Introduction
Nursing is a profession that unites not only a unique number of skills and amount of knowledge but also develops a worker from the inside, his attitude to human ethics, specialties of care providing. A nursing professional is also a bridge between the patient and the physician making the process of treatment and care holistic. This paper will focus on the personal professional philosophy of a nurse that unites several aspects of the professional career.
Professional Nursing Philosophy
Nursing values are the basement of the practice, underlying the meaning and the purpose of their work. Every individual has his personal values according to the ethnicity, origin, culture, education, and life experiences he has been through. However, the author of the paper tends to believe that nursing unites professionals of various backgrounds and develops similar ethical principles among them. The most central nursing values are the selfless will to help others, or altruism, human dignity, integrity, and justice. These values are essential for nurses as they help them to develop their professional identity and prevent burnout (Schmidt & McArthur, 2017). Having clear values can increase motivation at the working place and help nurses understand the specifics of their profession better.
The attitudes in nursing practice are related to a personal perception of the patient by a healthcare professional. During the cooperation with older adults, nurses need to show patient and calm attitudes, implement knowledge of gerontology and a variety of chronic diseases, propose additional support for daily activities (Rush et al., 2017). Nurse education also helps comprehend the specifics of pharmacological prescriptions, and the ways to manage acute pain syndrome (Samarkandi, 2018). The attitudes to the patient with pain management involve greater amounts of sympathy, understanding, and trying to distinguish the lack of health personnel attention and a true intolerance to pain cure. The major aspect of a nurse’s attitude is to focus not on patient’s care separately but to form the attitude to the patient, cooperate with him, build a connection, understand his major issues. The nurse should try to provide care to the person, not the disease.
To border the nurse’s role in healthcare provision more specifically, it is essential to state that nurses most of all healthcare providers must manage multitasking and time planning. Nurses work with patients, doctors, medical documentation, electronic medical systems, administer medications, constantly monitor patients’ conditions, operate with various medical equipment, provide support and education to patients and their relatives. These were some of the many functions a nurse should manage during one working shift, and only through experience, education, and personal values, high nursing proficiency can be achieved.
Following healthcare consumers’ rights is also important in the daily practice of the nurse professional as it interconnects with the ethical principles and values of the nurse. For instance, every patient is always informed about the confidentiality of the information gathered by medical representatives. Every patient has the right to know details about his diagnosis, diagnostic results, and treatment. Patients are also provided with the right to choose, and nursing professional supports the patient side on most occasions.
Conclusion
Thus, personal professional nursing philosophy unites many aspects such as nurse values, principles, attitudes, skills and actions, and caring about patient’s rights. The philosophy of nursing practice gathers various perceptions, knowledge, skills, personal development as a professional and a human being. A nurse represents sympathy, human dignity, absence of bias, and altruism toward any individual seeking help. It is in the nurse’s power to grow personally and professionally, upgrade skills, and broadcast medical knowledge to become a reliable bridge between a patient and a physician in healthcare.
References
Rush, K. L., Hickey, S., Epp, S., & Janke, R. (2017). Nurses’ attitudes towards older people care: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(23-24), 4105–4116. Web.
Samarkandi, O. A. (2018). Knowledge and attitudes of nurses toward pain management. Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 12(2), 220. Web.
Schmidt, B. J., & McArthur, E. C. (2017). Professional nursing values: A concept analysis. Nursing Forum, 53(1), 69–75. Web.