursing Philosophy My personal definition of nursing would be getting your patient to the highest level of health you can in your time with them while incorporating their family, environment, and beliefs/culture with a high level of critical thinking at all times. The American Nursing Association defines it as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Student’ Name Institutional affiliation Personal Philosophy of Nursing Introduction Nursing is defined by the American Nurses Association as an act of safeguarding and upholding health and capabilities, preventing disease and harm, easing distress by offering diagnosis and treatment of any diseases that threaten the existence of the human race, and advocate for better care for individuals and communities in general (American Nurses Association, 2004, p. 7). Having
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September 2012 Personal Philosophy of Nursing The American Nurses Association defines nursing as, “protection, and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of the individuals, families, communities, and populations.” (American Nurses Association, 2004, p. 7) There is a lot of work in nursing. There are lot of cores, focuses, visions, and philosophies of nursing. In my opinion there are
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