Holistic Nursing: My Personal Philosophy Of Nursing

For me, nursing is the most honorable and trusted profession in the world. It is a human science where we practice our caring tradition. No matter what nationality, race or sexual orientation nurses are; they are compassionate, empathetic, selfless, with a high degree of emotional intelligence and scholarly active with eagerness for knowledge. In my opinion, nursing a much higher spiritual calling than merely a job. It is a privilege to make such a positive difference in the lives of people who truly need and appreciate it. Nursing is a profession filled with strong values based on the work of our founder, Florence Nightingale . From there, it has progressed over time due to the great attributes of the nurses who commit to the calling. Nursing is a human science where there is a social responsibility to contribute to the goodness of the society through knowledge and evidence-based practice. The American Nurses Association (2016) definition of nursing states that nursing is the …show more content…
American Holistic Nurses’ Association defines of holistic nursing as “all nursing practice that has ‘healing the whole person’ as its goal” (AHNA, 1998). Holistic nursing can be practice in any setting. Thornton also stated that the first step in bringing back the “care” and “healing” into our health care system is for nurses to learn to love and care for themselves (Thornton, L. Holistic Nursing: A way of being, a way of living, a way of practice, 2008). I believe that if nurses know who they are, how they feel inside and their attitude have a significant effect on the patient. As Jean Watson says, “We must learn to treat ourselves with love and respect before we are able to treat others that way” (Watson, 1998). We have to admit that our job can be stressful and we are only humans. We get tired and frustrated. If we don’t care for ourselves, who is going to take care of our sick and dying