I chose nursing as my profession because I truly believe that the desire to help people through nursing is calling. Nursing is an honorable career which I don’t treat as just a job to earn a paycheck. Nursing is a discipline of knowledge acquired through formal education and life experiences. The combination of these continues to alter and refine my nursing. My roles outside of nursing enhance my personal knowledge which I bring to my professional life. These life experiences expose me to many
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My philosophy of nursing is to provide safe and competent patient care while also being compassionate‚ caring‚ and nonjudgmental when providing care to my patients. I live by the phrase; treat others‚ as you want to be treated. I treat my patient as someone’s loved one‚ significant other‚ child‚ mother or father‚ not just a room number. I believe each patient should be treated equally and respectfully regardless of his or her race‚ sex‚ age‚ financial status‚ religion‚ values or beliefs. The core
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1. What is it that helped you to know that nursing was your calling – your gift? How do you see your work? Recently‚ I wrote a short statement for the Sigma Theta Tau induction referring to nursing as a vocation. I wrote‚ “Once my grandmother told me that nursing is a vocation because the presence of God himself is in each of the patients I meet on my way. Helping others has always been my passion and I will be doing this my whole life as a future nurse.” Now more than ever‚ I can say faithfully
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My Philosophy of Nursing I am a forty-one year old wife and mother of one twelve year old daughter. I have been a nurse for eighteen years‚ thirteen of which have been in Oncology. My first job as a nurse was at a nursing home. I knew I did not want to be there long term as my goal was to be an Oncology nurse. I am not sure why I wanted to be an Oncology nurse as I did not have a close family member or friend that had suffered from Cancer‚ but I knew that is what I wanted to do. I got hired on
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as my strengths and weaknesses are concern‚ I would like to express that my strength is that every time when I feel that my intuition will prevail when I have to make some clinical decisions in nursing‚ I simply transfer to another unit/another specialty and learn all over using my analytical skills. In another words‚ I prefer to be in stop and think mode versus comfortably numb mode. I am very patient-oriented and I listen. I also love to incorporate theory of caring as a whole in my nursing care
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My daddy served in the Navy during WWII. When the war was over he returned to states and was immediately hospitalized. He was so young and had experienced things he never wanted to think about again. However‚ he always complimented the nurses that took care of him. They helped heal his body‚ but more importantly they helped to heal his spirit and soul. I cannot count the times he said‚ “I want one of you girls to be a nurse‚” and I knew it was going to be me. What do I believe about myself
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229). Nursing for me‚ is a calling and caring passion of lifelong learning that‚ aims to support persons holistically with health and illness situations‚ promote healing environments‚ and assist in health promotion and disease prevention. Nursing involves formal education with complex substantive content reflecting a variety of disciplines‚ yet integrated into an approach to health and illness situations that represents the special influence of nursing; arriving at this point in nursing education
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I could hear my heart beating frantically in my chest‚ as I unsuccessfully tried to control it by utilizing so called deep breathing exercises. Leah Hoag‚ a stern looking lady called out from behind the large conference doors. I looked at my bag of supplies and walked in. With the skill round of the clinical nursing competition I was about to walk into Forever fortifying my love for the nursing profession. After months of studying‚ practicing common nursing skills that some might view as boring
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is possible. It is that heart and spirit that drives my philosophy of nursing. Mother Theresa once said‚ “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop” (Catholic Online‚ n.d.‚ p. 1). Even when we think that our efforts do not make a difference‚ it is important to remember that it is not how much we do‚ but the heart‚
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My desire to embark on a nursing course started when my grandfather was admitted in a hospital. I was delighted by the service he had received and the nurses were extremely caring. This is when I thought to myself‚ this is the profession I would thrive in as I love to help people and look after them. I took part in many activities and work experiences‚ in order for me to be certain that this was the right career choice for me. I enjoy talking to and caring for residents and developing relationships
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