Philosophies of nursing are made by every nurse, for any reason, and are used to improve the nursing profession. My belief in nursing is that everyone should receive a basic level of human respect. Respect given to each person that walks into the hospital should be equal and unbiased no matter what condition or presentation. It is very difficult to give such treatment, so a positive attitude goes a long way even if it is just for a short moment in time. So what is my philosophy? My philosophy is that all nurses giving a basic standard care will create a much better working environment for all. I didn’t chose nursing to be my profession, I thought I wanted to be an architect! Funny huh. After a lot of thinking I realized that I’ve had my …show more content…
A grumpy person is going to be less likely to have a couple nurses willing to go into their room and help them out. Nursing staff will avoid the patient if they can, and when they need to face the grouch of a person they in turn will feel unhappy. Resulting in the inability to continue with respectful care. The circle of respect, we can call it, needs the constant participation to work effectively. The great part about it is that the longer it goes on the better it works and the easier it will be to execute as it passes. Respectful nurses cultivate happy patients and that in turns makes for a better, overall fun/healthy, workplace. The better the environment that happier the staff completing the circle at a more respectful nurse. You as a nurse are the best place to start this circle of respect and care. Patients can’t all instantly become nice and the workplace population can’t magically turn better.
My focus of nursing is that I will try my best to incorporate a huge positive outlook, smart and effective care, and basic human respect across the board. It would be great if all nurses could work toward a goal to help all patients with a determination to get them the care they need. I wouldn’t want my friends or family to be taken care of by a person that won’t provide basic respect. I wouldn’t even want that for
For me nursing was not something that I initially intended to do as a career. During elementary school and into high school I contemplated many different career paths such as cosmetology, teaching, psychology, and forensics. It was not till the later years of high school that I started to notice my desire to help other individuals and love of science, health, and different disease processes. My desire to help people has originated from the admiration of my grandfather’s
My vision for myself as a nurse is that I will care for all patients holistically. I will allow the patient to participate and input ideas into his or her care. I will allow patients to incorporate some of their experiences from their personal lives, and alter my care based on those experiences. I will see the patient as a unique human being and treat all patients with respect and dignity. I will encompass the values that I embrace in everything I do. I will be accountable for my actions and practice within the scope of my license.
Most important to my philosophy of nursing is the health and well-being of the entity seeking nursing care. To further define, nursing can be called upon to treat not only one individual, but a group of individuals, or a community. In my personal experience, I have worked almost exclusively with one individual, however I feel my philosophy could be applied to groups and
I learned that as a nurse I must take the initiative to regulate my work environment and myself. As much as nurses are part of the larger healthcare team, they often function autonomously. I will need to keep my skills up to date and educate myself by reading current research articles and taking classes at work. I will need to be humble and open to constructive criticism from my fellow employees. I must do my best to be hard working, honest, and helpful both in the work place and my persona life. It’s irrational to think people can be completely honest in one area of their life, but not the rest. If I suffer from any sort of bias towards my patients for the choices
In conclusion, I feel that the philosophy of nursing is a combination of core values, and beliefs that teaches us to treat each human being with the respect, compassion, dignity, and uniqueness, regardless of disease, social or economic status, or race that they deserve. My focus with each patient will be to allow them to have the right to be involved in the decision making of their care as well as allowing their family members to be involved in the decision making. I will maintain my beliefs and values by treating every patient, or coworker with respect that they deserve. I believe that each person has a calling in life and it takes a special person to become a nurse.
My nursing philosophy is rooted in the desire to give and selflessly serve those in need. I believe that nursing is not about treating a health
Throughout the first year Foundations of Professional Nursing course, I have gained a better understand of nursing and thus my perspective on nursing has developed a lot. After learning about the different concepts and theories in nursing, I feel I understand the role of nurses better and it makes me proud to have chosen this profession. I have also realized how much the concepts I have learned this year have affected my perspective on nursing and have helped shape me into becoming a nurse. In addition, I have been able to develop a personal philosophy of nursing. This paper will examine the importance of a sub- concept to nursing, reflect on my personal journey of development as a nurse and discuss my personal philosophy of nursing.
Patients, in any healthcare setting, deserve respect and care that is centered on their unique needs. Nurses and health care are required to assist them to achieve this goal. Changing the health care system will require us to reestablish our
My vision for myself as a nurse is that I will continue to grow and learn ways to be empathic. My desire is to always put my patient well being above my own. To live out my philosophy of nursing, every day I must remember that when I go to work it is not about me. It doesn’t matter what I am going through or what I am dealing with, when I step onto the
My personal philosophy of nursing is based on my understanding and knowledge of medicine combined with practical, compassionate patient based care that culturally respects each patient while at the same time fulfilling their healthcare needs. My philosophy focuses just not on delivering patient based
Being respectful and considerate to your patient is necessary for providing excellent patient care. It is also important to be respectful and considerate to your colleagues; arriving on time, being a team player, doing above the minimum as often as you can are all excellent ways to show this. It is essential to ensure that the workplace is an “environment in which all colleagues enjoy equal respect and where they can advance to their full potential.” (Professionalism initiative, 2012) If everyone treated their colleagues with respect, it would make the workplace very hospitable and help provide better patient care, which is the main purpose of nursing. An environment without respect can become hostile and impair the growth of your colleagues and yourself which can lead to giving substandard care to your patients and their families.
My philosophy of Nursing has changed from my first experience with Nursing to now. I began forming my nursing philosophy when I was young and started my interaction with the health care system. I began thinking as Nurses as the worker bees in hospitals, they changed your bandages and gave medicine, but not much else. My philosophy began to change as I entered the military I began to see Nurses as professionals that were an important part of the healthcare system, they made decisions had autonomy and were expected to perform duties without direct supervision. I had always wanted to work in healthcare, but I began to see Nursing as a profession I wanted to join. During my career in the military I had the chance to cross train into the medical field as a medical technician, a unlicensed LPN. My philosophy changed again,
In life it is hard to know if the career chosen is the perfect fit. How does one know if he or she is going towards the right profession? Once I learned more about nursing and became a CNA I knew nursing was a good fit for myself. In this paper I will first, explain what brought me to the nursing profession then, the values of nursing and how they relate to my personal values and lastly, my personal goals and how they relate to nursing.
Nurses and nursing staff should treat everyone in their care with dignity and humanity and should understand individual needs, show compassion and sensitivity, and provide care in a
Nurses now find themselves responsible for various tasks and multiple patients all at the same time. They are constantly running around from patient to patient while doing numerous other jobs in between.Nurses are unable to spend quality one on one time with the patients and often have to deviate from one patient to another. This can lead to the patients not being adequately cared for and feeling as if the nurses do not actually care for he or she. In reality this is not true and that the nurses do actually care a lot about each of their patients