Kendra Harris BSN Portfolio



Personal Philosophy of Nursing Kendra HarrisOld Dominion University Personal Philosophy of Nursing Nursing philosophy encourages professionals to apply beliefs, values, and ethical goals to discover and understand how nursing is constructed and carried out. Professional nursing has many philosophies, which can be summarized as what one believes to be true about the evidence-based profession and personal beliefs and morals. Professional nursing can be defined as the promotion of health, prevention, healing/ improvement of suffering, and patient advocacy. Professional nurses range from acute care settings, long term care, traveling nurses, legal/insurance, and private offices, etc. The main purposes of nursing is to provide care, educate, and advocate for the well beings of clients. The philosophy embraces countless concepts, therefore will allow the nurse too readily observe clients for better client outcomes. I believe based on values related to personal life, culture, education, and bioethical principles creates my philosophy of nursing CITATION Den01 \l 1033 (Denehy, 2001).Personal LifePersonal life experiences is a core value in which I believe to be important in the philosophy of nursing. Personal situations incorporate one's culture and education. I believed one learns best based on situational experiences. Personal life experiences not only include the professionals experience in the hospitals, but close friends and relatives in which one experiences being a client and not a health care provider are examples. It helps the professional nurse experience the point of helplessness and dependency, and rationalize by using the principle of logic. Consequently, allowing the nurse to be more empathetic and sympathetic in other cases.. Personal knowledge creates awareness and self-reflection on how one cares for clients. Personal life values include empirical knowledge which can allow one to use information tested by observation (Blais & Hayes, 2016). Additionally, culture, previous education, and religion dictates the philosophy of nursing by contributing to actions, omission /addition of care, and ones beliefs, respectively. Therefore, the inclusion of patients and their family/friends are important for planning, continuum of care, and maintenance. For example, a client with a higher education and a better socioeconomically upbringing may be more equip to just listening to doctors orders and weaning out misinformation. Whereas, and adolescent is more receptive to their peers and wants to do the opposite of what an adult recommends. Also, the same for different cultures. Some cultures, feel guidance and recommendations from other races are inadequate or do not correlate to the life they live. According to Denehy (2001, p. 1), “all these factors contribute to who we are, what we believe, and more importantly how we act.” Bioethical PrinciplesThe nurse must comprise the four major building blocks of theory to gain an obtainable and relatable philosophy (Blais & Hayes, 2016). The four major concepts include, but are not limited to the patient/client, the internal and external environment in which the client exist, the overall health of the individual, and what interventions and attributes they can contribute for beneficence. In my opinion, there are two major principles that can be included in those concepts to make for a responsible and accountable nurse. The two principles include: nonmaleficence and beneficence. Nonmaleficence requires the nurse to remain competent to prevent further injury. According to Pearson Education, “nonmaleficence is doing no harm instead of safeguarding the client… the risk of harm is weighed against the potential for benefit” CITATION Edu15 \l 1033 (Education, 2015). In clinicals, I exercise this principle when administering injections, such as enoxaparin. When the patient is avoiding receiving an injection due to potential stomach pain, I always weigh the benefit. Although, injections provide discomfort the side effect of having my patient’s blood coagulate is a greater risk than temporary pain. Therefore, the injection is administered to prevent further injury. Beneficence is the promotion of greater good. The principle provides patient advocacy and compassion CITATION Edu15 \l 1033 (Education, 2015). I exemplify beneficence when dealings with direct isolation patients. When given a patient on direct isolation for probable C. difficile, I used the necessary PPE and maintained as sterile as possible when coming into contact with others. I used disposable equipment and disposed all materials used before exiting the patient’s room to maintain beneficent. If not, I would be harming more than just the patient on precaution and breaking many ethical beliefs. Conclusion I believe based on values related to personal life and bioethical principles creates my nursing philosophy CITATION Den01 \l 1033 (Denehy, 2001). Based on core values and beliefs of a professional nurse I have confidence in greater outcomes in nursing accountability and responsibility. Also, the bioethical principles of nonmaleficence and beneficence are core principles that encourage better care and better effort on the nurse’s behalf. Although, everyone has depictions of what the philosophy of nursing includes. Overall nursing philosophies should include the four major building blocks, principles of nursing, and personal values that one holds to a standard. The philosophy of nursing should overall improve the quality of care. Reflection In concluding this assignment, I have learned and study many theories, including my own. I’ve also learned what building a nursing philosophy entails. I believe building this foundation in the beginning of my career will help me have a personal standard of care as well as better the skills I have already been practicing. Based on the knowledge I have gained on researching other’s philosophies I plan to incorporate what others have experienced (evidence based practice) in my own philosophy.References BIBLIOGRAPHY Blias, K. K., & Hayes, J. S. (2016). Professional nursing practice. Hoboken, NJ: Julie L. Alexander.Denehy, J. (2001). Articulating your philosophy of nursing. The Journal of School of Nursing, 17(1), 1-2. doi:10.1177/105984050101700101Education, P. (2015). Nursing: a concept-based approach to learning (2 ed., Vol. 2). Hobeken, NJ: Julie Alexander.Honor Pledge“I pledge to support the Honor System of Old Dominion University. I will refrain from any form of academic dishonesty or deception, such as cheating or plagiarism. I am aware that as a member of the academic community it is my responsibility to turn in all suspected violations of the Honor Code. I will report to a hearing if summoned.” ................
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