Personal Philosophy of Nursing
Personal Philosophy of Nursing
Personal Philosophy of Nursing
My choice of nursing theory for this week’s post embodies a significant amount of my personal view of the nursing profession. Nursing is the profession that entails the embodiment of learning, caring, and delivering compassionate care to patients and their families. It is a profession that requires self-sacrifice and lifelong dedication to learning and impacting lives. Nursing is a hard yet rewarding profession. On many occasion nurses are called to care for patients young and old, rich, and poor, and of varying backgrounds, day and night, through difficult time like the one (COVID-19) we are currently going through now. Sacrificing and risking our lives in the front line caring and helping those with disease get through the difficulties of illness. It takes more than a mere desire to maintain compassionate nursing care through the challenges nurses face.
I believe that I possess those essential qualities a nurse must have and much more to excel as a nurse. Some of the skills like being self-driven, hardworking, compassionate, and being detail oriented, have I developed over the years through my innate dedication to positively impact lives. I intend to continue to grow and develop through education, practice, and research so I can become a better nurse and thus continue to impact the nursing profession positively, whether by training younger generation of nurses, and/or directly impacting healthcare policy and service through volunteering and advocatory services. However, as I continue to grow as a nurse, I will ensure to make a positive impact on at least one patient/family member/colleague every day by taking actions however minuscule it may be to help them move closer to their healthy state-of-mind goal. I particularly value nursing as an advocate of health and wellness for the patient’s they serve. It means the most to me as a nurse. Many occasions over the years as a nurse, I have had to advocate for my patient’s, helping them attain a better health outcome. It always brings me great joy to see the impact it has on my patient and the verifiable benefits they gained from my advocacy. It is one of the major reasons I have fell in love with the nursing profession.
