Nursing is a science and an art (Appleton, 1993). To become a nurse one must gain scientific knowledge and understanding of the human body in order to care for their patients; this is done in the classroom. More importantly though a nurse must possess the ability to care, so they can provide top care for their patients. Clinical settings allow this learning to happen as one gets to experience how important a caring partnership between the patient and nurse is (Finfgeld-Connentt, 2008). A nurse needs to have the ability to skillfully and morally take a course of action to care for their patient, while intertwining a sensitive and intimate connection with them (Finfgeld-Connett, 2008). When this is achieved both the patient and nurse will feel …show more content…
Nurses should possess all of these behaviors and more when working with a patient, therefore caring in nursing practice is a top priority. As a nurse, one should be focused on the patient and helping them reach a level of harmony, they cannot be treated as objects (Arslan-Ozkan, 2013). The patient is the central factor in caring, and should be treated with integrity. A holistic, humanistic view of treating the patient should be taken (Appleton, 1993). Forming an intimate and mutually respectful relationship with your patient will put them at ease and allow you to provide them with the best care. There is an art to caring that should be applied to nursing where one uses scientific knowledge and their values as a caring human and accommodates care to meet a patients needs (Finfgeld-Connett, …show more content…
The nurse can now empathize with the patient and gain an understanding of their experience; enabling the nurse to individualize a care plan for their patient (Appleton, 1993). With trust in the nurse the patient believes the nurse has their best interest at heart and will be open to information they are given. Also the nurse believes in the patient and that they will take the information given and commit to making him or herself better (Appleton, 1993). In order for the patient-nurse relationship to reach this level the nurse must put in the time to get to know the patient and give their best when they are with the patient (Appleton, 1993). This shows the patient that as a nurse you truly care for their
As a nurse, it is important to address the needs of a patient during care. These needs are unique to each individual and personalizing it, enable the patients to feel truly cared about. It is important to be educated about these needs as the patients and their families look to you as a guide; therefore, education on things w...
Leo Buscaglia once said, “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” In the field of nursing, this concept could not be illustrated more profoundly. The trait of caring within nursing is arguably the most important trait that a nurse could possess. It can be defined in various ways, but to me, caring is the act of being moved or compelled to action by feelings of compassion, empathy, sympathy, anger, intention, sadness, fear, happiness, protection, enlightenment, or love in light of another human being. There are many aspects to the term “caring”. It is an ever-present shape shifter, swiftly
Caring is the “central theme and core of nursing caring tapestry” (Otterbein University, 2009, p. 2). When developing caring characteristics as a nurse and caring interventions, this in return helps
Every person’s needs must be recognized, respected, and filled if he or she must attain wholeness. The environment must attuned to that wholeness for healing to occur. Healing must be total or holistic if health must be restored or maintained. And a nurse-patient relationship is the very foundation of nursing (Conway et al 2011; Johnson, 2011). The Theory recognizes a person’s needs above all. It sets up the conducive environment to healing. It addresses and works on the restoration and maintenance of total health rather than only specific parts or aspect of the patient’s body or personality. And these are possible only through a positive healing relationship between the patient and the nurse (Conway et al, Johnson).
Caring is the biggest aspect in the nursing field. Aspiring nurses choose to become nurses because they want to care for people in ways that most professions cannot do. Without caring nursing would not be the field it is today. The culture of caring involves intervening programs that help to build caring behaviors among nurses. As nurses become stressed and become down on their life it has shown that caring for oneself before others is key in caring for patients. Lastly, throughout the years many theorists have proven that caring has come from many concepts and ideas that relate directly to ICU nursing.
In addition to the complete blood count the doctor had also ordered new electrolytes to be drawn up that day. Electrolytes are ions that are present in the human body and require a particular balance in order for cells to function normally (Pagana & Pagana, 2010). The electrolytes the doctor ordered included, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, phosphate and magnesium (Pagana & Pagana, 2010). From these findings only sodium, an electrolyte involved in fluid regulation, pH balance and muscle contractions was found to be elevated (Pagana & Pagana, 2010). At five days post-op her sodium level was mildly high at 148mmol/l and on the date of my care it was 150mmol/l, higher than the normal of 137-145mmol/l.
The practice of nursing expands further than fixing medical problems in a patient’s life. While healing plays a large role in nursing some might say caring makes a greater impact. The act of caring is unique to nursing where “caring comes before curing” (Potter 2017). In nursing showing patient’s care is essential to their well-being. It becomes obvious when there is a lack of care and that may hinder healing. Aspects of caring in the scope of the nursing practice include but are not limited to, caring actions, patient advocacy and self-care.
What I learned is that in order to care for a patient a nurse needs to be more concerned about quality of life rather than quality of health. I also learned that in order to develop empathy and a sense of caring for a patient, a nurse should use specific strengths-based qualities while incorporating other skills to understand the patient’s story. This in turn will allow a nurse to establish a plan of care that is different for each patient as well as truly caring about the well being of a
The article was complicated, but it helped address the learning patterns and what a nurse needs to know in their practice to better themselves and provide the best care for a patient. By acknowledging the patient as a person, applying science based practice, using artful skills, and ethically providing care to a patient, the nurse extends their patterns of knowing and forms their knowledge base.
Nurses are an equally important part of each client’s life. Nurses provide stable care to each client, answers their questions, gives medications and treatments, and assists with medical procedures. They also have the responsibility to explain to clients and family members what they should and should not do as they go through treatment and recovery. Nurses must quickly respond to patients needs. Every individual nurse has his or her own unique way of caring. There are so many ways to show caring that the possibilities are never ending. Nurse’s support, comfort, and help allow the patients to recover to the best of their ability. Their experiences in dealing with different patients that have unique situations on a daily basis helps the nurses become better caregivers. Therefore, every nurse is capable of demonstrating care in their respective environments.
Nursing is a medical profession that involves the care and management of patients majorly in the hospital setting. This paper seeks to illustrate the fact that nursing is both a science and an art. Nursing is a science because it involves evidence based practice, education of the public, lifelong learning for the nurse and administrative roles that are allocated to the nurses. Nursing is also an art because nurses depend on intuition, have the capacity to promote positive change, are understanding and culturally sensitive.
“A nurse is never too tired, nor too sick, nor too cold, nor too hungry,” was once said by a nurse in by a nurse in the film, “Sentimental Women Need Not Apply: A History of the American Nurse.” Nursing was just starting off at that time; it has grown greatly and is a consistently growing discipline as well as the struggle to truly understand what nursing is.
Conclusively, caring is an essential pillar in the nursing profession because it provides many aspects on how to interact with patients in regards to culture and believes. Further, communication, critical thinking, professionalism and holism are Conceptual Framework Pillars that are significant in the nursing field to provide an adequate quality care, but caring is a fundamental pillar that is enhanced by interactions with the patients. Finally, caring combines empathy, altruism, integrity, human dignity, autonomy, compassion, sensitivity and safety to provide an outstanding high quality care.
A nurse is obligated to exhibit pristine skills in communication, organization, collaboration, ethics and morals (Bedin, Droz-Mendelzweig, Chappuis 2013). Communication is a key element in patient care and nursing as a result of changes in patient care, transfer of units, and discharge of a patient. The amount of accurate communication is useful in obtaining all information necessary for individualized patient care. Collaboration is a key element in patient care and nursing as a result of identifying obstacles and forming multiple opinions and suggestions in the ways to demonstrate and apply appropriate care. Ethics is a key element in patient care and nursing as a result of a nurse’s approach in determining the right choices in aiding patient care. Morals are a key element in patient care and nursing as a result of nurses actions in decisions between right and wrong. These elements help and maintain the importance of human care in nursing (Bedin, Droz-Mendelzweig, Chappuis 2013).
Caring is a very important component of nursing. Caring is important to nursing because it is a nurse 's job to care for the patient and make sure all is well. If a nurse was not caring, than the patient would not feel safe and not receive the best care possible. Nurses have to use all of the key characteristics mentioned in order to achieve excellent patient