The way that we choose to interact with people says a lot about us. We have learned that human beings have been created in the image of God. Genesis 1:26-27 tells us that in a very clear manner. Every single one of us is made in the image of God, and we are all created equally. How we treat others can show a direct correlation to how we value God. Believing that all humans are created in God’s image is helpful in the career field of nursing. As a bedside nurse you are constantly interacting with people. One big thing while you are a patient is the issue of dignity. Being sick, a lot of times you are unable to perform activities of daily living on your own, and have to rely on someone else to help you do the things that you are used to doing independently. I am a Registered Nurse on a floor that has a lot of stroke patients, and there are plenty of times …show more content…
There are times when people are hard to deal with and are not concerned with anything rather than the issue that they are dealing with at that exact moment. I believe that this is where self and social awareness come into play. I will admit to having moments where I wanted to avoid going into a certain patient’s room altogether, but when I stop and think that we are all God’s children, all created in his likeness, I am able to hold it together. Our worth as human beings, is directly related to our Creator. And I know that the value of our God is unmeasurable, so if we are made to be like him, we must be pretty great too. When people become stressed, sick, emotional, etc. it can alter our behavior. When you work in the public and deal with people daily, it is important to remember that we never know what someone else is dealing with. We must treat everyone with the love and kindness that we would want shown to us. Not everyone follows this golden rule, but I really do try to keep it in mind every single
Self-awareness enhances a therapeutic environment in the nursing practice (Rasheed, 2015). Nurses have taken an oath of treating all patients equally and with respect. In an article by Guadalupe R. Palos (2014) the writer emphasizes, “The most competent nurses are those who can appreciate the value…between the science and the art of nursing” (p. 248). Nurses must appreciate and find balance between the two phenomenon’s which drive the practice. As nursing professionals serving patients with respect and looking pass explicit or implicit biases will indeed create and environment for better health
The role of relationship you have with other people often has direct influence on the individual choices and belief in the life. In the short story “on the rainy river”, the author Tim O’Brien inform us about his experiences and how his interacted with a single person had effected his life so could understand himself. It is hard for anyone to be dependent on just his believes and own personal experience, when there are so many people with different belief to influence you choices and have the right choices for you self. Occasionally taking experience and knowledge of other people to help you understand and build from them your own identity and choices in life.
The fundamental assumptions of the theory are that to be human is to be caring, and the purpose of the nursing profession is to come to know persons and to nurture them as persons living caring and growing in caring (Alligood 2014). The assumptions give way to the concept of respect for persons as caring individuals and respect for what matters to them; respect is the starting place for all nursing caring activities (Alligood 2014).
I have had a pleasure of meeting people in the nursing profession, not a parent or a relative but someone that impacted my life in a different way. Someone that 's helped me before they even knew who I was. A nurse steps up to help anyone before they even know who the truly are. Good personality or not nurses believe everyone deserves an equal amount of help. Sometimes nurses help in emergency situations, or casual checkups. My desire to become a nurse was to help people in need, and maybe they will help me in some way as well. Nursing can be a really rewarding job because it might not seem like a nurse does a whole lot but it can affect someone 's life in the smallest way. A four year bachelors of nursing degree is required to get a job as a nurse ("Requirements to Be a Nurse in the
My philosophy of nursing focuses on making sure that nurses provide patient-centered care and to make patients feel like they are genuinely being cared for. Nurses must be guided by altruism. Nursing health care policies are rooted in the principle of altruism and nurses who take the initiative to take patients concerns seriously and show interest in their well-being, will only continue to grow and have satisfactory results. Watson viewed the individual as mind-body-soul and also, that there should be an internal balance between health and harmony (Zerwekh & Zerwekh Garneau, 2015). This is similar to how me and Watson see an individual because if a patient is not good in health, he or she will not be in harmony with oneself or others. There will not be an equilibrium with mind, body and soul, causing illness, depression and
I am grateful to be at an institution of higher learning that understands and respects faith. My philosophy of nursing cannot be explained without God and Jesus. They are a part of each one of us. The reason that someone goes into a healthcare professional is usually to favorably treat a patient’s health. Spirituality of mind and body cannot be separated completely in my nursing philosophy. In this vein, nursing cannot be wholly separated from faith.
Seeing as how we are all God’s children, made in His image, it is important to understand the necessity to love and respect one another while glorifying Him in the process.
This research paper is about nursing. Throughout this paper many questions will be answered pertaining to nursing such as the academic requirements, employment opportunities and outlook, salary, and its benefit to society. When thinking of your dream job it is important to think about how sustainable it is. This will be another very important question that will be answered.
Out of all the careers, nursing is in the top fifty well-known careers. For everyone going into a nursing major, within six months of graduating they have a job. Being a nurse is a career with high expectations. Also when looking into a nursing career there will always be a job. Due to the responsibilities that come with the job choice, take into consideration the history, skills and education, and the positive and negative aspects of this profession.
The concept of person needs to be explored to go into further depth with the remaining concepts of the metaparadigm of nursing. Person refers to the person undergoing nursing care which includes individuals, families, groups, and communities (MacIntyre & McDonald, 2014, p.63). It is evident that each person may be unique with different biological, psychological, social, and spiritual depth (Thorne, 2010, p.66). Therefore, it is necessary for nurses to realize that each person at the centre of any nursing care will experience different feelings in regards to their body as a whole. The theorist, Parse, defines the concept of person as being “linked to an unfolding process, the relating of value priorities, meaning, and quality of life” (Wu, 2008, p.6). Also those human beings are free and choose in situations that arise from personal experience and becoming with the universe (Thorne, 2010, p.71). The nurses’ role in regards to this theory is to act encourage individuals in their human becoming process. Wu (2008) looks at the p...
“Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken’, said Myrtle Aydelott (Hammarskjold, 2000). Nurses have our patients trust with their lives every day. These patients have needs that must be understood and met, whether; physical, psychological, or emotional. Nurses must provide nonjudgmental care to those in need, regardless of culture, religion, lifestyle choices, financial status, or hues of the human race. To quote Jean Watson, nursing theorist, “I am here to care for others, regardless of where they came from” (Hammarskjold, 2000). I believe that the nursing profession chose me because I have always had a calling to help those in need. Nursing
Although a values set which includes love, honesty, goodness, kindness, self-control, and peace seem non-controversial, identifying those values with Christianity makes them controversial. It is important professionally to be sensitive to others, colleagues or patients, while not compromising one’s own values and creating distress. Recognizing that I personally and professionally provide an example of standards valuable to the nursing profession is important on this journey to advanced practice nursing. I do enjoy the time that I spend with those who believe and behave similar to me, but I also enjoy providing compassion and kindness to those who believe and behave differently, whether those differences are based on culture, religion, age, or life
My mission of being a nurse is to provide a non-judgmental care to all those in need regardless of race, spiritual beliefs, color, life style choices, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, financial status and disability. The aspects of my nursing philosophy and the belief/value system include knowledge, time management, compassion, caring, advocacy, respect, honesty and patient privacy. I believe every patient is
According to Kristen Swanson’s theory of caring, caring consists of Knowing, Being with, Doing for, Enabling, and maintaining belief. She believes that the environment and what is in the environment can affect people, either positively or negatively. As a nursing student, I possess the qualities of enabling, doing for, and being with. These qualities are implanted in me via my upbringing, culture, religious belief, and life experience/encounters(my environment). “Enabling” is the nurses’ responsibility to help the make a transition into the unknown.
Nursing is not just a career it’s a very board profession. In nursing there are many job opportunities. There are different types of nursing jobs that a person can do depending on the specialty that he/she feel comfortable with. Patients come to the hospital for help and they are trusting us to help them feel better and heal them. In healthcare things changes every day so it’s our job to find out what’s different from today and tomorrow to give our patients the best treatment possible. Nursing is more than just passing out medications. We come in the field because we are very compassionate and want to heal the sick. Nursing is more than just the ears and eyes for the physician. While in the care of the nurses they make sure their patients are well taken care of and if something is wrong they know how to fix it without calling a doctor.