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This 4 page paper provides an overview of a philosophy on nursing and applies it to occupational focus. This paper relates theoretical views, including those of Jean Watson. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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role in society. While some of these reasons may overlap, there is generally one significant reason why individuals select one career type over others. My focus on a
nursing career, then, occurred out of financial need, but was largely defined by my philosophical perspective that feeds a motivation to help others. My philosophy of nursing is based
on my desire to help other people. Since childhood, I have had a compassionate response to the needs of others and have recognized myself as a person inherently defined
by a caring and compassionate perspective. I chose the profession of nursing because it is an occupation where my strengths as a care provider can be applied in the
workplace setting. At the same time, I also developed the ability to provide a compassionate response to others while maintaining personal distance. I was able to do this
in a number of volunteer positions while I was in high school, including work at a womens shelter and at a regional food bank. My philosophy of nursing also
focuses on the role of the nurse in promoting health and well-being. Ive found my views on nursing and the occupation of nursing are connected with those of nursing
theorist Jean Watson, who developed her Theory of Human Caring in the late 1970s. As a result of Watsons efforts to bring greater "meaning and focus to nursing as
an emerging discipline and distinct health professional with its own unique values, knowledge, and practices, with its own ethic and mission to society" (Watson, 2002), the profession of nursing has
come into greater perspective in terms of both the role of the nurse and the significance of nurses in supporting quality of life.
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