Personal Philosophy of Nursing I believe that balance is necessary to living a healthy lifestyle. Fun and pleasure are a necessity of life. When you are living healthy‚ you are building up your immune system‚ strengthening your body and mind‚ fueling yourself with nutrients that will help you to grow and progress‚ and becoming stronger‚ quicker‚ confident‚ conscious‚ and bettering yourself all-around. Personal Philosophy on Personal Health I aim to eat as little processed foods as possible
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Meanings of Nursing According to Alpers‚ Jarrell and Wortring (2013‚) philosophy are sets of basic beliefs‚ moral‚ ethics‚ values‚ principles and attitudes held by a person or a group of people. Philosophy can also be a way of thinking about the world that we live in and asking the why‚ where‚ when‚ who‚ what and how questions (Alpers et al‚ 2013). Literature review explained nursing philosophy as a form of critical thinking that guides the actions and decisions that we make in relation to nursing practice
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Hypothesis: If a patient has more access to his/her health documents‚ then chances of misdiagnosis decreases. In the following article written by the U.S. department of Labor‚ it provided informative material about the profession of nursing. The department of labor (2015) informed specifically on a nurse’s duties‚ environment‚ pay outlook‚ and educational requirements (p. 1). Within the amount of information there was also specific details such as statistics for the career. The passage also delivered
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My Nursing Philosophy My journey as Registered Nurse began almost ten years ago. This was not my first career‚ but I always wanted to help people no matter what my job was. I received my ADN degree in 2007 and began working as a nurse on one of the telemetry units of my hospital. I did not know much if anything about nursing theory at this point. However‚ my internal desire to help is what always pushes me to provide the care that I would want to see any of my family members receive if they
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My philosophy in nursing is the devotion to deliver the utmost personal patient care I am capable of delivering to the ill‚ may it be physically‚ mentally‚ or emotional‚ as well as to the challenged in time of need. In order to define my philosophy of nursing‚ I had to take time out and re-examine my value system‚ and my beliefs. As I think about it I know I am a caring and compassionate nurse. I reminisced back to the late 70 ’s‚ my upbringing in foreign countries and having been exposed to diverse
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information. Currently there is an estimated‚ “80 percent of medical errors are due to communication failure during the handoff process”(Robins & Dai‚ 2015‚ p. 264). The purpose of this quality improvement project is to increase the education of nursing staff in the critical care setting‚ to streamline the delivery of handoffs‚ as well as the implementation of a standardized checklist-based handoff tool that will narrow the gap in communication breaches.
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obvious deficiency in the application of theory in nursing practice. This paper will include a discussion of how nursing practice is affected by the use of nursing theory. I will provide evidence in relation to how theory based practice relates to the core competencies of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project. I will discuss a journal article that reinforces the gap of nursing theory in nursing practice‚ and interview colleagues regarding the
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Nursing has always been a part of my future that was definite. There was never any doubt that “RN” would trail behind my name one day. For a little over a year now‚ I have been able to call myself MA‚ RN‚ BSN. This is an honor and a privilege that I never cease to forget. Every day I go to work knowing that anything is possible and my job is to expect the unexpected. In the short time I have been in this position‚ I have had many unique and eye opening encounters with a cast of characters‚ which
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staff is skilled communicators and where interactions face-to-face open‚ positive and consistent with its skilled and ethical obligations. Achieving a healthy work environment is very important to nursing work (Cornett and O’Rourke‚ 2009; Stichler‚ 2009). According to International Council of Nursing (ICN)‚ Positive practice environment is characterized by safety‚ occupational health‚ and wellness policies that address workplace risks‚ psychological and physical violence‚ discrimination‚ personal
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My Nursing Philosophy Sheryl Aggacid Introduction Establishing my own personal philosophy of nursing was as painful as having my teeth pulled at the dentist. I struggled deciding on what I considered to be my own personal values and beliefs as a nurse. Values & beliefs give meaning to life and are freely chosen ideals held by individuals or groups (Chitty & Black‚ 2011). Teachers have instilled the importance of “patient care” to students over the course of the five months that I have
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