Personal Philosophy of NursingWhat is the philosophy of nursing? Many nursing theorists give different answers to this question, but they all share the concept and main idea of nursing: a philosophy that focuses not on the treatment of an illness but on the totality of the human being. Florence Nightingale focused on the patient's surrounding environment and how this affected their health (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). His discoveries have had an incredible impact on nursing philosophy today. In addition to environmental factors, Betty Neuman believed that nursing should be primarily concerned with appropriate actions in stress-related situations to help patients, their families, and society achieve and sustain well-being (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). Jean Watson's ideas focused first on engaging with oneself in order to engage with others. A nursing philosophy addresses four different meta-paradigm concepts known as client, health, nurse, and environment (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). In the movie Wit, Emma Thompson's character Vivian Bearing was treated like a test subject with no sense of human dignity, respect and decency. The film began with Dr. Kelekian telling Vivian that she had stage four metastatic ovarian cancer and that the treatment involved a vigorous course of therapy. There was no explanation as to what it meant. He simply recounted his diagnosis in medical terms. The human factor was not present at all and the rapid decline in his health was due to a lack of empathy, kindness and humanity. The only character who was on the human side in the hospital, the one who had an understanding of basic human decency and cared about Vivian's condition was Nurse Susie. She was caring, outgoing, provided comfort...... middle of paper...... interacted with my clients/patients. To be able to communicate successfully with patients you need to understand their morals, values, wants and needs. To achieve this you need to actively listen and respect the differences of others. Ethical. Ethics is a term used to describe how you behave towards patients, colleagues and society. Ethical knowledge consists of judgments about what is good, what is right, and what is important. Ethical knowledge guides how people behave in life and work. It helps determine what is most meaningful and what priorities command advocacy. Socio-political. The term socio-political refers to the collaboration of political and social issues, factors or changes. These aspects have a strong influence on our daily lives and shape the world around us. They influence how nursing is perceived and accepted by society.
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