Addressed the following questions:
What is being a nurse for you, that is, your ontological stance?
How is your ontological stance influenced by the metaparadigm of nursing: person, environment, health and nursing and/or other views of nursing (e.g., social justice)?
How does paying attention to a published critique (Bender or Thorne) of nursing’s ontology inform your ontological stance?
This statement is really providing you with an opportunity for some critical analysis of your stance-- taking one or the other of these articles, consider what the author is saying about the ontological view of nursing (these are critique articles-- so they have also taken a stance). Does what the author says resonate with you? In what way(s)/why?
A couple of different ways to approach this. You could have this woven into some portion of the paper, or could also write as a specific paragraph or two with a focus on the article you have selected to discuss. Remember to create a way of doing this where you make transition statements-- in other words, it should link to whatever else you have written.
Hope this makes sense.
Also, one of the things to focus on as you put this paper together-- link your OWN experiences to what you are talking about. I am far more interested in YOUR self-reflection/analysis than reading about Fawcett, etc. You do need to provide something to explain the components of the metaparadigm, but avoid the long quotes.
In order to avoid the trap of thinking you have nothing original or as interesting as what you are reading (hence the desire for quoting others), I would suggest you read the articles, etc, make your notes and then write from your own perspective-- and then edit/revise as needed
• What is being a nurse for you, that is, your ontological stance?
• How is your ontological stance influenced by the metaparadigm of nursing: person, environment, health and nursing and/or other views of nursing (e.g., social justice)?
• How does paying attention to a published critique (Bender or Thorne) of nursing’s ontology inform your ontological stance?
Please select one of the following peer-reviewed articles that is a critique of nursing’s ontology. Incorporate additional scholarly sources in your paper to support your arguments.
Bender, M. (2018). Re‐conceptualizing the nursing metaparadigm: Articulating the philosophical ontology of the nursing discipline that orients inquiry and practice. Nursing Inquiry, 25(3), 1-9.
OR
Thorne, S. (1998). Nursing's metaparadigm concepts: Disimpacting the debates. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27(6), 1257-1268.
Use proper scholarly format, adhering to APA standards for citations, referencing, and headings; include a title page and reference page for this assignment and place your assignment in
The nursing metaparadigm concepts of person, health, nursing and environment is something that I believe is important in achieving nursing goals. Taking the moment to review the required readings on this unit, had opened my knowledge as to how these concepts are dependent on each other. Person is not just the individual receiving care but it includes the families and the community at large. Health is patient’s definition of health, with this understanding, I am able to provide individualized patient care. For environment, I would like to refer to the youTube video on (Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation, 2015 ) video) where it was determined that it will be beneficial to put the two elderly patients together in the same room, I think that as nurses it would be difficult to provide care that is individualized without putting the environment into consideration. Schim et al. (2007) described the importance of advocacy and social justice in health care system. Sometimes it is challenging to advocate for our patients and families, but whatever the circumstances we should be advocating for our patients irrespective of their status. I work in a jail and many times when I tried to advocate for the clients, I sometimes experience push back from the health care manager or my colleagues. As nurses we should be able to advocate for our patients and families at all levels without being judgmental. On reviewing WU, X (2008) article, it shows that nurses can provide care that is caring and patient focused if the nurses takes his or her time to assess and probe the patient for more information. I call it knowing your patients.
hat exists for the nursing discipline are not already-demarcated metaparadigm domains,
but rather interdependent, dynamic relations that constitute people, including nurses, in
their health/environment circumstance.
What exists for the nursing discipline are not already-demarcated metaparadigm domains,
but rather interdependent, dynamic relations that constitute people, including nurses, in
their health/environment circumstance.
My philosophy is one which I will stand by for the duration of my nursing profession. This philosophy is based on providing competent, empathetic, compassionate and optimal holistic care to the best of my ability. This philosophy stems from the values and beliefs instilled in me during my early childhood. These values and beliefs are accompanied by trustworthiness, respect, compassion, and that is what drove me to this profession and is currently driving me as I continue to provide care to my patients, family and the community.
What made me be the nurse that I am today
I started nursing in a chronic assisted ventilated unit in Toronto, where most of the patients were trached or ventilated, so it is very difficult for the patients to communicate with the team. My first two weeks of providing care to the patients, I observed that few of the patients wished to contribute to their care, but because they were trached or ventilated, it was challenging to do so. I continued with my observation and on the third week, I approached the manager and the rest of the team to discuss what were my concerns about communicating with the patients. I informed them that there were few of the patients that can communicate by blinking their eyes, while some were able to nod their head to indicate yes or no in response to simple questions. A list was made as to which patients could benefit from the project, so the occupational therapist came up with a plan to make alphabetical board for each of the patients. So, whenever we needed to communicate with the patients, we used the board by point from A-Z and waited for the patient response. With the used of the alphabetical board, the team were able to communicate better with the patients (though it takes more time and patience) but in the end, the patients were more actively involved in their care and were more satisfied . I learned that as a nurse, patience is greatly required to provide individualized compassionate patient care. Most importantly, I know that as a nurse I can still advocate for my patients to be the voice for them and this made me to join the nursing council for my unit, where part of what we do is to advocate for patients and families.
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