Personal Nursing Philosophy

Everyone is different in learning, living, and working. I think it is better to articulate the Personal Philosophy of Nursing in to practice because it is unique direction for each nurse depends on where he or she works. Every workplace setting needs different skills and critical thinking to make decisions, so the nurses can use their philosophy to guide their own choices. I also believe that by applying Personal Philosophy of Nursing can help the nurses more understanding about their patients, what they need to do to promote healthier working setting, and practice effectively to promote better patients’ care. Personal Philosophy of Nursing and professional practice are both important; they support and rely on each other. Philosophy and professional …show more content…
To ask family members to decide for the patients’ treatments plan, I have to ask the husband, or the sons if patient is female. In Hispanic tradition the male is usually make the decision for the whole family. I try my best to delivery caring more suitable to the patients’ culture cause “ the provision of nursing care that is culture specific in order to either promote health or to assist individual face sickness or death in “ culture meaningful ways”” (Masters, 2017, p.70). Culture is very important to a person. It can tell a lot about someone’s personality. Culture never can be separate in patients’ planning of care. So whenever I have a new patient, I always assess his or her cultural values. Bases on that, I then plan the care for the patient while he or she is at the hospital. I also change the bed, assist the patient for daily tasks like providing mouthwash, toothpaste, or shampoo, new gowns, etc…I believe if the nurse can manage the environment it can help the patients’ recovery faster (Masters, 2017, p.51). Besides that, teaching patient and family about new medication or new diagnosis is also nurse’s responsibility “ nurses should be involved in health promotion and health teaching with the sick and with those who were well” (Masters, 2017, p.52). I make sure that patients or family members can read back or answer my questions about what I recently taught them for all time before I discharge patients from the

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