As the semester reaches the end my mind is enriched in psychological theories that can be applied to everyday use. Obtaining the knowledge of these theories has allowed me to analyze, critically think, and dissect the dimensions of personality. For my final work of this course I have chosen Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is such a significant person in my career field as a registered professional nurse; she of course is the unsung hero of my profession and an outstanding pioneer of her time. There aren’t as many influential nursing figures in history as there are musicians, entertainers, or even sports players. We must always peer deeply into our inspirations and our careers and find who our pioneers are; for me it is Florence Nightingale. When we think of nurses many thoughts or mental pictures come to our minds; perhaps it is a beautiful woman wearing a white hat, or a nasty face with a leaky syringe as you cringe for your vaccination. The truth of the matter is why do humans choose to work in a field where people are sick, dying, and helpless? Based on all of the theories and approaches we have learned about throughout this class, there are different explanations some valid others hard to apply. Throughout Nightingales life she dedicated herself to the field of nursing, her behavior relentless in helping others, her passion for the field remarkable, and we must ask ourselves how psychological theories and approaches might have formed this incredible human being of nursing history. The following psychological theories and approaches will be discussed in the formation of Florence Nightingale; Psychoanalytic and Neoanalytic theory, psychosocial theories, Trait, Evolutionary, and Genetic/Biological approaches, Cognitive, Behavioral, and Social learning theories, and lastly the Humanistic theories.…
