Personal teaching philosophy part 2

Personal Philosophy of Teaching Part 1

Milena B Lopez Hernandez RN

Professor Kathy Kuznar

West Coast University

NURS 535

Nursing is an amazing career, we find ourselves helping people every day, making their lives better, helping them heal and overall giving patients hope on their healing journey by providing the best possible care, based on skills and interventions awareness acquired after going through rigorous programs that test our knowledge, resilience and perseverance, while ensuring our patients feel safe, comfortable and are willing to put in the effort to be nursed back to health. Becoming a nurse to me was one of the hardest and at the same time most rewarding accomplishments of my life, during my time as a student and as I continue to further my education, I have come across amazing professors, colleagues and immense joy. I can also say that many times I thought this career might not be a good fit for me as I struggled to understand the material and what my position was as a nurse working with other members of a healthcare team. Thanks to amazing professors and faculty I found guidance and built up my confidence to become the professional I am today and think critically to maintain the best possible standards of care and ensure patient safety.

Deciding to become a nurse should not be a decision taken lightly, we have lives in our hands every day, hopes of family members are laid on our shoulders and the trust built between nurses and patients is a sacred bond that fuels us as healthcare professionals to advocate for their best interests, be on the look out for effective ways to manage their conditions while at the same time putting our own lives on the back burner because our patients and duty to them comes first. According to Mrs Jean Watson In her Human Caring Theory we can implement health promotion methods by including these four crucial elements in our care plans for optimal and effective patient care and advocacy: “Person” referring to the different dimensions that we most explore to care for an individual including not only their physical conditions but also their spiritual being in order to provide a more personalized and specific plan of care which can help better their health outcome. (Nikfarid, 2018) She also talks about “Environment” and how important it is to create positive and healing conditions for our patients to feel comfortable which promotes higher chances of an effective healing process. Mrs Watson also talks about “Health” and “Nursing” as they complement to create a harmonious balance demonstrating how the medical team works in unison to achieve an optimal health status for our patients, through consistency, patience, and commitment, highlighting the work of the nurse of the main helper and care giver.

I can honestly say that after completing my BSN and now continuing my studies at WCU this has been an incredible journey, the faculty and rest of the team of professionals that guided my experience made us face challenges that I never thought of and celebrated every accomplishment with us as if it was their own. Classes, exams and materials to study were very demanding and quite the challenge for me but there was always great help, tutoring, mentorship and no doubt was ever left unchecked. The nursing program was and continues to be now as a higher education student very detailed and stimulating, it wil continue to test my abilities and I believe it has made me a better nurse and competent professional. Nurses must be prepared for any circumstance and patient priorities need to be met to demonstrate that this career is indeed a work done from the heart, a philosophy I live by without a doubt.

Rerefence:

Nikfarid, L. et. al (2018) The main nursing metaparadigm concepts in human caring theory and Persian mysticism: a comparative study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150916/#:~:text=Metaparadigm%20concepts%20comprise%20the%20central,spiritual%20dimension%20of%20human%20beings.

Personal Philosophy of Teaching Part 1

Milena B Lopez Hernandez RN

Professor Kathy Kuznar

West Coast University

NURS 535

Nursing is an amazing career, we find ourselves helping people every day, making their lives better, helping them heal and overall giving patients hope on their healing journey by providing the best possible care, based on skills and interventions awareness acquired after going through rigorous programs that test our knowledge, resilience and perseverance, while ensuring our patients feel safe, comfortable and are willing to put in the effort to be nursed back to health. Becoming a nurse to me was one of the hardest and at the same time most rewarding accomplishments of my life, during my time as a student and as I continue to further my education, I have come across amazing professors, colleagues and immense joy. I can also say that many times I thought this career might not be a good fit for me as I struggled to understand the material and what my position was as a nurse working with other members of a healthcare team. Thanks to amazing professors and faculty I found guidance and built up my confidence to become the professional I am today and think critically to maintain the best possible standards of care and ensure patient safety.

Deciding to become a nurse should not be a decision taken lightly, we have lives in our hands every day, hopes of family members are laid on our shoulders and the trust built between nurses and patients is a sacred bond that fuels us as healthcare professionals to advocate for their best interests, be on the look out for effective ways to manage their conditions while at the same time putting our own lives on the back burner because our patients and duty to them comes first. According to Mrs Jean Watson In her Human Caring Theory we can implement health promotion methods by including these four crucial elements in our care plans for optimal and effective patient care and advocacy: “Person” referring to the different dimensions that we most explore to care for an individual including not only their physical conditions but also their spiritual being in order to provide a more personalized and specific plan of care which can help better their health outcome. (Nikfarid, 2018) She also talks about “Environment” and how important it is to create positive and healing conditions for our patients to feel comfortable which promotes higher chances of an effective healing process. Mrs Watson also talks about “Health” and “Nursing” as they complement to create a harmonious balance demonstrating how the medical team works in unison to achieve an optimal health status for our patients, through consistency, patience, and commitment, highlighting the work of the nurse of the main helper and care giver.

I can honestly say that after completing my BSN and now continuing my studies at WCU this has been an incredible journey, the faculty and rest of the team of professionals that guided my experience made us face challenges that I never thought of and celebrated every accomplishment with us as if it was their own. Classes, exams and materials to study were very demanding and quite the challenge for me but there was always great help, tutoring, mentorship and no doubt was ever left unchecked. The nursing program was and continues to be now as a higher education student very detailed and stimulating, it wil continue to test my abilities and I believe it has made me a better nurse and competent professional. Nurses must be prepared for any circumstance and patient priorities need to be met to demonstrate that this career is indeed a work done from the heart, a philosophy I live by without a doubt.

Rerefence:

Nikfarid, L. et. al (2018) The main nursing metaparadigm concepts in human caring theory and Persian mysticism: a comparative study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150916/#:~:text=Metaparadigm%20concepts%20comprise%20the%20central,spiritual%20dimension%20of%20human%20beings.