Sulotte Valcin Amilcar RN-BC‚ MSNed My Nursing Philosophy When I was growing up in Haiti‚ I have always had the desire to help‚ care‚ and advocate for others‚ but I never quite had the opportunity to do that until I moved to the United States and I become a nurse. My intuition to become a nurse began in 1992 when my daughter who was born with sickle cell anemia became very ill to the point that she was put on a voluntary comma for about a month. I remember renting the little mermaid movie
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With an increase in the number of premature babies requiring acute hospital care‚ new and experienced nurses are finding more career opportunities in neonatal nursing. Neonatal nurses work in general maternity wards and in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Those caring for premature and critically ill babies spend their shifts diapering and feeding the infants‚ checking vital signs‚ administering medications and tests‚ and teaching families how to care for their children properly. “For
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evolves toward a solution. (George‚ 2011) Peplau later wrote that the nurse-patient relationship consists of three phases‚ orientation phase‚ working phase and termination phase. Here she combined her earlier phases together depending on various nursing roles. Peplau broadly described it as follows: (1) Teacher: one who imparts knowledge concerning a need or interest‚ (2) Resource: one who provides specific‚ needed information that aids in understanding a problem or a new situation‚ (3) Counselor:
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entering the nursing profession has increased word wide‚ (Madoka et al‚ 2006) and most western countries have men working in nursing jobs‚ they usually constitute a minority‚ (Streubert‚ 1994). This imbalance actually was due to historical and cultural rational. For example; Florence Nightingale believed that nursing was a natural extension of women and motherhood‚ and she believed that all women were nurses and men were not capable of being nurses and thus were not allowed to enroll in nursing education
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The word philosophy can be defined in many ways depending on how other view it. To better understand my philosophy in nursing‚ I would like to address my belief in four concepts. By using the four concept it will define what philosophy in nursing means to me. The four concept consist of an individual‚ health‚ environment‚ nursing and how they connect with one another. Environment is defined as “the conditions that surround someone or something: the conditions and influences that affect the
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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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Select two grand nursing theories and discuss how each theorist addresses the metaparadigm for nursing. Discuss briefly the similarities and differences of the two. The nursing metaparadigm consists of the concepts person‚ heath‚ nursing‚ and environment. The purpose of a metaparadigm is to “summarize the intellectual and social missions of the discipline and place boundaries on the subject matter of that discipline” (McEwen & Wills‚ 2014‚ p.41). It is essentially a domain that explains the
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Students in their first semester of year one‚ attached to the ward for 3 weeks. • The skill that will be taught to them will be blood pressure monitoring using a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. • Cork A (2007) suggest that nursing students should be using manual BP monitoring I l practice instead of depending on automated monitors• Learning takes place in surgical ward and hospital’s stimulation lab. • The first debriefing session was conducted in stimulation lab. The
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Empathy is one of the key communication skills used and needed in nursing to give patients the best outcome possible‚ whilst under the duty of care in a hospital. Empathy builds trust and respect between the nurse and patient. To earn the trust and respect of a patient‚ the nurse needs to take a step back and employ active listening (the practice of listening to what has been said and repeating back to show understanding) when communicating with the patient to understand what the patient’s needs
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Definition of Nursing Nursing has been variously defined throughout the ages and it has meant different things to different people thought the ages. Nursing like any other discipline‚ borders on gut feeling and intuition; the nursing profession was not clearly defined during its genesis. As we see today‚ nurses complement the role of the physician in the execution of their medical duties. The nurses therefore follow through in treating a pathological problem. Therefore‚ early physicians must have
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