Personal Theoretical Framework for Advanced Practice

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Personal Theoretical Framework for Advanced Practice
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Introduction- The profession of nursing forms an essential component of health and
social care and focuses on providing care services to patients, their family members, and the
communities, such that they are able to maintain, recover or attain a meaningful and
purposeful life (Watson, 2008). According to Cañadas-De la Fuente et al. (2015) most
nursing professionals are entitled with the role of delivering care service, within the scope of
the physicians, and their conventional role has been identified responsible for shaping and
affecting the public image as care providers. Although there exist differences in nursing
practice, prevalent across different nations and specialties, the profession encompasses
collaborative and autonomous care of patients of all ages, well or sick, and in different
healthcare settings. This essay will provide an explanation on a personal nursing philosophy
and will also correlate it with a nursing theory and/or framework.
Personal nursing philosophy- Philosophy of nursing is an umbrella term that
encompasses a personal attitude and perspective, in relation to the domain of nursing and also
helps in elucidating the purpose of nursing profession and education (Alligood, 2017). In
other words, nursing philosophy is largely responsible for explaining how an individual
perceives the occupation, and also illustrates the underlying reasons behind their participation
and action. While reflecting upon my thoughts and outlook, I realized that development and
recognition of an appropriate nursing philosophy is imperative to advancement of the career
and also helps in enhancing the care that is delivered to patients and their families. My
philosophy of nursing is primarily based on the concepts of personal knowing and ethical
knowing. While the domain of personal knowing requires all nursing professionals to foster
effective therapeutic relationship with patients, regardless of their age, background or any
other socio-demographic factors (Will, 2016). In other words, personal knowing refers to the
fundamental pattern of understanding health and illness, by collecting information from
persona encounters, and experiences. This philosophy has been identified to create a

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substantial impact on development of interpersonal relationship with the patients, which in
turn plays a crucial role in the recuperation and recovery process (Garrett & Cutting, 2015).
My experiences and knowledge gained so far have helped me realize that the
philosophy of personal knowledge allows me to provide care to patients based on knowing,
encountering and actualizing my individual self. Time and again it has been established by
nursing theorists that application of this nursing philosophy prevents nursing professionals
from approach all patients merely as objects, rather makes them strive to actualize personal
association, with the aim of enhancing health outcomes of the former (Bélanger & Ducharme,
2015). This philosophy also focuses on the fact that it is utmost essential for nursing
professionals to be able to empathize with their patients, in addition to their family members,
owing to the fact that they seek treatment for injuries or illnesses. Hence, the concept of
personal knowing provides assistance to take into consideration the values and outlooks of
patients, in order to increase their awareness and sensitivity towards addressing the mental,
physical and emotional needs. In contrast, the philosophy of ethical knowing focuses on
conceptualization of good nursing actions and also helps in determining the ways to
accomplish them, even under circumstances when barriers impede the process of care
delivery. In other words, this philosophy facilitates the development of personal moral code
and also generates a sense of understanding of right and wrong.
My personal ethics are typically based on my accountability and obligation to respect
and protect human life. Thus, this nursing philosophy helps in making appropriate nursing
action related decisions, when there occurs any dilemma, in relation to providing care to
patients (Kulju, Stolt, Suhonen & Leino-Kilpi, 2016). Therefore, underpinning nursing
action, presence of nursing ethics necessitates decision about what should be done, and
avoided. In addition, it also gives rise to a multifaceted outcome of deliberation, learning, and
engagement with the codes, standards, and values of the nursing profession.