Introduction to Nursing

INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
NUR1100 Introduction to Nursing Praxis
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INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
Contents
A personal story of caring............................................................................................................3
Concepts of caring and links with nursing practice.....................................................................3
New understanding of caring based on course content...............................................................5
References....................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
A personal story of caring
Few days earlier when I was traveling by metro to reach my college I came across a boy who
was in his early twenties and was seated beside me. During the course of journey I noticed that
something was disturbing the boy as he was continuously weeping silently which attracted my
attention. After reaching my destination station when I was waiting for cab, I noticed the same
boy who was beside me in the metro standing adjacent to me and staring confusingly at nearby
surroundings. Suddenly I noticed that he was crossing road carelessly while staring at his phone
when a speeding bus was approaching towards him. On realizing the danger I immediately
rushed towards the boy and pulled his hand at right time to one side of the road which shocked
him. Seeing the situation, nearby crowd gathered to confront the boy for his careless approach
which made him burst into tears. I felt pity for the boy and took him away from spot and inquired
about his problems, upon which he non-hesitatingly narrated his current situation. He narrated
that his academic result was very poor and he lacked courage to face his parents. Therefore he
was planning to run away from city in search of source of living as his parents could not afford
any more to bear his educational costs. I felt bad for the boy and his situation and started
consoling and motivating him. Then I took his smartphone and called up his parents to describe
entire incident and asked them to reach that particular destination to take their son home. Until,
his parents arrived at spot, I accompanied the boy and made him feel more relaxed by trying to
divert his attention towards other topic of his interests and eventually his parents arrived at spot,
thanked me immensely and left with their son for home.
Concepts of caring and links with nursing practice
As opined by Berman & Levett-Jones (2016) caring is perceived as human behaviour which
includes cognitive, affective, psychomotor and administrative skills within which professional
caring may be expressed. Caring is vital resource within highly technological area of Intensive
Care Unit. Concept of caring is described as work or practise of taking care as well as display of
kindness, concern for individuals who are not able to care for themselves specifically due to age
or illness. Moreover caring is also science that surrounds human science orientation, human
caring phenomena and experiences and is a way of nurturing that is related to others with whom
one feels personal sense of commitment and responsibility.
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