The Medical Field Of Nursing

Shelly, J., & Miller, A. (2006). Called to care a Christian worldview for nursing (2nd ed.).

The nursing profession became a recognized vocational during the crusades (1100 to 1200). Criminals, widows, and orphans were recruited to take care of the sick in exchange for housing and food. Health care conditions became extremely bad. In the mid 1800s Florence Nightingale a woman who studied in Germany with a Protestant order of woman who cared for the sick lowered the death rate from 60% to 1%. She train a group of woman to care for the sick and wounded. She believed that cleaning up the environment and providing ventilation and sanitation and proper nutrition will decrease the death rate which she succeeded. Florence Nightingale kept records and statistics that reinforced her believes of care. Many

When most people think of nursing, they think of the types of nurses that preoccupy themselves with the physical care of their patients, but nursing is so much more than that. Nursing is a career where you will find yourself taking care of the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. It is a career concerned with whole-healing. With this definition, it is clear that a Christian perspective on healing can directly correlate with the mission of a nurse. Nursing, in the view of a Christian, is shalom based. Shalom is a goal that can be reached through the patient finding peace in all aspects of their life—physical, emotion, and spiritual.

Nursing is a complex and ever changing field full of new areas to advance, learn, and grow in. Some of the institutes available for nursing studies are Harkum College and West Chester University. Kristine Balay, the nurse I interviewed, attended Harkum College for her Associates degree in Nursing and she attended West Chester University for her Bachelors degree in Nursing. She has been practicing as a nurse for about 10 years now in various settings. When she was working on a trauma unit she was required to obtain an ALS certification, Kristine admits that she was grateful for obtaining this certification because it sets her apart from others in regards to job opportunities and promotions as well as gives her confidence in situations.

The pervasive influence of scientific empiricism and Darwinism, “inevitably resulted in the establishment of the idea that the final reality is impersonal matter or energy being shaped into its present form by impersonal chance” (Schaeffer, 1981, p. 18). This change in worldview caused the removal of one of the basic foundations of nursing, the Bible. Throughout the Gospels we see that the ultimate purpose for physical healing was to restore people to a vital relationship with God and the community” (Shelly and Miller, 2006, p.24). Being able to demonstrate the value of this goal for today’s nurse is another important reason for me to understand nursing theory and history and how it applies to my philosophy of nursing.

Describe the definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing?

All throughout history nursing and medicine was based on the roots of Christianity. Many healthcare providers based their practices from the bible “I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me” (Matthew 25:36, NIV). Furthermore, spirituality is an important aspect to remain in our nursing practice. In order to provide holistic care for our patients during their healing process, which includes body, soul, and spirit, Christianity should continue to be practiced with our patients. The purpose of this paper is to discuss my personal worldview based upon the meaning of spiritualty, worldviews, prime reality, human person, the meaning of death, epistemology, ethics, and the meaning of human

Today, in the United States there are some people who do not know what a Nurse Practitioner is? Therefore, a Nurse Practioner is a nurse that “is responsible for managing health problems and coordinating health care for the perioperative patient in accordance with State and Federal rules and regulations and the nursing standards of care (assessment of health status, diagnosis, development of plan of care and treatment, implementation of treatment plan, and evaluation of patient status)” (CCI, 2016). To become a Nurse Practioner some nurses must receive a master’s, post-master’s, or a doctorate’s degree including up to 5 years of experience

There is no doubt that nursing is an ever changing field. Although nursing always has been about caring for others, at the present time, this field is more sophisticated and respected than in the past. Currently, there are standards of nursing practice and professional performance developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) for American nurses to follow. However, there is some controversy about whether nursing is a profession or not. Also, in order to learn these standards as well as other norms, values, and behaviors of nursing, nursing students and nurses follow a lifelong process called socialization which is affected by many factors. Moreover, a way to learn more about these topics is to compare real nurses’ thoughts and experiences with what literature suggests. Therefore, after interviewing an experienced nurse and report on her demographics, I have been able to contrast her perspectives on nursing being a profession, the ANA standards of practice, and the socialization process to literature as well as reflect on my own thoughts and values.

Personally, the student nurses’ values and beliefs stem her church’s mission statement “love God and love others”. The student nurse strives to live her life based on that statement

To me, nursing is saturated with ministry opportunities and anchored in Christian compassion. Healing looks not only to the physical aspects of people/patients, but also to every other aspect of their lives. In order to bring about the greatest quality of care, healing, and hope, one must first build a relationship with their patient. One important thing that I have learned while being here at Northwestern is that as nurses we are supposed to minister through presence. Sometimes the most powerful thing I could ever do is to silently bear with my patient in their moments of vulnerability or frustration. Sure, empathy is important, but there is something powerful about demonstrating the healing power of Jesus through

Outlines are patient and consideration supplier training and direction results, clinical recuperation framework, self improvement gatherings and gathering wellbeing and wellness results. In addition, wellbeing and wellness promoting undertakings, for example, enhancing and spurring work-related and security techniques in restorative focuses and playing staff wellbeing and wellness framework are considered to a great degree significant. All samples in the three productions examined, Nurses serve as champions for these people with whom they interact with including different specialists. Attendants impact these people demonstrating their movements and conduct. In light of what one watched, it is straightforward that the part displaying capacity is of essential vitality (Verlag, 2010).

As a Christian, I believe that perusing my career as a nurse was a calling from God. Everyone has a purpose in this world and God is the one who helps you find it. The healthcare setting is a place where people are hurting, emotionally and physically. People are desperate for help and usually go to God for help (Harris & Harris, 2009). That is why as a nurse it is important to have ethical beliefs. Sometimes treatment including surgeries or drugs are not the only way to heal, but a positive mind and prayer are. I believe that God works through nurses and gives them the power and strength they need to accomplish their goals in healing and supporting their ill patients. As an ethical nurse, I have to be open and understanding to other culture and religion as well to make sure my patients and

The purpose of this assignment is to critically evaluate two journal articles from a selection of six. One is a quantitative piece; the other is a qualitative piece. A framework devised by Benton and Cormack (2000) has been used to help the process of critiquing in this assignment. This particular framework had been chosen, as it is a comprehensive framework covering most points needed in the critiquing process. This framework can be applied to both qualitative and quantitative research. However the framework will not be used as a definitive checklist. In this assignment the first article that will be discussed is a qualitative piece of research by Simons J., Franck L. &Roberson E (2001). Titled : Parent involvement in children's pain

The nursing field is not my future career, but is my current career as of July 21st 2015. Although, this is a milestone that I have already achieved, the field of nursing is complex. The difficulties that one faces in the beginning of this career, in my opinion, are some of the same difficulties that one will face throughout their entire career as a nurse, even when one “climbs the latter”. Looking through the list of problems that could present in the nursing field, there are a few that I consider to be detrimental to this day. There are staffing shortages (not just of nurses), high turnover rates of RN’s, occupational injuries and infections amongst staff, and lack of skilled RN’s (or in general, a lack of people becoming RN’s).