Nursing Philosophy

As a course of life, people are born, raised, and go to school until the time comes where they need to make a decision about their career. In fact, most careers have one common theme among them---Help or give back to community and society. I for one have chosen a career in nursing to help people and give back to my community. Other than the fact that I want to help people, a career in nursing will expand my horizons, give me career opportunities, and job satisfaction.

I chose nursing as my profession because I always have had a desire to serve and educate others and nursing, which has given me an opportunity to do that. Nursing is a rewarding career that gives the greatest opportunity to save lives, comfort, and care for them. The nursing profession tends to run in my family and have inspired me to become a nurse as well. This profession is the most demanding and helpful profession in the world.

you. There is the cliche, inner desire of wanting to help people of course, however, there is more

Nursing is based on caring in nursing. Compassion and concern for protecting and enhancing the

A nursing philosophy is the thoughts and beliefs about the job of a nurse based on one’s values. My values that have formed over the years have influenced me to purse a forever career as a nurse. I grew up in a small town Smithfield, Pennsylvania with my parents and younger brother. My community consisted of close relationships between the residents. Every one helped and cared for one another when needed. The practices of my community guided me to want to become a nurse. I want to continue to care for my community and give back to them by treating their illnesses and providing them with better health care. I am particularly interested in caring for pediatric patients. My goal is to try to provide every infant a chance to live their beautiful life created for them by God. While doing this, the primary focus of being a nurse will be to accommodate my patients and allow them to become a healthy person again.

This can alleviate stress, which contributes to physical and emotional imbalance. Providing holistic care states Maier-Lorentz (2008), is defined as formulating a care plan that meets the individual needs of the patient. Leininger’s theory is the holistic model that supports such care and allows for advancement in transcultural nursing through research (Maier-Lorentz, 2008). To provide such care, while remaining culturally aware, the nurse must be void of any biases and stereotypes as a result of his or her own socialization. Lowe and Archibald (2009), state that there is no formulary approach in nursing practice to adequately deal with cultural diversity, because of preconceived notions and stereotypes. This practice has to be achieved through training and acquired knowledge. Training in providing culturally competent care promotes cultural self-awareness, knowledge of other cultures as well as recognizing the impact of culture on the nurse-patient relationship (Pesquera, Yoder & Lynk, 2008).

One's faith plays a crucial role in the healing process or when facing an incurable illness. As a health care provider, I must not be subjective to others' faith and believes. In many cases, spirituality and religion are related and intertwined to one's health. My priority as a nurse is to provide my patient with comfort and care and in order to do so, I must be sensitive to my patient's religious preference. Based on my own assumptions, families tend to get closer and spend more time together as a family member is nearing the end stages of his life. This is the time when the patient seeks some sort of divine intervention such as visitation from his church's minister or a representative from his faith. As a nurse, my duty is to be compliant to the patient's wishes if it is within my capability. I'm also going to be supportive to the patient as well as to his family during this emotional time by genuinely listening to their concerns while abandoning any judgments.

My philosophy of nursing is something that I will stand by throughout my nursing career. My philosophy is based upon providing proficient, compassionate, and holistic care to my patients. Growing up in Liberia, I have always known that I was meant to be a nurse. As a child, I loved helping people in need, and being there for others. Nursing is a career where I can utilize both, and I am passionate about this field of work. My mission as a nurse is to provide help to those in need regardless of their gender, religion, race, ethnicity, or financial status.

My personal philosophy of healthcare is something that I want to perfect, and change to make sure, I look to it at times when I might doubt myself or even question why I want to be a registered nurse in the first place. The American Nursing Association defines nursing as the “Abilities to protect, promote, and prevent injury and illness, alleviate suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of families, individuals, communities, and populations” (American Nurses Association, 2014). However, nursing is a lot more than these points that were stated above and in this paper I will be discussing my personal philosophy as a future registered nurse. A belief that I will incorporate, in my philosophy of healthcare are as follows: striving to be the

I believe that balance is necessary to living a healthy lifestyle. Fun and pleasure are a necessity of life. When you are living healthy, you are building up your immune system, strengthening your body and mind, fueling yourself with nutrients that will help you to grow and progress, and becoming stronger, quicker, confident, conscious, and bettering yourself all-around.

To understand nursing philosophy, you must first understand what nursing means to you as an individual. To me nursing as well as nursing philosophy involves providing individualized holistic care to a patient, family, community, or even one’s own self. Holistic care is providing care involving the mind, body, spirit, and environment.

Nursing is a well-respected and fulfilling career that I am thankful to have chosen. Nurses provide care in a respectful, caring and compassionate way. My personal goal as a nurse is to give the best medical care possible while honoring my patient’s race, religious and cultural beliefs. We must respect others without prejudice or personal bias. Nurse’s must show compassion and understanding at all times.

A personal nursing philosophy underlies a nurse’s practice. It includes a nurse’s beliefs about nursing and health, a nurse’s contribution to society, and what the focus of nursing is. A nursing philosophy is built on the nurse’s values and is shaped by the nurse’s personal experience. The philosophy is unique for every nurse.

Philosophy of a Nurse Melissa C. Walden State College of Florida Abstract My personal nursing philosophy is simple; life is short and as nurses we need to make a difference every chance we get. We should always look toward learning new ways to do our job. We must also keep in mind that as we learn new practices, we evolve.

The profession of nursing has matured from the time of Florence Nightingale. Nursing has gone from just treating dying soldiers on the battlefield to helping guide people through their entire lives from birth to death. The maturation of nursing has led to changes in nursing philosophy and allowed for practitioners of Nursing to meld these philosophies together to form their own philosophy. In this paper I will explain my philosophy of nursing and compare it to Virginia Henderson 's definition of nursing along with discussing some of the changes to Nurse philosophy I will also discuss some of the difficulties to being a patient advocate.