Advanced Practice Nursing Philosophy

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING PHILOSOPHY
Advanced Practice Nursing Philosophy
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Abstract
The following entails my personal philosophy on advanced nursing practice which is an
extension of nursing skills and abilities to provide holistic patient care. It also discusses the
nursing metaparadigm concepts and personal thoughts on diversity and health promotion to
improve quality of life.
Keywords: nursing, advanced practice care, diversity, health, patients

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Introduction
I am an advanced practice nurse, experienced in providing short term acute care to patients
post-surgery. After my bachelors in nursing from WSSU, I have been involved in providing
acute care to post-surgical patients for 9.5 years where I have been involved in acute short
term care to provide functioning support and fast recovery of the patients from illnesses and
surgery. It is due to this experience that I have decided to pursue post-graduation in nursing
from WSSU. My learning opportunities in WSSU have helped me to develop my leadership
skills and perform as educator, charge nurse and clinical supervisor in different medical
areas. WSSU has provided me with opportunities to excel in comprehensive assessments,
implementing care plans and treatments and interventions with collaborative efforts with
physicians and staffs. According to me, advanced practice nursing involves holistic care to
patients to understand and eliminate the underlying factors of illness, thereby relieving the
symptoms through therapeutic interventions honouring the patient dignity. Based on nursing
care theory, complete patient care through meeting all their needs is a prime nursing goal in
advanced nursing practice (Butts & Rich, 2018). My professional goals, thereby involve
being a successful family nurse practitioner providing extensive education and complete care
among families and children to promote health care, disease prevention and health
management. I would like to extend my nursing skills and abilities to educate, diagnose,
design and implement treatment plans and provide exceptional patient care in all clinical
settings. Helping patients to conquer their fears during illness and treatment would be my
challenging role.
Nursing
Nursing metaparadigm revolves around science of nursing and nursing actions. This is more
concerned with nursing interventions which are applied through knowledge based skills,