Philosophy of Nursing Introduction Nursing is a discipline that is guided by philosophical orientations that create a base for the development of nursing theories that translate into clinical practice. McEwen and Wills (2014) state, “rather than focus on solving problems or answering questions related to that discipline, the philosophy of a discipline studies the concepts that structure the thought process of that discipline with the intent of recognizing and revealing foundations and presuppositions”
Some conceptual models appear from the metaparadigm of nursing, as these concepts are the abstract ones. One of my practice specific concept as an obstetrician manager specialist is culturally – informed care for the patient and the environment. The individual and the environments are two concepts of the metaparadigm of the nursing theory. The culturally – informed care for me as for obstetrician manager specialist is significant because multiculturalism is an essential factor in my professional
Personal nursing philosophy and nursing practice are the result of studying and implementation of nursing philosophy. The nature and essence of the profession of nurses are studied and described. It is also known that right relationship with patients and their family is crucial in creation a positive atmosphere and establishing friendly relations during treatment for the good results. It is important to be open and sympathetic with patient as well as with other medical stuff. This paper will define
that under modern conditions the issue of nursing obtains especial significance. One could hardly imagine medical sphere deprived of qualified help and services which nurses provide for patients and doctors. Being a very ancient science, nursing has constantly being developing obtaining new features and becoming more and more efficient (Austgard, 2006). Nowadays, there is a significant scientific base which main aim is to support the main concepts of nursing and make specialists who devote their life
Introduction Nursing knowledge developed from the period of Florence Nightingale until now through the development of nursing theories, philosophies and knowledge base practices. Nursing has a distinctive knowledge base and therefore it can be considered as a profession. As a profession nursing has a social responsibility to provide a knowledge base practice.,McCurry,Revell and roy((2009) Each discipline is having its own body of knowledge, Smith and McCarthy(2010).The term ontology has been used
Nursing Theory According to Chinn & Kramer (2011), theory is defined as “creative and rigorous structure of ideas that project a tentative, purposeful and systemic view of phenomena” (as cited in McEwen & Wills, 2014, pg. 25). In addition, a theory is a set of assumptions, principles, or propositions that explain or guide actions. Before nursing theory, the nursing practice was not guided by any research or rational but mostly by traditional or ritualistic tasks. Therefore, the nursing theory emerged
My Personal Philosophy and Values of Nursing Nursing is proving care, support, and serve people who are in need. The purpose of nursing is to improve patient 's health condition to a better life. The goal of this paper is to explain my personal philosophy and clarify some of my values of nursing. Personal Philosophy There are four concepts in the metaparadigm. The first one talks about the nursing. Nursing is precisely the way Nightingales puts it, relieving pain and suffering which restore patient
Today, nursing profession had advanced to the highest degree, shifting from dependence on total medical direction in delivering basic care, into an independent practice by using nursing theories, models and nursing interventions. Nursing practice must be based on nursing theories and this is what makes nursing as a profession. Nursing theories gives a direction and acts as a guide for structured professional nursing practice, education and research. Effective and efficient nursing care is based on
CONCEPT 3: HOLISTIC NURSING This concept is taken from module 3 of block 7 entitled “General Nursing”. 3.1. Significance of the concept Holistic health views the physical, intellectual, socio-cultural, psychological and spiritual aspects of a person’s life as an integrated whole. These five aspects cannot be separated or isolated; anything that affects one aspect of a persons life also affects the other aspects. Holistic nursing is a way of being in which the nurse brings a state of harmony or
Philosophy, as stated by Black (2017), “is a set of beliefs about the nature of how the world works. A nursing philosophy begins to put together some or all concepts of the metaparadigm” (Black, 2017, p. 177). According to the text, a nurses’ philosophy should consist of their values, beliefs, and attitudes and applied to the metaparadigms of nursing. My personal philosophy of nursing, which describes what nursing means to me, is based on the nursing metaparadigm concepts of person, environment,