Nursing Theory
After working for a reasonable period within the psychiatry unit, I have encountered many patients requiring various needs concerning their mental health. In all the instances that I have encountered while attending to the patients, each of them is usually unique thus needing specific intervention that is ever unique to the various individuals. These practices contributed to my philosophy of nursing which entails a belief on the role of the nurse as an assessor that determines the needs of the patient and is needed to be available to provide for the needs of the patient. At the same time, the nurse ought to provide patient-centered care as each patient’s needs are unique. This move is critical in the provision of safe and quality care. This philosophy can be related to various theories that guide nursing practice.
Martha E. Rogers came up with a theory known as Science of unitary human beings. She considered nursing to be an art and at the same time a science which was geared towards humans and was concerned with the nature and the direction of development among the human beings. I have a feeling that this theory provides an avenue for nurses to employ creativity and research in the coming up with better ways to improve the care of patients. In her theory of human becoming theory, Rosemarie Rizzo Parse rates the quality of life as per the view of the patient, and it is such view that marks the starting point of nursing practice (Alligood, 2017). Indeed this theory guides nurses in their practice which ought to aim the care depending on the needs of the patient. Margaret A. Newman came up with health as expanding consciousness that was a development of the Rogers theory of unitary human beings. This theory is vital in the managing health of a population which entails both the sick and the healthy all of whom care services are required.
Reference
Alligood, M. R. (2017). Nursing Theorists and Their Work-E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences.
