Week 2 Peer replies NSG 3050

NSG 3050 - Trans to Baccalaureate Nsg

Week 2 - Peer Response Instructions

· Substantially respond to at least  two other student posts in a way that prompts further input or provides another viewpoint.  Describe a situation from your nursing professional experience that backs up your viewpoint and discuss the social, moral, political and economic factors impacting your position.

· Please respond to peers thoughtfully, add value to the discussion, and apply ideas, insights, or concepts from scholarly sources, such as: journal articles, assigned readings, textbook material, lectures, course materials, or authoritative websites.

· Provide a rationale for your response with at least one scholarly source using an APA in-text citation and full reference.

Shanti Adhikari

1:14pm Jul 19 at 1:14pm

Kikuchi & Simmons (1994) “A philosophy of nursing is the guide or framework to discipline.” Philosophy of nursing changes depending on what kind of nursing you do. For me, nursing is caring for patients and their families to get them physically and emotionally better in a safe and caring environment.

As everyone knows, nurses help sick patients and help them recover. Nurses not only help people when they are sick but also help when they need emotional support and educate them to understand the disease process. Nurses help the dying patient and help them to understand the process and make the process easier. The list is unlimited; nurses are great resources and help with various things.

Example one: Sometimes, I work in the behavioral health department. I work with kids who come with suicidal and homicidal ideation. As a nurse, I create a safe environment where they can express their feelings, help them with their emotional roller-coaster, and provide them with different strategies to handle their emotions when they have the same thoughts again.

Example two: In the hospital, we also work with dying patients. Keeping the patient comfortable is the priority, and educating the family about the dying process and helping them with different stages of grief.

Reference:

Kikuchi, J. F., & Simmons, H. (1994). Developing a Philosophy of Nursing. Sage.

Jason Bierly

11:18am Jul 19 at 11:18am

In order for me to be an effective, compassionate nurse, I believe I must do no harm, treat each patient as an individual and not as a room number or diagnosis, and advocate for them when the need arises.

A nurse need be able to apply ethical principles in decision making and consider their own values and beliefs and the values and beliefs of patients, of the profession, and of all concerned parties. Nurses have a responsibility to protect the rights of patients by acting as patient advocates. This advocacy derives from the ethical principles of beneficence (the duty to do good) and nonmaleficence (the duty to do no harm) (Blais, K.K. & Hayes, J.S., 2016, p. 53). This quote from our textbook drives my nursing philosophy. I work in a psychiatric hospital, and we enroll in a nonviolent crisis intervention class called CPI or Crisis Prevention Intervention yearly in order to prevent our patients from harming themselves or others. This program teaches us how to effectively hold a patient in crisis without harming them and deflecting attacks. By taking this course, I am able to adhere to my philosophy of do no harm. There have also been times when i have had to step in and advocate for a patient in distress. The patient is trying to harm themselves, and I had to advocate for some different meds to help facilitate the patient in calming down and keeping them safe.

My core beliefs and values have shaped me into the nurse I am today. I value compassion, especially for psych patients, and honesty and integrity. We as nurses have to be honest with our patients in order to gain trust in a trying moment.

Blais, K.K., & Hayes, J.S. (2016). Professional nursing practice: Concepts and perspectives (7th ed.). Pearson.