Running Head: A PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 1 A Philosophy of Nursing Megan Cole‚ RN Georgia Southern University NURS 3139 Fall 2012 A PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 2 A Philosophy of Nursing The American Nurse’s Association’s Nursing’s Social Policy Statement (2003) defines nursing 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 response
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Nursing Philosophy: My Nursing Abstract Philosophy is a system of beliefs‚ it is often looked at as an effort to define nursing situations that is observed to exist or happen and serves as the basis for later theoretical formulations. Florence Nightingale the first nurse theorist‚ philosophy states that nursing is establishing and environment that allows persons to recover from illness. Nursing has four metaparadigms the client‚ the environment‚ health and nursing. Metaparadigms
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Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice JMartinez Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Deborah Sinn January 24‚ 2011 Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) can be seen throughout history dating back to the mid 19th century when Florence Nightingale gathered research to improve the quality of care provided to patients while analyzing hospital data (Miller‚ Ward & Young
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As indicated by the American Nurses Association‚ "the Standards of Professional Nursing Practice are legitimate proclamations of the obligations that all enlisted nurse‚ regardless of role‚ population or specialty are relied upon to perform skillfully" (2010‚ p. 2). The American Nurses Association further expresses that the standards can change as the flow of expert nursing develop and that particular clinical conditions or conditions may influence the utilization of the guidelines at any given time
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Philosophy of Professional Nursing Each person may have an individual perspective about nursing. For professional nurses‚ interactions within their careers lead to the development of different philosophies and theories of nursing. As they build experience‚ knowledge may reshape these theories based on different situations they have encountered. The responsibility of a nurse is not limited to simply attending to patients at the bedside. Nurses not only provide comfort care‚ but must educate‚ communicate
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Nursing Philosophy Ayesha Muhammad Alcorn State University July 27‚ 2010 Nursing Philosophy Nursing is more than just simply a career. Nursing is a calling from a higher power. I chose to be a nurse for several different reasons. My uncle was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in (date). The care and compassion shown to my uncle put nursing in another perspective for me. The feelings of care and comfort my family received during this tragic time had a strong impact on my decision to
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What is Professionalism? Professionalism is a calling which requires specialized knowledge and often long and extensive academics. Professional Nursing is "the process in which substantial specialized knowledge derived from the biological‚ physical‚ and behavioral sciences is applied to: the care‚ diagnosis‚ treatment‚ counsel and health teaching of persons who are experiencing changes in their normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health or the prevention or management
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of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice In this paper we will discuss the integration of evidence based practice into professional nursing practice. Scott & McSherry (2008) define evidence based practice as the combination of individual‚ clinical‚ or professional expertise with the best available external evidence to produce practice that is most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a patient. Despite literature surrounding what evidence based nursing is and isn’t‚ nurses
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Philosophy is defined in the dictionary as the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence‚ knowledge‚ values‚ reason‚ mind‚ and language. Recently Simmons has referred to philosophy as “knowledge of first causes or of the highest principles of things in so far as these causes or things belong to the natural‚ as opposed to the supernatural order.” (Simmons 1992 p.112) My nursing philosophy is one of holistic care‚ delivering compassionate and culturally sensitive
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Philosophy of Nursing Jennifer Moore University of Phoenix Philosophy of Nursing The purpose of this paper is to write a beginning philosophy of nursing that reflects the beliefs and values of me‚ Jennifer Moore. My personal philosophy as a nurse is to treat every patient as I would like to be treated. Why I Chose Nursing I chose nursing as my profession because nursing was something that had been
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