Theoretical Foundation of Nursing Student’s First Name, Middle Initials, Last Name Institution’s Affiliation Course Number and Name Instructor’s Name and Title Assignment’s Due Date Theoretical Fo
Theoretical Foundation of Nursing
Student’s First Name, Middle Initials, Last Name
Institution’s Affiliation
Course Number and Name
Instructor’s Name and Title
Assignment’s Due Date
Theoretical Foundation of Nursing
Theories lay the foundation of every profession. The primary use of theories in nursing is to equip nursing students with important information about their careers. Equipping students with necessary information is essential since it prevents the students from drawing irrelevant conclusions about the field (Yancey,2019). It ensures that the students or other party interested in the field is equipped with all the basic knowledge about the profession. Theories also introduce nursing students to their future roles and generally what nursing entails.
As an art and science, nursing has played a key role in helping my nursing philosophy unfold. The unfolding of my nursing philosophy has helped me understand that most nursing students take the path due to a passion for helping others. In my perception, it is very clear that nearly all nurses are in love with their jobs since they love the company of many patients and attending to them. It cannot be underestimated that a nurse becomes happy when they see that the patients they are attending to are getting better. That makes nursing both an art and a science.
Numerous factors, including that nursing, have challenged my assumption about providing services to those around us; many nurses are going contrary to this assumption. This makes me understand that for one to provide excellent nursing services, one has to accept it deeply from the heart. The service that a nurse will offer to a patient will be used in judging the nurse's nursing performance. The nursing ethical values are used in monitoring the performance of nurses, and by following them then, one will offer the best nursing services to their patients.
The personal conflict has been a major crisis in my nursing environment. The conflict normally arises due to poor handling of issues with my fellow nurses. Talking rudely to the patient is against the ethical principles that govern nursing. In my case, it was uneasy for me to tolerate a fellow nurse talking and panting loudly to a patient. Serving and nurturing the patients are the fundamental duties of nurses. Mostly, these patients normally are never in their best condition, which is why they require nursing services. A patient can do strange things, but as a nurse, you must accept and understand and try to bring the patient to a normal state without causing any harm. This action affected my relationship with my fellow workmate building a strong bond between the patient and myself. Nursing performance was shaken since my fellow sidelined some patients to me who were a bit complex to handle.
Illustration of my nursing philosophy has been my biggest plan in the nursing field. Personalization with patients has been my biggest duty instead of treating the disease the patient suffers from. This has helped in creating a unique bond with patients. The fact that I come close to the patients makes them feel loved, and as a result, they share their fears with me, making it easy to uproot them. Regardless of their state, the core reason for reaching out to the patients is to make them feel comfortable and confident in themselves (Christopher et al.,2020) . My action has posted numerous positive feedbacks since even the relatives and friends of the patients saw the difference in the patients.
Meta-paradigm nursing is the set of theories that directs how the discipline should function. According to my perspective, the meta-paradigm primarily focuses on the nurse who is the provider of the services. This is vital since the nurse offers great sacrifices to help others. For the nursing discipline, the paradigm consists of several theories whose core agenda addresses the caregiver. The nursing performance is clearly stated in the theories and the type of nursing care they should offer to the patient. This shows that the meta-paradigm focuses on both the internal and external surroundings of the nurses. Articulation of good relationships between the nursing team members is also considered in the paradigm since it will ensure that no personal conflict arises; hence, better health care is provided.
My nursing philosophy has positively changed. The change has helped me understand that nurses can care for the patients and fellow patients can assist each other. This has made me understand that nursing is a joint exercise that requires the participation of all the members involved to be of great help effectively.
In conclusion, all the stakeholders’ should understand that proper nursing care requires enough time. This shows that for one to be perfect in offering the services, the nurse should be fully experienced, and the experience is acquired over time. The nurses should understand their patients to offer the best nursing services and avoid personal conflict. Young nurses should be eager to learn from their experienced nurses without ant fear. This will help them to fully grasp what they learn and implementing them will be less easy. This sharing of ideas will bring new and more advanced skills in the nursing fields hence hence improving the quality of performance. Theories in nursing should not be underrated, for they carry important information based on nursing for the good of both the nurses and patients.
References
Hartson, K. R., Della, L., & King, K. M. A feasibility study of a web-based physical activity program for university students: Final report for Sigma Foundation for Nursing.
Christopher, R., de Tantillo, L., & Watson, J. (2020). Academic caring pedagogy, presence, and Communitas in nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Outlook, 68(6), 822-829.
Yancey, N. R. (2019). Evidence-based practice in nursing for teaching-learning: but is it really nursing?. Nursing science quarterly, 32(1), 25-28.
