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Abstract The ontological dimension of nursing has been under critique since its inception, and to date there still remains an incongruence in defining the nursing practice itself. Jacqueline Fawcett’s (1984) nursing metaparadigm first instituted the nursing philosophy framework, a model that remains a staple in nursing education to date. The metaparadigm remains to be fully…

How Can I Think Differently? Nursing Theories Applied to Practice Scenario             Nursing theory is the foundation that underpins clinical nursing practice and knowledge (Wall, 2010). Nurse theorists have historically played an important role in shaping nursing education and skill acquisition (Colley, 2003). These works aid nurses in various roles in recognizing the unique contribution…

Watching the video entitled “Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care” https://www.youtube.com/embed/IQtOgE2s2xI?rel=0&wmode=transparent , this video reminded me as a nurse and as a person that my empathetic awareness is a positive trait – not one to be hidden when I am engaging in my practice. I often wonder when I am passing a staff member, patient, or family…

Reconceptualizing caring with a forward heart.

I ease your pain.I bathe your skin.I make your bed.I help you dress.I meet your needs.You heal me. I am your nurse.I feed you meals.I give you rest.I tend your wounds.I sense your suffering.I answer your questions.You teach me. I am your nurse.I know your pain.I share your loneliness.I feel your despair.I taste your joy.I…

Being a perioperative nurse means that I am called to care for the patient who is under some form of anesthetic, and unable to appropriately advocate for themselves. Munday et al (2015) echo my thoughts in that perioperative nurses are often the patients’ voices when they are unable to speak for themselves. It is the intense…

To state that social media platforms being influential on health advocacy would be an understatement. Ever increasing in global popularity, clients around the world are picking up their mobile device for fast and relatable answers to all of their healthcare questions. In fact, it is estimated that the active use of Facebook alone to date is…

When the topic of the global nursing crisis arises, there is never a shortage of supporting literature…or unsolicited opinion. In fact, the running dialogue has been building like a slow fire since I was completing my undergraduate in nursing. Over a decade ago. It is both interesting and deflating how economic climate and political agendas…

First of all, let me take a moment to empathize with the front-line nurses having felt extreme burnout during the COVID-19 response. I have seen and heard from those nurses who felt that, during the worst of the pandemic, their individualism was forgotten about; personas and skillsets being simply reduced to an ’employee number.’ I…

There are many reasons for health care disparities, but reports reveal that one of the contributing factors is clinician bias toward patients of racial, ethnic, or cultural minorities (Narayan, 2019). Implicit biases among health care providers are associated with the following negative effects on patient care: inadequate patient assessments, inappropriate diagnoses and treatment decisions, less time…