Personal Philosophy of Nursing

Wellness, disability, family and collaboration are four important elements in my nursing philosophy. Regarding wellness, I see this as separate from a state of health in that it is more holistic and refers not only to the health of bodily functions and processes, but also to cognitive and spiritual health. I view both wellness and illness as socially and individually defined concepts and conceptualize both as associated with the degree of variation in the client and the client-system's ability to alter or adjust to its environment.

Collaboration and wellness are related in my philosophy of nursing. I think that in order for clients to achieve both health and wellness, a nurse must collaborate with both the client, his fam

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atterns relate to the rehabilitation of stroke patients. It can be noted that a nurse is likely to assess each functional health pattern (and sub-categories) in terms of the degree to which the patient is functionally compromised (e.g., 5 = strongly compromised to 1= no impairment). 1. Health Perception-Health Management Pattern - Here the nurse would consider the degree to which the management of the stroke victim's therapeutic regimen is effective, the health management deficits that might exist, the patient's degree of risk for non-compliance with the therapeutic regimen, the patient's health-seeking behaviors, and risks for infection or injury along with protection considerations. 2. Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern - Assessments here would include the patient's adaptive capacity, the degree to which his nutrition meets or does not meet body requirements given his condition, the risks of aspiration or impaired swallowing (very common to stroke patients), as well as risks for fluid volume deficits/excesses or degree of fluid volume deficit/excesses. Considerations would also be given to impaired skin and tissue integrity, and the risk for altered body temperature and degree of effective/ineffective thermoregulation. 3. Elimi
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