My Nursing: My Personal Philosophy Of Nursing

According to the ANA, it states nursing is 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, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. (“What is nursing," 2017) Many people may not realize nursing is more than what the definition defines it to be. When the words nursing and philosophy come together it is outlined as the knowledge and or experience of taking care sick, injured, or infirmed people. There are so some many characteristics that a nurse can pose and mold themselves from. These are a few traits that I feel are vital to my philosophy of nursing: accountability, personal
Personal experiences help to shape personal beliefs and morals. If someone’s only nursing experience is in corrections or pediatrics, then their way of practicing or nursing is based off of things they have encountered throughout their career and in time it evolves. If a pediatric nurse has never given a TB skin test she may feel uncomfortable if she starts to work at a nursing home and has to give one to new admits on his/her unit. She may also hesitate in asking someone about how to give it. Nursing is forever changing so
A doctor has written an order for a geriatric patient with chronic renal failure for Metformin 4000mg by mouth twice a day. The nurse who will be carrying out the order knows that the maximum dose for Metformin is 2550mg per day but she says to herself that the MD should know this and never questions the MD about it because she is scared that he may yell at her and gives the patient Metformin 4000mg that morning and that evening. The patient is now in the hospital on fighting for his life after receiving an overdose. Who should be held accountable for this negligence? What should be the consequences for the persons involved? We are human beings and human beings will make mistakes but if you have the knowledge that will prevent harm it is that nurse’s obligation and oath to “do no harm.” Even though the MD is the prescriber we are trained professionals as well and the MD should have been notified and if he wanted the order to be carried out after being informed we as nurses have the right to refuse. The state board of nursing have rules and regulation that we must follow so that we may continue to have a license. Accountability requires one to agree to be morally responsible for the aftermath of their actions. We are expected to be held accountable for things that we are assigned to and the consequences that may occur. Making sure that we practice within those guidelines will help