Autobiography
The need to be a caregiver and ultimately a nurse stems from a innate desire to nurture others. Our society constantly looks to nurses as sources of understanding, trustworthiness, and hope. An individual must be capable and caring in order to grow in the field of nursing. The scope of practice for nurses is not limited to skills that provide a service, but extend beyond the call of duty into teaching prevention, treating holistically across the lifespan, and advocating for the patient in their greatest time of need. The person is a sum of parts, “puzzles pieces” if you will, which create a whole or complete a puzzle. If one piece is neglected, the person may not reach their full potential or recover from illness as Betty Neuman …show more content…
The mean of the word “whole” is the nature of the writer’s practice. According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary (2012) the word whole means, “complete or full: not lacking or leaving out any part; free of wound or injury or having recovered from insult”. The writer believes that nursing is a field in which she can properly address the needs of the person as a whole via the means of teaching others preventative measures against illness first and foremost. In addition to helping people regain their missing “puzzle pieces”, she will to continue to be a change agent in the community as a FNP. As an FNP she can practice holistically, and provide for patients not only physiologically, developmentally, and psychosocially, but socio-culturally, and spiritually as …show more content…
Theory is the basis of all nursing knowledge and a solid foundation on multiple theories allows our clinical wisdom to develop (Matney, Avant, & Staggers, 2015)Click and drag to move. As we continue to learn new knowledge and theories, we strengthen our practice and our clinical wisdom. Therefore, nursing is a professional discipline requiring an NP to provide certain services and understand the basic four metaparadigms which are the person, environment, health and
The need to be a caregiver and ultimately a nurse stems from a innate desire to nurture others. Our society constantly looks to nurses as sources of understanding, trustworthiness, and hope. An individual must be capable and caring in order to grow in the field of nursing. The scope of practice for nurses is not limited to skills that provide a service, but extend beyond the call of duty into teaching prevention, treating holistically across the lifespan, and advocating for the patient in their greatest time of need. The person is a sum of parts, “puzzles pieces” if you will, which create a whole or complete a puzzle. If one piece is neglected, the person may not reach their full potential or recover from illness as Betty Neuman …show more content…
The mean of the word “whole” is the nature of the writer’s practice. According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary (2012) the word whole means, “complete or full: not lacking or leaving out any part; free of wound or injury or having recovered from insult”. The writer believes that nursing is a field in which she can properly address the needs of the person as a whole via the means of teaching others preventative measures against illness first and foremost. In addition to helping people regain their missing “puzzle pieces”, she will to continue to be a change agent in the community as a FNP. As an FNP she can practice holistically, and provide for patients not only physiologically, developmentally, and psychosocially, but socio-culturally, and spiritually as …show more content…
Theory is the basis of all nursing knowledge and a solid foundation on multiple theories allows our clinical wisdom to develop (Matney, Avant, & Staggers, 2015)Click and drag to move. As we continue to learn new knowledge and theories, we strengthen our practice and our clinical wisdom. Therefore, nursing is a professional discipline requiring an NP to provide certain services and understand the basic four metaparadigms which are the person, environment, health and