Philosophy of Nursing: The Art and Science of Caring Stephanie Gray Jacksonville University Philosophy of Nursing: The Art and Science of Caring According to Chitty (2004)‚ “Philosophies of nursing are statements of beliefs about nursing and expressions of values in nursing that are used as bases for thinking and activity” (p. 230). Developing a personal philosophy of nursing must integrate the elements of nursing‚ the individual‚ the environment‚ health‚ and illness. Throughout this paper
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Nursing theorist Virginia Henderson‚ RN was a visionary‚ well ahead of her time in terms of her vision for the present and future of nursing. The major concept of her Definition of Nursing theory addresses the role of healthy independence for a nurse in addressing the holistic needs of a patient who is unable to self care‚ and therefore cannot attain independence due to knowledge deficit or debility or decreased will. The nurse practically fulfills the 14 basic needs in ways that are patient centered
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The elements of the nursing knowledge sums up what nursing is all about. Right from its inception through Florence Nightgale’s work‚ nursing has approached patient care with a holistic ideology. It was not surprising to come across the metaparadigm of the nursing knowledge including‚ the person‚ health‚ environment‚ and nursing practice. The metaparadigm share light of the ideology of nursing. With that said‚ it is essential we produce more research work and come-up with knowledge unique to the profession
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The Application of Humanistic Nursing in Patient With Asthma Nurses dedicated themselves in caring others therefore biases and personal prejudice is put aside in order to care to every client. Knowing the person intuitively and scientifically helps the nurse synthesize the most appropriate intervention. In the case study‚ the Theory of Humanistic Nursing by Patterson and Zderald serves as the framework in caring for the patient with asthma. Nurse knowing the other “Intuitively” The nurse must know
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Mentoring has been established in a variety of fields for many years. Within nursing‚ the term ‘mentor’ denotes “A nurse‚ midwife or specialist community public health nurse who facilitates learning and supervises and assesses students in a practice setting”‚ (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2005). The essay will explore the role of the mentor in the field of nursing‚ with personal reflection on the authors experience as a mentor in my current role as a community mental health nurse (CMHN)
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A theory is a vital basis of every nursing endeavor. It can possibly explain the sense of every nursing action in the field. Without such‚ the practice of the profession will lack sense and deeper meaning. All throughout the history of nursing‚ it became a foundation that governs nurses in performing their duties. Like the theory of Nightingale which guided nurses during the Crimean War when Florence‚ along with other trained nurses took care of the soldiers who were injured by attending to their
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Pocholo N. Isidro R.N. Philippine Women’s University‚ Master of Arts in Nursing Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice – Module 3 A. What are the 5 types of concepts and its characteristics? Give an example of each type. 1. Primitive Concepts are those that have a culturally shared meaning (Walker and Avant‚ 2005 as cited by Peterson and Bredow‚ 2009) or are those that are introduced as new in the theory (Meleis‚ 1997 as cited by Peterson and Bredow‚ 2009). For instance‚ in culturally
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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Patricia Benner (1984) applied the Dreyfus model to nursing and formulated a framework that traced the development of nursing skill and expertise from novice to expert practitioner. She trusted on the theory of Heidegger (1962) to discuss the role of experience in redefining perceptions. The newly qualified nurses may not have adequate of experience working with psychiatric patients. Rohde (1966) described Heidegger’s depiction of the process of perception formation thus:
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC‚ 2008) highlight that the care of patients must be a priority and to treat them as individuals. In order to achieve this nurses must use a systematic technique known as the nursing process when planning and delivering care. It originated in the USA and was introduced the UK in the 1970’s in an attempt to move nursing away from traditional and task oriented care‚ to more evidence based and holistic approach to care (Castledine‚ 2011). It was clearly defined in
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Brenner’s theory “From novice to expert” identifies that nursing knowledge is developed through clinical experiences. Mirroring the Dreyfus model of Skill Acquisition‚ her theory’s focuses on “knowing that” not on “knowing how”. Brenner believed that a nurse could learn the skills of caring for patients without learning nursing theories. However‚ theories develop out of practices and practice is expanded by theories (Alligood‚ 2014) “From novice to expect” consist of five levels of nursing that transforms
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