Write a nursing philosophy that clearly reflects your personal philosophy of nursing
Preparing for this assignment:
Hood, 2022, pp.73-76 (Table on p. 75 may be very helpful in completing this assignment).
As you prepare to write your philosophy of nursing, reflect on the following: What is important in your practice of nursing? What are your values, beliefs, and assumptions about nursing as science and art?
This paper should reflect your experience in practice and your particular area of practice.
For example:
Hospice Nurses: What is your philosophy regarding the care of people at the end of life?
Mental Health Nurses: what is your philosophy of mental health nursing?
Pediatric Nurses: what is your philosophy regarding the nursing care of children?
Medical Nurses- what are your views about chronic illness? and so on…
Assignment:
Identify and examine your own definition of nursing’s meta-paradigms: nursing, person, health, and environment (See examples in the RN to BSN Handbook and in Hood 2022, p.160).
Identify and discuss one other concept that you believe should be a part of nursing's meta-paradigm (e.g. social justice, caring, technology, complexity, spirituality, culture, interdisciplinary practice, sustainability of resources, efficiency, safety… you may use another concept, if it better complements your philosophical perspective).
Discuss how your definition of the meta-paradigm concepts influence how you understand and accomplish your work as a nurse.
Integrate a minimum of two examples from professional experience into your paper that capture the essence of your philosophy.
Parts of this paper can be written in the 'first person' since it is your personal philosophy of nursing. However, when you are defining and discussing the meta-paradigms, avoid using the first person. (See the Philosophy of Nursing in the RN to BSN Handbook for an example of how to write these sections in a more academic tone or third-person.)
Use a minimum of one support citation from the module readings and two support citations from current (within the last five years), peer-reviewed NURSING literature.