Introduction
The American Association of Nursing defines nursing as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities…and advocacy (Nursingworld.org). It is important for nurses to have a philosophy in which to work by and different types of nurses will have different viewpoints and concerns depending on the area of nursing in which they work. Although many things will be different certain core things will be the same such as caring for the patient, help those in need, help heal the sick and to continue to gain knowledge to improve the quality of care given. My personal nursing philosophy is based on emergent care, even prior to becoming a nurse I was an emergency medical technician (EMT), after this I worked in a local emergency room as a patient care tech for years. The only side of nursing that I know is emergency care so this is what my personal philosophy is based on.
Personal Philosophy
My personal philosophy is centered on caring for my patient to the best of my ability for me this includes taking into consideration the verbal and nonverbal things being said because I am caring for a person not just a complaint, to stabilize the patient and either discharge them home or admit them to the floor or intensive care unit for further treatment, care and evaluation, and most importantly to appropriately educate my patients and their parents/family members.
Nursing The emergency room (ER) is a distinct place, the way in which it works, the relationships that are formed and the people who chose to go into emergency medicine are unique. It takes a special type of person to be an ER nurse just like it takes a certain type of person to be a hematology/oncology nurse, hospice nurse or a cardiac nurse. As an ER nurse I am responsible for taking care of my patients while I am at work this means that the other aspects of my life should not negatively affect or impact my job performance. No one wants to spend hours waiting to see the doctor and then deal with grump and unprofessional nurses. An ER nurse needs to be able to quickly and efficiently asses the patient, but also hen dealing with pediatric patients I have to speak to them not just their parents, make them as comfortable as possible with everything that I do and know when to incorporate additional resources such as child life specialist, who can help minimize the adverse effects of a child’s hospital experience (Allday 2010).
Person It is easy to see a patient as only a complaint, especially in the ER because they came to be treated for a medical problem and the doctors and nurses want to fix it. As nurses we have to remember that are patients are also someone’s mother, father, sister, brother, daughter or son and is special to someone. Keeping that in mind helps me to better care for the patients, how would I like my family to be treated? In the book Caring in Nursing Classics: An Essential Resource, author M. Smith describes existential presence which basically means that...
