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    Vision, Mission and Nursing Philosophy Mercedes Condom RN University of Phoenix NUR 588 10/13/2014 Every health care organization in the United Stated has a mission statement and a vision. We also can say that the mission and vision guides the organization purpose of service and practice. This is also true for colleges and universities. We also have an understanding that creating a philosophy that supports the values of the organization is essential. Therefore

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    For the purpose of the paper, famous philosophies and a personal nursing philosophy is presented, including the personal definitions of the four phenomena of nursing namely person, environment, health, and nursing. The said philosophy will then be compared to other professionally-acclaimed philosophies. Included in the discussion is the importance of a nurse’s role in providing health care to persons, family, and the society and how it is able to address problems in the face of cultural and spiritual

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    Introduction In this paper, famous philosophies and my personal nursing philosophy are presented, including personal definitions of the four phenomena of nursing which includes the person, environment, health, and nursing. A Philosophy’s distinctive contribution comes in the education of nurses and teachers and in the development of nursing theory and research. More importantly, philosophy strongly affects the formulation of personal values which underlines all undertakings of a nurse in the practice

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    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

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    Everyone has their own personal Philosophy of nursing, rather they know it off hand or not. We all have our own beliefs of what nursing is, our own personal goals, and values that are important to our practice of nursing. Some individuals are more aware of the beliefs and values that influence their role and actions in the nursing field, compared to others who have never thought about it before. When trying to develop your own philosophy of nursing, it may be helpful to think about, your own

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    Personal Philosophy of Nursing Every individual typically holds a personal philosophy about life which includes beliefs and values that help shape our choices and lead us to specific life path or in a certain direction. Very similarly every nurse has a philosophy about nursing and their career. Every nurse has guidelines that they choose to follow and motives for why certain choices are made. In order to develop a philosophy of nursing a nurse must reflect on the characteristics that they abide

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    Nursing is about caring and trying to understand human beings on all emotional, physical, and scientific level. A nurse must be open to new cultures and able to accept the differences in people. Nursing focuses on the care of people, their families, and communities to achieve an overall goal of relative health and quality of life throughout life. My personal philosophy characterizes the discipline of nursing using the four metaparadigms concepts: person, environment, health, and nursing. My goal

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    Personal Philosophy of Nursing Melissa L. Fielding University Of Phoenix Personal Philosophy of Nursing A definition of a Philosophy is “when someone contemplates, or wonders, about something that serves as the blueprints or guides that incorporates each individual’s value and belief system.” (Chitty & Black, 2007, p. 318) Personal Philosophy of Nursing is the core values and beliefs that a nurse upholds when taking care of another human being. It is the belief that each individual no

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    first point out what we mean by philosophy. It is described best by Steven Edwards, “Philosophy is an attitude toward life and reality that evolves from each nurse’s beliefs” (Edwards, 1997). This paper contains my values and philosophy of the nursing profession as a whole. I hope it provides some insight to healthcare professionals as well as non-healthcare workers. In the paper below we will discuss: (a) what is nursing, (b) nursing philosophy in practice, (c) nursing models and frameworks, and (d)

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    Personal Nursing Philosophy The purpose of this paper is to discuss my personal beliefs pertaining to the profession of nursing. As well I will discuss the (4) metaparadigms in nursing which are known as; human beings, environment, health, and nursing, and my personal beliefs on these concepts and how they have similarities to the nursing philosophy of a nursing theorist. Metaparadigm Concepts of Nursing Human Beings Human beings are at the core of nursing in my opinion

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