The Personal Nursing Philosophy Paper

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Personal Nursing Philosophy

Judith De la Incera

West Coast University

Nurs 500

Professor Dr Kendrick

09/12/2021

 

Personal Nursing Philosophy

Nursing meta-paradigm is a component in the nursing knowledge structural hierarchy that is most abstract and general (McEwen & Wills, 2019). The purpose of the meta-paradigm is to summarize the nursing discipline’s social and intellectual mission as well as its subject matter boundaries. For a knowledge component to be identified as a meta-paradigm, it must represent a unique inquiry perspective, be global without redundancies, not represent a specific perspective, and not reflect a particular ethnic, national, or cultural belief and values (McEwen & Wills, 2019). In nursing, four meta-paradigms have been identified, they include person, health, environment, and nursing.

Person refers to every element that makes an individual as a whole (McEwen & Wills, 2019). Other than physical components of the body, the concept of person also refers to their intellect, spirituality, culture, family, friends, and community. The person meta-paradigm approaches the recipient of nursing care as a holistic entity made up of these attributes. Health refers to an individual’s quality and wellness that allows them to function independently (McEwen & Wills, 2019). It is fundamentally the unity of mind, body, and soul that allows optimal functioning of a person’s physical, social, psychological, and spiritual elements. Environment refers to the internal and external elements that affect the person (McEwen & Wills, 2019). This includes the patient’s surroundings and others who interact with the person. The scope of the environment also includes the sociopolitical and economic structures and the ideological perspectives that influence their reality. Nursing refers to the practice of caring that discovers and uses natural laws of health to assist individuals with self-care activities (McEwen & Wills, 2019). The objective of nursing is to place a person in an optimum condition where nature will restore health. It facilitates joint goal setting between nurse and client. Nursing also aims to promote an individual’s adaptation and promoting harmonious coexistence of person and environment. Nursing also helps individuals and communities to recover, maintain, and enhance health.

The four meta-paradigm of nursing concepts are essentially exhaustive and do not require additional or removal. However, I would support the idea of replacing health with wellbeing because the latter is a little more all-encompassing (McEwen & Wills, 2019). Health is mainly associated with the physical status of a person where well-being captures all components that make a person such as physical, social, psychological, spiritual, and environmental status.

 

Reference

McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M. (2019). Theoretical Basis For Nursing. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Nursing Philosophy
Judith De la Incera
West Coast University
Nurs 500
Professor Dr Kendrick
09/12/2021

Personal Nursing Philosophy
Nursing meta-paradigm is a component in the nursing knowledge structural hierarchy that is most abstract and general (McEwen & Wills, 2019). The purpose of the meta-paradigm is to summarize the nursing discipline’s social and intellectual mission as well as its subject matter boundaries. For a knowledge component to be identified as a meta-paradigm, it must represent a unique inquiry perspective, be global without redundancies, not represent a specific perspective, and not reflect a particular ethnic, national, or cultural belief and values (McEwen & Wills, 2019). In nursing, four meta-paradigms have been identified, they include person, health, environment, and nursing.
Person refers to every element that makes an individual as a whole (McEwen & Wills, 2019). Other than physical components of the body, the concept of person also refers to their intellect, spirituality, culture, family, friends, and community. The person meta-paradigm approaches the recipient of nursing care as a holistic entity made up of these attributes. Health refers to an individual’s quality and wellness that allows them to function independently (McEwen & Wills, 2019). It is fundamentally the unity of mind, body, and soul that allows optimal functioning of a person’s physical, social, psychological, and spiritual elements. Environment refers to the internal and external elements that affect the person (McEwen & Wills, 2019). This includes the patient’s surroundings and others who interact with the person. The scope of the environment also includes the sociopolitical and economic structures and the ideological perspectives that influence their reality. Nursing refers to the practice of caring that discovers and uses natural laws of health to assist individuals with self-care activities (McEwen & Wills, 2019). The objective of nursing is to place a person in an optimum condition where nature will restore health. It facilitates joint goal setting between nurse and client. Nursing also aims to promote an individual’s adaptation and promoting harmonious coexistence of person and environment. Nursing also helps individuals and communities to recover, maintain, and enhance health.
The four meta-paradigm of nursing concepts are essentially exhaustive and do not require additional or removal. However, I would support the idea of replacing health with wellbeing because the latter is a little more all-encompassing (McEwen & Wills, 2019). Health is mainly associated with the physical status of a person where well-being captures all components that make a person such as physical, social, psychological, spiritual, and environmental status.

Reference
McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M. (2019). Theoretical Basis For Nursing. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.