A personal nursing philosophy in practice
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A personal philosophy of nursing in practice
Nursing philosophy, as described by Reed (2012), is a “statement of foundational and universal assumptions, beliefs, and principles about the nature of knowledge and truth (epistemology) and about the nature of the entities represented in the metaparadigm” (p. 41). My personal philosophy of nursing, which describes precisely what nursing means to me, is based on the nursing metaparadigm concepts of patient, nurse, health, and environment (Kenney, 2013). My philosophy of nursing incorporates
Personal philosophy: what nursing means to me
Many nursing philosophies and theories stress the importance of providing patient care as a means of achieving an improvement in health status (Green, 2009). Working in a NICU, I am cognizant of the fact that the best outcome may not be an improvement in health status, but rather, a dignified death. My nursing philosophy incorporates this position and encompasses the art of conveying nursing science holistically with compassion and dignity. Nursing's four metaparadigm concepts provide the base
Use of nursing's five ways of knowing
The use of nursing knowledge in practice is essential for the delivery of appropriate patient-centered nursing care. Nursing utilizes five ways of knowing identified as empirical, esthetic, personal, ethical, and sociopolitical (Carper, 2012, White, 2012) that aid in the application and development of nursing knowledge. Empirical knowing “encompasses publicly verifiable, factual description, explanations, and predictions based on subjective or objective group data” (Fawcett et al., 2012, p. 23)
Development of nursing knowledge
The development of knowledge “from a unique nursing perspective defines the boundaries of nursing and delineates the nature and application of nursing knowledge that explicates the nurses' unique contribution to the health care team” (Arslanian-Engore et al., 2013, p. 363). A nurse scholar is a professional, educated nurse who must properly comprehend and utilize nursing theories “in guiding practice, research, education, and regulation” (Bunkers, 2013, p. 370). It is the responsibility of
Conclusions
My personal nursing philosophy highlights the art of conveying nursing science holistically with compassion and dignity to patients and their families in times of health, illness, and death. This philosophy is based on nursing's metaparadigm concepts and highlights the importance of providing holistic nursing care to patients and their families. This paper described the application of my personal philosophy of nursing utilizing nursing's ways of knowing, nursing theories, and borrowed theories.
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