Nursing Theory -- a Patient Centered Approach
In the opinion of this author and from personal experience, nursing has to be patient centered. It is the author's experience in years of working in the field that someone who stays in the profession inevitably must see nursing as not a job, but rather as a vocation or a calling. One must treat it with a reverence. In this way, the nursing professional imbues their work with a sacred fervor. Their nursing philosophy causes them to provide to their patients with exceptional patient-centered care because these clients are imbued by a higher power with rights. These professionals then place quality-caring relationships at the center of their practice and this results in a safe, healing and compassionate environment. In this way, the safety and well-being the patients and staff becomes important to them. They practice excellence in all that they do and provide respect for everyone (patients as well as staff) all of the time. This gives their practice a value and that would not otherwise be possible. Their knowledge development is constant and it is necessary for the nursing candidate to be engaged in a program of ongoing continuing nursing education (Allegrante, Moon, Auld & Gebbie, 2001, 1230) .
Conceptual frameworks or models such as Fawcett's are used to guide research studies, educational programs and nursing practices and to integrate philosophy and theory into practice. In Fawcett's model, evidence-based practice is the deliberate and critical use of theories about the health-related experiences of patients in order to guide actions that are associated with each step of the nursing process. These are composed of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation. Based upon the above factors, this author values a conceptual-theoretical model that represents the belief that nursing needs to be a patient-centered profession. From the time of Florence Nightingale to the present, this has largely been the case. The matriarch of the profession introduced this value into the calling and the best practitioners of the craft elevate this methodology on high as well. In the Fawcett framework, evidence-based practice translates into theory-based...
Nursing Autobiography I began my career in healthcare as a patient care technician (PCT) in a large hospital. Working throughout the hospital as a float PCT, I gained experience with a diverse group of patients on every unit in the hospital. I eventually took a position in the ICU and stayed there for 5 years. I enjoyed caring for patients and began taking classes toward my nursing degree. After completing the LPN
Nursing Theory Caring as an integral nursing concept can be viewed from diverse perspectives. It can be an attribute, a complex set of behaviors, or an attitude. This has made some people believe that it is impossible to improve and measure it although there is evidence that both improvement and measurement are possible. People recognize that caring models of professional practice affect the service users, health outcomes, healthcare staff, and ultimately
Nursing Theory "Discuss several aspects of professional communication as it relates to the use of language in terms of form (e.g., clarity, accuracy) and content (culture and/or ethics)." (Question, 2014, p1). Communication is the reciprocal process where messages are received and sent between two or more individuals. Communication involves exchange of ideas, or opinion, which could be in form oral or written form. On the other hand, communication involves a series of
Nursing Theory: A Microscopic Perspective on the Theory-Practice Gap Jerniganm A paradigm in nursing theory exists today that equates nursing theory to a mirror, a microscope or a telescope. Meleis talks about this equation of nursing theory to a mirror, microscope, or telescope (2007). According to Meleis nursing theory that is like a mirror will reflect reality, but give it different shapes. Nursing theory that is like a microscope will focus in
Nursing theory, as Nolan and Grant (1992, p. 217) correctly state, cannot be separated from the practice of the profession. On the other hand, theories that have become known collectively as "grand theory" have become so fraught with terminology discrepancies and idealistic representation that it has become impossible for practitioners to use. This has created what Nolan and Grant (1992, p. 217) refer to as the "theory-practice gap," where there
Nursing Theory Applications in Nursing Nursing Theory and its Applications In this paper, we will assess a grand nursing theory namely the Humanistic Model. First let's have a brief introduction regarding this theory. The nursing theories either grand or middle range give organization in expressing statements which are related to questions in the field of nursing. It also gives nurses the opportunity in describing, predicting, explaining and controlling different sorts of activities which
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