Answer to Question #237534 in English for Sam

Question

Cite situations/scenarios in which the nursing philosophies and nursing conceptual models can be applied in the three areas of nursing namely: Nursing service, Nursing Research and Nursing Academe.

Answer 1

A philosophy of nursing is “a statement encompassing ontological claims about the phenomena of central interest to a discipline, epistemic claims about how those phenomena come to be known and ethical claims about what the members of a discipline value”. The function of philosophies is to stipulate beliefs and values. A conceptual model on the other hand is defined as “a set of relatively abstract and general concepts that address the phenomena of central interest to a discipline, the propositions that broadly describe those concepts, and the propositions that state relatively abstract and general relations between two or more of the concepts”.

A philosophy of nursing is an approach to nursing, usually created by individual nurses in their own daily practice in the field. A nurse uses his or her philosophy of nursing to explain what he or she believes nursing is, the role nursing plays in the health care field, and how he or she interacts with patients. A philosophy of nursing also addresses a nurse’s ethics as it relates to the practice of nursing. For example, are there any “lines” a particular nurse will cross? If so, which ones? Under what circumstances? A philosophy of nursing guides a nurse as he or she practices each day.

Nursing theories and philosophies of nursing are related because they directly affect each other. A nurse’s philosophy of nursing will determine what types of models or theories he or she uses, just as the nursing theories used will help develop his or her personal philosophy. In some ways, nursing theories and philosophies are the same in that both provide a way for nurses to approach their daily practice and their individual patients that provide the best care for them.