Michelle Winbush

NUR2811C
April 17, 2020

Nursing Philosophy

A philosophy of nursing is a statement that declares a nurse’s beliefs, values, and ethics

pertaining to their care and treatment of patients during their nursing profession. As an attendee

of Miami Dade College Nursing school, I have read their philosophy and it focuses on affordable

and quality education as well producing competent nurses. I also read Jackson Memorial

Hospital’s philosophy as that’s a hospital I am interested in for employment. Jackson uses

Leininger theory that focuses on transcultural nursing and providing care for diverse patients and

challenging nurses to their full potential. There are four metaparadigms of nursing: Nursing,

Environment, Health, and Person.

For most people when they think about the term nursing, a depiction of scrubs and

stethoscope comes to mind. Nursing to me means nurturing a person with actions, words, and

presence. Actions of nursing means providing care whether its medication administration,

repositioning a patient for comfort, advocating for that patient, and providing those basic needs.

Nursing with words is using therapeutic communication. As nurse communication is a big factor

for effective and accurate care. It is imperative that you know what is going on with your patient

and it is also very important to be able to soothe the patient as well. Presence is simply being

there for your patient for the lowest and highest point of their lives. Also, a lot patients are in

there alone and your presence can make a huge difference in their stay. My goal is to push

myself to my highest potential and be the best nurse I can be.

Environment to me is whatever your surroundings are. Because the nursing field is so

flexible that environment can be in a hospital, nursing home, a patient’s home, or even a clinic.

The environment should be safe and convey a feeling of warmth and welcoming. I put myself in

the patient’s shoes this is an uncomfortable time in their life it should be peaceful and clean and I
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NUR2811C
April 17, 2020

should make that happen to the best of my abilities. The environment should facilitate health and

healing.

Health in my book is your state of well-being and mind set. You are as healthy as feel

and think you are. Although a patient might be admitted into the hospital, they can still be

healthy. Being healthy to me consist of being able to function independently, keeping their

conditions under control, and most importantly it’s a feeling.

Person is the most important component because it’s the patient. The patient can be any

size, age, gender, sexual orientation, or religion. I will always treat them with the upmost respect

and dignity despite my own personal beliefs. Patients are people too and should be treated as

such. I will respect their privacy and decisions and deliver high quality patient care.

The metaparadigms of nursing consist of nurse, environment, health, and person. Each of

these categories has a different meaning to me and will continue to evolve as I evolve into an

expert nurse. These philosophies define my outlook on nursing and the way I administer care.

They explain my values, ethics, and beliefs on the nursing profession.

 Michelle Winbush
NUR2811C
April 17, 2020

References

1. Nursing Practice Models. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2020, from

https://jacksonhealth.org/nursing/practice-models/#gref
2. School of nursing handbook . (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2020, from
https://www.mdc.edu/Nursing/docs/SchoolNsgHandBook.pdf