Reflection on Nursing Metaparadigm Concepts

Running head: REFLECTION ON NURSING METAPARDIGM CONCEPTS
Reflection on Nursing Metaparadigm Concepts
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Abstract
The following paper is based on a reflection on nursing metaparadigm concepts. All the four
fundamental concepts of nursing, patient, environment and health are discussed in elaborate
way. Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the lamp is considered as the nursing theorist while
reflecting on the metaparadigm concepts.
Keywords: Nightingale, metaparadigm, nursing, environment, health, patient

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Introduction
The following paper intends to discuss the nursing metaparadigm concepts in an
elaborate manner. The nursing metaparadigm comprises of theoretical ideas which provide a
structural framework on nursing discipline taking in to consideration various nursing theories.
The theories describing metaparadigm revolve around four fundamental concepts centred on
patient as a whole. These metaparadigm concepts gives a holistic view of nursing care to
ensure patient’s health and well-being. Among plentiful nursing theories, I have chosen
nursing theories of Florence Nightingale to reflect on my personal perspectives on nursing
metaparadigm concepts. Florence Nightingale’s nursing theories share a congruity with anti-
contagionism basis of thought. Her nursing theories are based on real life nursing
experiences; thus her theories of nursing are rooted to empiricism which is based on her
nursing knowledge. Nursing theories of Florence nightingale are directly focussed on the
environmental circumstances and their role in developing patient’s health. Her theories are
framed through validation of nursing care roles that she performed during nineteenth century
to improve sanitary conditions and promote reduced mortality among patients. This is the
reason I chose nursing theories of Florence Nightingale to reflect on the metaparadigm
concepts.
Nursing
The nursing theory of Florence Nightingale is based on her personalized nursing
experience, unlike thoughtful ideas of mind. According to her nursing views, the nursing
discipline is different from that of medicine and should not be confused with medicine
approach. Nightingale addresses in her nursing theories that nursing care is intended to
provide a healing environment where a patient can be acted upon by best possible
interventions to achieve quality care and healthy life. Her belief in nursing concept is that

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symptoms and sufferings of patient are not a manifestation of disease or sickness, rather they
are related to the environmental influences (Alligood, 2017). Nightingale’s theories addresses
that diseases are not always involved in patient health. Sometimes, poor environmental
aspects largely contribute to disturbances in social, mental, emotional states of an individual
which impact the overall health and wellbeing. My perceptions of nursing concept lies in the
nursing practice through development of nursing skills and providing nursing actions in the
form of nursing interventions. Experienced based skill development is essential in bringing
out nursing interventions to accurately treat individual patients. Education and training are
both required in enhancing professional and technical skills to attend to patient care.
According to my personal view of nursing concept, the nursing responsibilities and actions
evolve with new care requirements for a patient. Time and experience along with education
and training help to build to strong and direct nursing care approach towards a patient.
According to me, nursing component of metaparadigm involves developing a mutual caring
bonding between the patient and nurse. This is achieved through promoting a safe and
healthy environment around a patient. Therefore, according to my perception, nursing and
environment are related and interdependent with respect to maintaining patient health and
wellbeing. Nursing does not consider providing medications to eliminate illness; rather
nursing care is provided to identify the root of illness to provide recovery. I feel that nursing
services are an integration of understanding the patient condition, identifying the roots of
illness, evolving through experience and education, developing and implementing treatment
and care plans.
Environment
According to Florence Nightingale’s environmental theory, the environment plays a
momentous role in determining a person‘s health condition and promoting healthy
maintenance. Environment has a stimulatory effect on a patient; patient’s health condition is