Nursing Assignment: Learning Plan, Philosophy and Strategies

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
NURSING ASSIGNMENT
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Learning Plan:
The Nursing profession within the healthcare system broadly aims at imparting care to
the patients, their families and communities in order to alleviate the standard of their living
(Alligood 2013). The profession critically focuses on providing a holistic care to the patients
so as to ensure overall wellbeing. In the words of Dahnke and Dreher (2015), Nurses must
present excellent communication skills and emotional stability while dealing with patients
suffering from critical illness issues. In addition to this, Nurses must also express empathy
and be observant while imparting patient care (Butts and Rich 2013). Also, nursing
professionals must be able to pay close attention to criticalities, present physical endurance
and flexibility to take effective decisions in the best interest of the patient. Therefore,
performing a self-assessment by analysing the strengths, weaknesses, threats and
opportunities can positively help in working on the shortcomings to enhance the scope of
practice. In this section, I am going to discuss the attributes of my strength, weakness,
opportunities and threats.
Strength:
 Empathetic and considerate about
patients
 Excellent academic background
 Ability to undertake clinical
decisions independently through
professional expertise
 Possess strong communication skills
Weakness:
 Culturally incompetent
 Weak at offering palliative care and
assistance
 Poor prioritization of workload
Opportunities:
 Aspire to become an advanced nurse
practitioner
 Aspire to pursue post doctorate and
become a lecturer
 Attend career counselling workshops
to select an appropriate career
Threats:
 Poor work life balance
 Financially unstable
 Conservative family background

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Nursing Philosophy:
The nursing profession broadly emphasises on three important constituents that
include the patient, the environment and health. The nursing profession critically observes
patients as persons who should be treated with respect, dignity as well as compassion
(Betancourt et al. 2016). The nursing profession observes patients as individuals first that are
holistic beings and are different from one another. The perception of the external as well as
the internal environment varies on individual basis and being healthy does not merely include
the absence of an infirmity but also includes the complete wellbeing of the physical as well as
the mental health (Garran. and Werkmeister 2013). As a Nurse, my nursing philosophy relies
on caring for people and offering them holistic care, Further, I also ensure that the patients I
care for as well as their family members are equal partners in the care planning process so as
to ensure effective care delivery. Also, I endure to advocate patient rights and act in the best
interest of the patients. My nursing philosophy is broadly based upon the words of the lady
with the lamp, ‘And what nursing has to do in either case, is to put the patient in the best
condition for nature to act upon him’ (Butts and Rich 2013)
Strategies to develop professional career:
On conducting a self-assessment, I have been able to critically identify the key areas
of my strength, weakness, opportunities and threats. Typically the areas where I need to
improve in order to enhance the standard of my practice, includes; acquiring training on
cultural competence and learn time management so as to prioritize work load effectively.
According to Strand et al. (2013), nursing professionals should endeavour to
continuously develop themselves in order to improve the quality of care services offered to
patients. I have already identified the areas where I need to improve. In this regard, I would