Nursing Theorist Grid Use grid below to complete the Week 4-Nursing Theorists assignment. Please see the “Nursing Theorists’ Grading Criteria” document, located on the Materials page of the student Web site. Name: Lissette Adams Theorist Selected: Dorothea Orem Description of Theory: Dorothea Orem was a nursing theorist. She created “Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory”, which is also known as Orem Model of Nursing. Her main purpose of her theory stated, nurses have to care for patients who are not able to take care of themselves.
Fairman (2011) claims that she used the visit as the unit of analysis because it is known to be “flexible” and exemplifies “how nurses’ clinical practice changes over time and location” (p. 190). Fairman shares personal stories from nurse practitioners to demonstrate how nurses and physicians learned to work collaboratively by first establishing trust. Those personal stories show progressive gain of independence. By collaboratively working with physicians, nurse practitioner
Discourse Community Not just anyone can belong to the discourse community of Nursing. It takes the dedication and passion of the profession to endure the career. Enough passion to want to make a change in the healthcare industry as well as in the lives of the patients. In the Registered Nurse Discourse Community it is vital to comprehend and utilize the resources to keep and maintain the highest quality level of patient care through the communication skills, the reading to stay knowledgeable, and the research that is studied in this field. A discourse community is a community of people that relate to one another in one specific area.
Florence believed it was the nurse’s job to put the patient in the best possible condition for healing, I believe this to be true as well, but do not feel it is a job just for the nurse. We have so many more professional types that specialize in various areas that I feel it is the “teams” job to put the person in the best possible condition for healing. Florence believed in community health nursing and working with the government. I believe this to be a part of the nurse’s job as well. In my definition I also stated to empathize with the patient and to listen to the patient.
The bedside nurse is a respected member of the interdisciplinary team. Together with the care team, the ability of building a comprehensive care plan is undeniable. The nurse functions as a liaison between families and physicians, as a teacher for families who are required to care for their child at home, and as a social worker, the nurse, by always being present at the bedside, develops and gains the trust of the patients and their families that may otherwise be lacking with other medical professionals. Therefore bridging the gap overall to allow for effective communication and planning. As part of a nursing leadership team, we have been required to elevate our roles to accommodate the needs of the patients and help with admission and discharge planning.
Critique 1: Qualitative Research Article In the current analysis, Hurst and Koplin-Baucum examine contributing factors that cause work related stress and burnout in nurses, as well as identifying some of the behaviors seen in those who manage work stressors well. The ability to withstand extreme stress and burnout is often an attribute seen in nurses who work in demanding areas of health care. Hurst and Koplin-Baucum have studied these attributes in a small group of nurses working in an ICU, in a tertiary care setting and feel that they have identified some special coping mechanisms that these nurses possess. The study was a descriptive qualitative pilot study that consisted of nineteen nurses in an ICU setting, who had ten or more years of intensive care experience. Title The title of this study, “A Pilot Qualitative Study Relating to Hardiness in ICU Nurses” does not give a clear indication of what details will be reviewed.
Though nurses generally align themselves with a favorite nursing theorist to form their approach to practice, many concepts are based on the basic metaparadigm of nursing: person, environment, health, and nurse. It is difficult to only utilize one theory as the practice of nursing addresses many different clients, environments and situations. I plan to utilize multiple nursing theories throughout the educational and professional growth process while pursuing a graduate degree: McAuley’s careful nursing philosophy, and professional practice model, Benner’s model of skill acquisition, and Leininger’s culture-care theory. Multiple nursing theorists, as well as those from other disciplines have attempted to define person, health, and environment. These concepts form the foundation, along with the concept of nursing as practice, the basic metaparadigm, or ideology of nursing.
Watson’s theory of caring is the blueprint nurses use to care for their patients, family members and themselves within their scope of practice. Watson’s theory of caring is based on ten caritas to aid the nurses in developing a trusting relationship with their patients. Watson’s ten carative factors are: (1) humanistic-altruistic system of values, (2) faith and hope, (3) sensitivity to self and others, (4) helping-trusting, human care relationship, (5) expressing positive and negative feelings, (6) creative problem-solving caring process, (7) transpersonal teaching-learning, (8) supportive, protective, and /or corrective mental, physical, societal, and spiritual environment, (9) human needs assistance, and (10) existential-phenomenological-spiritual forces (Watson, 2007). To further secure our understanding and relationship with the patient we can use our assessment tool analysis to better treat the disease process. Watson encourages nurses to remain caring regardless of the high demands placed on the nurse.
Hence, nurses have the responsibility to advocate patients and help them out. Nurses engaged in professional activities should have the manner that protects patients’ autonomy in order to advocate for patients. According to Mahlin’s article, “Individual Patient Advocacy, Collective Responsibility and Activism Within Professional Nursing Associations”, “Patient autonomy is an essential part of patient advocacy” (Mahlin, 2010). Every patient has the right to choose whether to be involved in planning their health plan or not, because patients have autonomy to make the decision. As nurses, we should seek available resources to help patients to formulate decisions to utilize their rights and achieve their expectations if they confront a dilemma or they have inadequate health knowledge.
Discuss your personal philosophy as a practicing nurse? Provide examples(s) from your experience that demonstrates your use of your philosophy as you care for patients. I will be discussing my own personal nursing philosophy, which is what I believe to be the core characteristics of nursing. My philosophy of nursing focuses on holistic, patient-centered care, compassionate patient relationship, the use of evidence based practice, and community/environment. First, according to McEwen and Willis, holistic nursing is not only concerned with a patient’s physical well being, it is also concerned with a patient’s emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being.