A Personal Nursing Philosophy

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In this paper, the writer describes the path of nursing from the days of Florence Nightingale to the associate degree nurse of today. The writer also discusses how nurses make a difference in the lives of the people they care for. The writer asserts that it is the character of the nurse, who she is and what she believes in, that influences her actions with patients and becomes her nursing philosophy.

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"The dictionary defines nursing as trying to cure or heal an illness or injury (as cited in Halsey, 1984, p. 693). It also defines philosophy as a system for guiding life (as cited in Halsey, 1984, p. 756). Nursing today is about more than trying to cure an illness or injury. It is also about prevention and health maintenance, and what that can do for a patient or client to give them a better quality of life."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Halsey, W. (1984). Macmillan Dictionary for Students. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Huxley, E. (1975). Florence Nightingale. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
• Reverby, S. (1987). Ordered to Care: The Dilemma of American Nursing, 1850-1945. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
• Smith, S. and Duell, D. (1992). Clinical Nursing Skills:Nursing Process Model Basic to Advanced Skills. 3rd ed. Connecticut: Appleton and Lange.
• Vallano, A. (2002). Your Career in Nursing. New York:Kaplan Publishing, Simon and Schuster.

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