Hope: A Concept Analysis Why do we choose to hope every day of our lives? What is hope? Why there is hope and hopeful people? Hope is an important aspect of every human being in our everyday life. Hope is anticipation, desire, a meaningful motivation and expectation for a possible positive future. Hope can create a difference in peoples’ lives. We hope for better life, we hope for peace on Earth, we hope for good health for ourselves and our families, we hope to be better people, we just hope… The term hope has been mentioned in the Greek mythology. As Pandora was sent to the Earth caring a chest, she was curious to find as to what is in the chest. When she opened the lid of the chest an evil forces came out and in the panic moment …show more content…
She uses the faith-hope factor as a major factor in the nursing and the curative process. She states” when modern science has nothing further to offer the person, the nurse can continue to use faith-hope to provide the sense of well-being through beliefs which are meaningful to the individual”. Nurses have an important role to instill hope in the patient which can help the patient to create a positive feeling. We (nurses) care for patients with the hope that we provide care and improve the well-being of those patients. Without hope there is no motivation, especially for patients who are sick and going through life-changing circumstances. Their recovery process will slow down and may not be even possible if there is no hope, if there is no looking forward to the future and the best possible outcomes. Hope has been defined as a positive and necessary aspect of human life that is a future-oriented, motivating factor (Brumbach, 1994). Nurses have the greatest and hardest role/job to create a positive expectation in patients who have to go through very tough and challenging situations when hospitalized. Nurses can create a positive energy and positive attitude towards patient’s recovery process. Optimism is very much needed in order to get a positive
Hope is alive and can be found in more places than one might expect. In Lisel Mueller’s poem, “Hope”, Mueller uses metaphors to describe hope and show that it can be found in many places. Let’s start with the first stanza. In the first 3 lines of the poem, Mueller describes how hope can sometime “hide” from us. She says that it “(…) hovers in dark corners until the lights are turned on,” showing that hope can seem nowhere to be found sometimes (lines 1-2).
Hope Hope is the only thing that keeps you dry in a storm. Hope is when you are given something provide off of during a disappointing moment. It is something that is given to help, not to hurt. In Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper which the main character Amari has been transported from Africa to the Americas to become a slave for Mr.Derby. The plot story of Copper Sun is similar to “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson because they both show the power of hope.
Why are hopes, dreams, and goals so key to life? [B] The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, War Dance and, Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck all exhibit the spiraling effects of hope and dreams. [C] Hope provides people with a sense of wonder and curiosity to explore and think outside of the box, as shown in the previously mentioned stories. [D] Hopes, dreams, and goals push people to explore life outside of their comfort zones. [E] People like the children of northern Uganda from the film War Dance, are shown touring through new and unknown paths on their trails of life.
A Long Way Gone. Ishmael Beah. New York: Sarah Critchton Books, 2007, 229 pages. The theme of this book is to never give up on hope. Hope is what everybody should believe in and have because hope occurred in the past and will be there in the future.
In ‘ ’How to Become a Planet’’ by Nicole Melleb y,Pluto shows the theme of hope through characters, setting, and symbol in the story. For example, when Pluto was in school she was trying to focus in class on writing down notes but sadly for her Meredith wouldn't stop talking to her about the new pet she got for her early birthday. As a result ,she started yelling at Meredith because she had hope in herself to finish the notes that the teacher wrote on the board to review for the test they are going to have, because she didnt finish them last time. Pluto was hoping to finish her notes“Just leave me alone Meredith I don’t want to talk”(Melleby 49). Heading 2 Symbol
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. It drives us all. It makes us believe in something even when we think everything is against us. Author Nam Le explores the theme of hope in his short story, The Boat and director John Hill coat in his film, The Road. The author and director explore the theme through character development, scenery, the use of symbols and metaphors also through character behaviours.
I really like this book because Karana never gave up and was able to sustain on the island alone. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Karana had hope in the white men coming back to rescue her. She had hope that she would be able to save her brother from being stuck on the island.
Hope is a feeling inside you that makes feel like you can do anything. When you have that feeling you set yourself up for success and it makes you want to live life like a fairytale. The war started at Valley Forge, George Washington made an army that he had hoped for. Then the British came and forced war over them. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Hope, that is one powerful word. Hope is the one thing we have to have to do anything to work you have to have hope to be better off, or if you are going to chemotherapy if you are ill. If you did not have any hope then there is no need for that treatment, and even going day to day requires hope. So if one person keeps the hope of others high, there is nothing that they can’t accomplish. In comparison one man with hope in his heart is the equivalent to one hundred men.
Hope can consist of staying positive even through the most calamitous of times, remembering some of your precious memories, and even waiting patiently for good outcomes. Having hope can help you overcome obstacles that you may have thought were unfeasible to surpass. There may be times where hope seems out of your grasps. Yo may even start feeling like there is no point in having hope, but a positive attitude can help a tremendous amount when handling conflict. Having something taken from your grasps makes you want to fight for it, but waiting patiently and having hope can also get the lost item back.
Now, Merriam-Webster’s definition of hope is “to want something to happen or be true”. Blind hope is much more fitting to something that you would like to believe is true yet have evidence against, such as a cheating boyfriend you blindly hope miraculously won’t
In the Merrriam-Webster dictionary, hope is defined as; to cherish a desire with anticipation. However, those words don't convey the meaning deep enough, hope is more than that. Hope is a feeling deep in the gut, a motivating force, for some hope is everything. Hope must be stronger than any fear and it must have fight in it. Lina Vilkas, a fifteen year old Lithuanian, she fights for hope.
This assignment also covers the importance of hope for patients and the role hope plays in terminally ill patients. I will also discuss ways in which health professionals can foster hope in terminally ill patients. I was on my placement on an oncology ward. It was my second week on
In the past I have shown my strength in this area of nursing care when looking after family members that have fallen victim to sickness. Whenever someone tells me that they are not feeling well, I immediately jump into action and try my best to make sure that they feel “cared for” .The feeling of pride and satisfaction I experience after caring for a person that is unwell is what originally made me choose nursing as a career. Caring is a basic attribute of human growth and development (Griffin 1983). This is why, as a nursing student I know it is such an important strength to be utilised when helping a patient to feel better.
It is very easy to get wrapped up in the day to day tasks that we complete as nurses. But in order to give our patients the best possible care, we must look at our day through a holistic lens. The following essay will outline the theory as created by the “lady with the lamp” Florence Nightingale. We will look at the different components that are important to a patient’s health and outline on to incorporate these components into current practice.