(According to University of Phoenix Week Two Supplement (2006), Developmental Historical of Nursing Timeline) 1961, 1990 – Ida Jean Orlando – Yale graduate who became a faculty member – Focus on relationship between the nurse and patient. (According to University of Phoenix Week Two Supplement (2006), Developmental Historical of Nursing Timeline) 1964, 1969 – Ernestine Wiedenbach – Yale graduate who became a faculty member- Focus on relationship between nurse and patient. (According to University of Phoenix Week Two Supplement (2006), Developmental Historical of Nursing Timeline) 1967 – Dickoff, James (Yale philosophers) and Wiedenbach( Yale nurse) all presented a definition of nursing theory and goals for theory development in nursing and it was published in Nursing Research. (According to University of Phoenix
The core concept of nursing is the diversity in healthcare settings dealt with the disparity between theorist of Florence Nothingale and Jean Watson. Florence Nothingale environment theory and metaparadigms will help establish the criteria which identify where and when nurse apply the core concept of nursing practice on a daily basis. Jean Watson theory is the philosophy and science of caring which is interrelated theories of Florence nightingale concepts. To understand these theory we have to understand the core concept of knowledge that will establish the path of explanations and give the meaning of a phenomena of nursing practice. These nursing practices must base on nursing theories we are using in the clinical setting of practice.
Nursing philosophy “identifies what is believed to be the basic or central phenomena of the discipline, relates nursing to a particular world view, and provides some information on how one may come to learn about the world”. (p. 13, Salsberry, 2008). My personal philosophy of nursing evolved over the years and includes my observations, beliefs, thoughts, and practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss my personal philosophy of nursing and the personal and professional experiences that have contributed to the development of my view of nursing. Nineteen ninety-four was a significant year for me; it was the year I began volunteering at the local children's hospital.
Sometimes patient’s neurological deficits get resolved after a few hours or days and that calls for change of treatment plan. How do I know the nursing intervention to perform on stroke patients? It’s through empirical knowing. Empirical knowing is the ‘science’ of nursing, it can be systematically organized into general laws and theories that are used to describe, explain, and predict (Carper, 1978).Empirical knowing is knowledge obtained from school lectures, text books and journals. Empirical knowing focuses on evidenced based practice which leads to effective nursing practice.
Also, in part one; I have explored how the nurse- patient relationship concept has been conceptualised by theorists, such as Richard McMahon (1998) and Hildegard Peplau (1988). In the second part of this essay, I have described an incident which occurred during my first clinical placement, which I believe demonstrates a beneficial nurse-patient relationship. In the third part of this essay I have indentified three key aspects of the incident, and I have discussed how these can be related to particular theorists’ conceptualisations of the nurse-patient relationship. In the fourth part of this essay I have discussed how, I believe concepts, and theories might be used to explain nursing practice, and to justify nursing interventions. In the essay’s conclusion, I have identified the most significant new learning I have gained from producing this essay and the implications that learning might have for my future practice.
Watson developed her theory influence by the Eastern culture, international travels, and experiences obtained from her sabbatical leaves. Caring theory, which has been developing over the years, serves as a guideline to educate nurses how to apply the theory in nursing practice. Later, Watson expanded her theory publishing her book Nursing: Human Science and Human Care to Human Caring Science: A Theory of Nursing. Watson’s job evolves “framing and naming caring science as the disciplinary foundation for nursing profession” (Watson, 2012, p. ix-xi). This theory has been used to help the new generation of nurses to view the human being as a whole with a connection between body, mind, spirit and the environment, understand transpersonal relationship, and create caring moments in nursing practice to improve patient care to obtain positive outcomes.
Instead, Roper pointed out they should be viewed "As a cognitive way to the assessment and care of the patient, not on paper as a checklist, but in the nurse's approach to and system of her care." So, nurses intensify their understanding of the model and its application. In additional of that, nursing is a profession that relying on correspondence, rooted in the organic dependency of the individual human being in relationship with other human being such as human interactions. As the unique function of nursing, it includes autonomous and collaborative care of clients of all ages, families, ethics and communities, sick or well and in
The five phase nursing process is a cyclical process which allows nurses to recognise the patient’s nursing diagnosis in order to plot appropriate care. These phases involve assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation (ADPIE). The assessment phase forms the foundation for appropriate diagnosis, planning and intervention (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014 p. 3). Evaluation of nursing care allows for reassessments, restructuring of priorities and continuing review of care plan if the needs of the patient are not met (Davies and Janosik, 1991 p99; Brooker and Waugh, 2013 p304). Nurses need to be able to document a complete, systematic, and precise
• Critical thinking is defined as the ability to problem solve, to reason logically, analyse information and to form conclusions (Girot 2000). • Crisp and Taylor (2005) describe critical thinking as it being an active, organised, cognitive process, that a person uses to examine their way of thinking and the way others think. • There are four components to critical thinking: identify assumptions, promote context, imagine and explore alternatives and reflective scepticism (Simpson & Courtney 2002). History of Training • History of nurses training. In the later half of the nineteenth century nurses undertook their training in hospital and their skills were judged on their qualities rather than their knowledge (Daly et al 2006).
nRunning head: NURSING THEORY 1 Nursing Theory Akwasi Agyemang Chamberlain College of Nursing NR501: Theoretical Basis For Advanced Nursing Practice May 2015 NURSING THEORY Nurses can use nursing theory as tool to help guide their practice. I personally define nursing theory as the mechanism that guide nurses and provide explanation to nursing interventions. It is defined by Croyle (2012) as an organized and systematic articulation of a set of statements related to questions in the discipline of nursing. The theories guide nursing practice and provide a foundation for clinical decision making. In the past, nurses were seen as assistive personnels and were often described as handmaiden to physician (Croyle, 2012).