The E-portfolio in Personal Philosophy of Nursing

This document discusses the e-portfolio in personal philosophy of nursing, including nursing theories, goals, objectives, and qualifications. It explores the role of a nurse in providing quality patient care and promoting healthcare innovations.

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The E-portfolio in personal philosophy of nursing
Philosophy of nursing
[Student Name]
[University Name]

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1 Biography
Biography
Title: Dr. Florence
Address: 1522 Washington DC.
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
I am Florence the head of family nursing practitioners department in the George Washington
medical centre where he is responsible of managing the entire department staffs, and also
offering nurse services, however I also serve as affiliate doctor where I where I do
clinician ,research and advocating in the various pediatric and family base settings. I started my
studies in nursing in year 2000 where I attained a diploma in nursing at Knoxville General
Hospital nursing college, later in 2003 I furthered my education and pursued Bachelor of Science
public health nursing at Florida state school of nursing, later did my masters program in science
nursing at George mason Washington university and later my doctorate degree at Texas
university.
Before joining the George Washington medical centre I worked in George Washington
university school of health in senior position as the head of school of medicine and as dean of
nursing department. After my degree program I travelled to some of developing countries like
Africa where I acted as the volunteer clinician where I assisted in provision of primary care,
HIV/AIDS training and treatments.
For like past two years from now, I had been working as an advanced practice nurse and nursing
researcher with the various groups of people living with HIV/AIDS in Washington DC. At this
moment am maintaining the nursing practice at the George Washington medical centre which is
mainly an infectious disease type of clinic that specializes on HIV/AIDS at south east
Washington DC.
I do the research mainly where I major in engaging the patients and taking personal care for the
people with HIV/AIDS, the international health care and socially determinate of health.

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2 My personal philosophy of nursing
2.1 Nursing theories
As a nurse professional and practitioner I observe the various nursing theories which fit my
career and service delivery which includes the following:
i. Need Theory.
ii. Unitary Human Beings theory.
iii. Self-Care Theory
iv. System Model theory.
v. Interpersonal Theory.
vi. Tran’s cultural nursing theory.
vii. From Novice to Expert theory.
2.2 Goals
Short term goals
i. To help the patients to recover from illness.
ii. To ensure that the health related hunger or poverty is eradicated.
iii. To achieve universal education for all.
iv. To achieve universal and affordable health care.
v. To significantly reduce the children mortality rate.
vi. To highly promote maternal health care (Dolly, 2019).
vii. To minimize HIV/AIDS, malaria, cholera and other infectious diseases.
viii. To provide conducive and sustainable health environment.
ix. To provide quality patient’s care (Jeanne, 2019).
x. To educate the patients and family members how to handle patients and prevent
themselves.
xi. To promote safety in the treatment environment.
xii. To promote the interpersonal skills to handle patients and staffs.
Long term goals
i. To acquire the use of technology in patients treatment.

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ii. To further my education career in nursing and related disciplines to get new skills and
knowledge by end year 2020.
iii. To become an expert and a specialist in the field of nursing.
iv. To master new skills of nursing care as I proceed with my service to people.
v. To always make use of acquired nursing knowledge and skills to develop staffs and
patients training programs in hospitals to boost the outcomes to patient’s treatments.
vi. To annually participate in the universal patients education programs.
vii. To annually offer financial and knowledge contributions to the medical related
scholarships.
2.3 Objectives
Below are my objectives as a nurse professional.
i. To work as a nurse in the health facilities aiming at providing of quality support to
various medical professionals including doctors and surgeons in order to provide
quality health service.
ii. To offer personal treatment to the patients and providing good, safe and conducive
treatment environment to my patients.
iii. To offer free training to the public on how to prevent themselves from the disease like
the HIV/AIDS infections (Sally,2015).
iv. To ensure that through the knowledge acquired I provides quality health care services
and also perform my duties in effective manner.
v. To offer patients care directly
vi. To offer patient's self-care education
vii. To offer emotional support to the patients and vulnerable group.
viii. To offer infections prevention measures
ix. To offer good team work in the working environment.
x. To state any signs of the body systems dysfunction to the infants, children or
adolescents
xi. To offer interpretation to the laboratory and physiological data.
xii. To be able to teaching and supervision to medical students.

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xiii. To be able to give description to treatments of nay acute and life threatening illness.
xiv. To be able to develop the initial treatment plans for the ill patients.
xv. To give demonstration of the sensitivity related to cultural, age, gender and
disabilities issues (Kathleen, 2015).
xvi. To be able to offer care for the patients who has acute and chronic illnesses
xvii. To be able to facilitate the patients discharging plans.
xviii. To be able to provide the patients with palliative cares.
xix. To be able to offer the patients education.
xx. To be able to give appropriate illness preventions services.
xxi. To be able to offer the various health maintenance care.
xxii. To be able to give a comprehensive care considering social, emotional, cultural, and
physical needs of patients.
xxiii. To be able to offer optimum patient's care through the objectives, systematic
monitoring, established standard, and criteria based evaluation.
xxiv. To be able to do investigation of theories and techniques that improves patients care.
xxv. To be able to recruit, develop, and retain quality nurses and offer robust education
experience for the nursing students (George, 2019).
xxvi. To be able to create and maintain a progressive environments to foster creativity.
xxvii. To be able to encourage the personal and professional growths.
xxviii. To be able to display the performance of the services standards.
xxix. To ensure that the staff’s competence is well assessed maintained, demonstrated and
improved continually.
2.4 Mission
My mission is to demonstrate excellence in the clinical care through the commitments to quality
medical care practices, to deliver competent patient’s care in caring and healing environments
(Sharon, 2019).
I also aim at promoting innovations in the clinical practices, program, and use technology
through the active participations in decisions making and through research, however I also
provides a compassionate and respectful environments for the each member of community
through my professionalism practices models, patients and family centered cares (Carol, 2019).

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2.5 Vision
My vision as a professional nurse is the assurance of professional excellence through the
evolving of the arts and science in field of nursing. I will always be vigilant while responding to
the patients, professionals, finance, communities and health care systems requirements and
changes (Benny, 2019).
I will always be passionate while delivering seamless nurse cares in order to produce best results
within the nursing communities and patients, however I will provide professional practices
environments in order to improve and sustain my nursing expertise in the nursing profession
(Dianne, 2019).
3 Qualification
3.1 Education
Knoxville General Hospital nursing college (2000), diploma, pediatric nurse practitioner
Florida state school of nursing (2003), degree, Bachelor of Science public health nursing
George mason Washington University (2007), Masters in science major in of children nursing.
Texas University (2009), DrPH, major in health education
3.2 Experience
Year: 01/04/2017 to present
Institution: George Washington medical centre
Roles
i. Head of the health department.
ii. Treating and assisting HIV/AIDS patients.
iii. Offering training to the patients and families.
iv. Conducting health research for the hospitals.
v. Supporting the health students to gain experience.
Year: 20/01/2016 to 01/01/2017
Institution: George Washington university school of health

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Roles:
i. Lecturer in unit junior level courses in Child Health Nursing.
ii. Lecturer junior level courses in Health Promotions across the Life spans.
Year: 01/05/2015 to 12/01/2016.
Institution: George Washington university school of health
Roles:
i. Courses coordinators for NRSG 5533.
ii. Pediatrics Primary-Health-Care III
iii. Clinical graduate’s courses for Pediatrics Nurse Practitioners Students.
iv. The supervision of class activities, presentation and evaluations of learners.
Year:09/01/2012 to 01/04/2015
Institution: Texas University.
Roles:
i. Courses coordinators for NRSG 5522.
ii. Lecturer for Pediatrics Primary-Health-Care II.
iii. Lecture Clinical graduates courses for Pediatrics Nurses Practitioners Students
iv. Supervising the class activities and presentations.
Year: 01/01/2010 to 03/12/2011
Institution: Knoxville General Hospital nursing college.
Roles:
i. Courses coordinators for NRSG 5511
ii. Lecture in Pediatrics Primary-Health-Care I.
iii. Lecture in Clinical graduates courses for Pediatrics Nurses Practitioners Students.
iv. Clinical supervision of the clinical students.
Year: 03/01/2009 to 02/01/2010
Institution: Florida state school of nursing
Roles:
i. Pediatrics nursing practitioners.
ii. Social Actions Communities Health Service.

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iii. Children and Adolescents Clinics.
iv. Managing the Primary Care.
v. Conducting General Pediatrics practices under the supervision of: Kenneth Hart.
Year: 01/04/2007 to 01/01/2009
Institution: volunteer at east Africa countries
Roles:
i. Treating and assisting HIV/AIDS patients.
ii. Offering training to the patients and families.
iii. Conducting health research for the hospitals.
iv. Supporting the health students to gain experience.
3.3 Resume
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: FLORENCE
Phone number: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Postal address: P.O. Box 152-20300 Washington DC.
Date of birth : 27th July 1980
Nationality : American.
Marital status : Married.
Gender : Female.
Religion & belief: staunch Christian
Languages : English and Kiswahili
PERSONALSUMMARY:
I am a hardworking, self-motivated, determined, self-discipline and responsible with the ability
to adapt well to new situations and work as an effective member in a fast paced environment
under minimum supervision.
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
 To realize and further my career goals by seeking relevant and challenging positions in an
enabling environment, where my current qualifications, abilities and experience would be of
importance to the employer

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 To become a role model in the workplace and to fully support the employer’s mission by
providing the best of my ability to clients and employer.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
2007 –2009 - Texas University
DrPH, major in health education attained 2nd class upper division
2004- 2006- George mason Washington University
Masters in science major in of children nursing 2nd class upper division
2001- 2003- Florida state school of nursing.
Bachelor of Science public health nursing 2nd class upper division
1999- 2000- Knoxville General Hospital nursing college.
Diploma, pediatric nurse practitioner attained 2nd class upper division
1985- 1993- George mason Washington primary school.
Certificate, primary school education
1994- 1998- George mason Washington secondary school.
Certificate, secondary school education
SKILLS AND COMPETENCE ACQUIRED WHILE STUDYING:
 Preparation of training projects and practical materials.
 Conducting research and learning skills.
 Setting exams, marking and compiling the results skills
 Problems solving skills.
 Computer repair and servicing skills.
 Operation of information management system.
 Client’s relational skills.
 Maintenance of academic documents skills.
 Performance of Pediatrics nursing.
 Performance Social Actions Communities Health Service.
 Conducting Children and Adolescents Clinics.
 Managing the Primary Care.
 Managing and treatment of the HIV/AIDS patients.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
01/04/2007 to 01/01/2009: volunteer at east Africa countries
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Treating and assisting HIV/AIDS patients.
 Offering training to the patients and families.
 Conducting health research for the hospitals.
 Supporting the health students to gain experience.
03/01/2009 to 02/01/2010: Florida state school of nursing
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Preparation of lesson notes.
 Preparation of schemes of work
 Setting and marking the computer class exams.
 Leading the Red Cross club.
 Leading in the environmental and health club.
 Pediatrics nursing practitioners.
 Social Actions Communities Health Service.
 Children and Adolescents Clinics.
 Managing the Primary Care.
 Conducting General Pediatrics practices under the supervision of: Kenneth Hart.
01/01/2010 to 03/12/2011: Knoxville General Hospital nursing college
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Courses coordinators for NRSG 5511
 Lecture in Pediatrics Primary-Health-Care I.
 Lecture in Clinical graduates courses for Pediatrics Nurses Practitioners Students.
 Clinical supervision of the clinical students.

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09/01/2012 to 01/04/2015: Texas University.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Courses coordinators for NRSG 5522.
 Lecturer for Pediatrics Primary-Health-Care II.
 Lecture Clinical graduates courses for Pediatrics Nurses Practitioners Students
 Supervising the class activities and presentations.
01/05/2015 to 12/01/2016: George Washington university school of health
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Courses coordinators for NRSG 5533.
 Pediatrics Primary-Health-Care III
 Clinical graduate’s courses for Pediatrics Nurse Practitioners Students.
 The supervision of class activities, presentation and evaluations of learners.
20/01/2016 to 01/01/2017: George Washington university school of health
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Lecturer in unit junior level courses in Child Health Nursing.
 Lecturer junior level courses in Health Promotions across the Life spans.
01/04/2017 to present: George Washington medical centre
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Head of the health department.
 Treating and assisting HIV/AIDS patients.
 Offering training to the patients and families.
 Conducting health research for the hospitals.
 Supporting the health students to gain experience.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
 Being innovative in my duties.
 Socializing and meeting new friends.
 Reading books, traveling, researching.

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 Social community service and listening to music.
 Offering health trainings to community.
REFEREES:
1. LORAINE ANN
HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS,
GEORGE MASON WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,
TEL: [phone]
WASHINGTON DC.
2. ROSE MARY
DEPUTY RETURNING OFFICER,
GEORGE MASON WASHINGTON SECONDARY SCHOOL,
TEL: [phone]
WASHINGTON DC.

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3.4 Cover letter
COVER LETTER
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
RE: FLORENCE NURSE PROFFESIONAL.
I am a Nurse e professional where I learnt and attained diploma, pediatric nurse
practitioner in 2000 at Knoxville General Hospital nursing college, degree in Bachelor of
Science public health nursing on 2003 at Florida state school of nursing, Masters in science
major in of children nursing on 2007 at George mason Washington University and DrPH, major
in health education on 2009 at Texas University.
In my profession I had gained enough work experience since I had worked in various
institutions at different departments and capacities which includes volunteer at east Africa
countries, lecture at Florida state school of nursing, lecture at Knoxville General Hospital
nursing college, lecture at Texas University, nurse practitioner at George Washington university
school of health, nurse practitioner George Washington university school of health ,nurse at
George Washington medical centre
I am self driven, time conscious, goal oriented, ambitious and team player person and I am
able to work under pressure where I deliver my duty by meeting any set deadline or before,
therefore I pledge to offer my best services to the institution and offer best training to the
students in a best professional way.
The attached is my detailed resume and portfolio and I will appreciate much if you consider
me in any nursing post in your institution.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
FLORENCE

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3.5 Hobbies
 Being innovative in my duties.
 Socializing and meeting new friends.
 Reading books, traveling, researching.
 Social community service and listening to music.
 Offering health trainings to community.
3.6 Artificial

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3.7 Reflection
In my nursing career I belief in saving and nurturing the people's lives, supporting and training of
the patients and families, treatment to vulnerable and less fortune people in the society and all
this I can achieve this by doing what no other person can do, in a way that no one else can do,
despite of the challenges in the profession in order to achieve goal of being an expertise nurse.

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