Individual Philosophy of a Nurse Abstract Before we can answer the question‚ “What is your own personal nursing philosophy?” we must first understand what philosophy means. “The term philosophy comes from the Greek and means “love of wisdom” (Benner & Wrubel‚ 1989‚ p. 27). Philosophy examines ideas in terms of its origins as well as assumptions about why things are. Blais and Hayes define nursing philosophy as‚ “a concept that looks at the nature of things and aims to provide the meaning
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Rachel Ann Driscoll Jacksonville University Before developing a personal philosophy of nursing‚ one must understand the definition of philosophy then a personal philosophy can be developed. “Philosophies of nursing are statements of beliefs about nursing and expressions of values in nursing that are used as bases for the thinking and acting. Most philosophies are built on a foundation of beliefs about people‚ environment‚ health and nursing” (Chitty and Black‚ 2010)
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Philosophy is the study of knowledge (Meleis‚ 2012). There are many reasons to why individuals become nurses. A nurse’s philosophy is the reason she continues to be a nurse. It is the backbone‚ the blue print‚ and the guidelines to that specific nurse who believes this is what she should be doing for her patients. Being nervous on my first day of class as any Graduate student would‚ I read ahead on the readings and in-class assignments. The first assignment read‚ “What is your personal philosophy
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Elaborate on your beliefs of the philosophy of nursing including your vision for yourself as a nurse and how has this philosophy changed (or not changed) during your career. How does your philosophy affect how you care for your patients and how you interact with your fellow health care professionals? Describe ways that you use Nightingale’s philosophy and contributions to nursing in your current nursing practice. To describe my personal nursing philosophy would include mentioning the inspirational
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Nursing is my profession of choice. I am a firm believer in the dignity of man‚ the sanctity of life and being compassionate to people irrespective of their social‚ economic or cultural backgrounds. I belief that a person is a holistic being made up of biological‚ psychological‚ sociological and spiritual components that are in constant interaction with the environment (Fulton‚ et al‚ 2014). The environment is the total of human experiences‚ and it incorporates both internal and external components
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My Philosophy of Nursing Ever since I can remember‚ I have always wanted to ensure that everyone around me was "ok" and were being "helped and taken care of‚" including family members‚ friends and acquaintances. I feel like I have always had a natural "caring" gene which I probably inherited from my mother. I ’m so happy I chose my career in nursing. I truly love what I do and I feel like I always get a sense of reward‚ in one way or another‚ every shift that I work‚ which gives me the drive and
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Philosophy of Nursing Leadership Jacksonville University School of Nursing July 10‚ 2014 Philosophy of Nursing Leadership I have worked in healthcare for over thirteen years both as new scare nurse and as an informal leader and as an appointed manager. Throughout this process I have experienced many different feelings towards my managers and experienced several different types of management styles as related to our recent management concept learning. A prior class text book
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application of theory in nursing practice. This paper will include a discussion of how nursing practice is affected by the use of nursing theory. I will provide evidence in relation to how theory based practice relates to the core competencies of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project. I will discuss a journal article that reinforces the gap of nursing theory in nursing practice‚ and interview colleagues regarding the incorporation of theory in their
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When we view the philosophy of mind we encounter many problems‚ the main being that although there are many theories on this topic it is impossible to prove any of them and thus this problem is still unresolved. How is it that we can understand more about the universe and science than ever before but do not understand what it is that enables us to understand‚ that is the mind? To answer this rather complicated problem there are many solutions‚ or theories‚ each with their good points but none which
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Nursing Philosophy Around the world today‚ there are various activities that serve as points of interest to many individuals. There are those who take it upon themselves to invest their time‚ energy‚ and resources into numerous pursuits that can range from religion to botany. In time‚ these points of interest develop even further and become sources that fuel individuals to develop ideas and principles about them. These ideas and principles become guidelines for those who are old and new to the
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