Jean Watson was born in West Virginia US. She attained her BSN in Nursing in 1964 from the University of Colorado, MS in 1966 and her Ph.D. in 1973 also from University of Colorado, MS. Jean Watson is the Dean of Nursing at the University Health Sciences Center and President of the National League for Nursing. She has a Ph.D. in educational psychology and counseling with research centered in the area of human caring and loss. Jean Watson’s first book, “Nursing: the philosophy and science of caring”, was published in 1979 where she presented the Theory of Human Caring. Jean Watson published the theory of caring in 1988 named “nursing: human science and human care.” She was the founder of the in human caring which revolves around 10 Carative Factors that are essential for nursing and caring (Alligood 2010).
Personal Philosophy of Nursing As a Registered Nurse and a Health Care Provide, I impact and influence patients and the people around me. It is important to know what your philosophy is and how you integrate that into how you care for and work with people. In my paper, I want to write about why I became a nurse, what I believe about nursing and where I think the profession is headed. Choice of Nursing I worked in health care for several years prior to becoming a nurse. My first health care job was as a pharmacy tech in a retail pharmacy.
I will use reflection to compare my findings to how literature states it should be done. I plan to show an understanding of holistic care and how it is used in each stage of the nursing process. Holistic care is an approach to healthcare which treats the individual as a whole person in relation to their needs (Hinchliff et al, 1998). In order to maintain confidentiality I have provided my client with a pseudonym (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2002). I based this assignment on Mary, who is a 72 year old lady and suffers with osteoarthritis which is a degenerative disorder in bone and cartilage (Hinchliff et al, 1996).
Ms Orem began her career with a nursing diploma from the Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington D.C. sometime in the 1930’s. Ms Orem continued her education until she received her Master’s Degree in 1945. During this time she worked in the operating room, emergency room, private duty setting, pediatric and medical nursing units and eventually became a director. She became interested in improving the quality of nursing in general hospitals in her state and subsequently became a consultant to the office of education and it was during this time period that she developed and published Orem’s Self Care Deficit Theory for the first time in the “Guides for Developing Curricula for the Education of Practical Nurses”. In 1976 she received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Georgetown University.
Insight and knowledge is required in nursing. In this assignment, I describe my beliefs about nursing, with reference to my textbook, Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is not (Nightingale, 1860/1969). I will explain the purpose for writing the book, the concepts and issues I attempted to articulate, and their importance to nursing past and present. I will begin by discussing my background and qualifications, and the assumptions and recommendations I made in the book. I wrote this book after reflecting on my professional and personal experiences and my lifelong commitment to the nursing profession, in which I wanted to organise and improve the delivery of nursing care.
Susanne Elduayen’s Personal Philosophy of Nursing Submitted by Susanne Elduayen, RN The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N3645 Transition to Professional Nursing Jeanean Boyd, MSN, RN Angie Miller RN RSCN BA MSN September 6, 2014 Introduction When I was young, all I ever wanted to be was a nurse and it took me a lot of different jobs to get to where I am today. My personal philosophy has always been to treat people with compassion, respect and honesty. I continue to build and develop my own philosophy on these core beliefs. I will discuss my own personal nursing philosophy in further detail throughout this paper. When I look back over my past 20 years of nursing, I realize that I have touched the lives of many different people.
I can accomplish this by going to classes, completing online continuing education courses or even attending rounds with physicians. Provision six states that a nurse must improve his/her healthcare environments and conditions of employment (Martha D.M. Fowler, 2010). I can accomplish this by volunteering to be in a leadership role within my own department, participating in hospital wide committees, etc. In some states this can also be accomplished by joining a nursing union.
My personal belief is that what you give to your patients will come back to you. It has guided me to do my best in my everyday job and duties as a nurse. As a nurse caring for, not only sick patients, but also fellow people, coworkers, new graduates, and agency nurses who have never worked in the units before. I help them to familiarize their environment by
Jennifer Renee’ Long Week 2 – Nursing Theory Assignment Chamberlain College of Nursing NR501 – Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice Professor Kadriyya Clark Fall Semester 2013 Nurses need knowledge in order to practice. In 1978, Carper described the four distinct patterns of nursing knowledge in the areas of art, personal-knowing, science, and ethics. This knowledge is organized into nursing theories and general laws in order to describe, explain, and/or predict the phenomena of interest to nursing (Bredow & Peterson, 2009). Theory is fundamental to nursing and is an essential component to the profession. Nursing theory applies conceptual frameworks to guide practice through predicting and describing specific behavior.
Lastly, a reflection of findings will be discussed as to how nurses could contribute the information from the two interviews into their own professional growth and development. The first interview question pertained to the interviewee’s role in their current position and their educational preparation. The CRNA interviewed had an extensive emergency and critical care background, which applies greatly to his position today as he works in several areas, including the ICU, of the hospital where he is employed. The nurse educator was previously a nurse practitioner in a family practice office where she learned the patient teaching aspect that transitioned into her educational role today. Each interview participant explained the unique contributions they each made as nurses and brought to their interdisciplinary team.