Personal philosophy of nursing and leadership
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Personal philosophy of nursing and leadership
Questions to consider before drafting your paper on personal philosophy.
• What first interested you in a nursing career?
• Why did you choose nursing over another type of healthcare profession?
• Why exactly is nursing important to you on both personal and professional levels?
• What aspect of nursing appeals to you most? (e.g., patient education, relationship
building, or fast-paced work?)
• What are your strengths as a nurse? (e.g., compassion, empathy, leadership,
communication, or kindness)
• What are your values? (e.g., integrity, service, community, equality, equity,
diversity, inclusion, teamwork, quality, service, equality, innovation, or teamwork)
a. How do your values translate to your approach to nursing?
b. What are your goals as a nurse? How do you want to impact patients?
• What concepts shape your nursing practice?
• You can choose concepts that align with your values that might align with some
existing nursing theories, such as :
Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory, Jean Watson's Theory of Human
Caring, Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert Theory, Madeleine Leininger's Theory
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of Cultural Care Diversity and Universality, Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit
Theory, Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Relations Theory, Intersectionality,
Transitional theories, and the Nursing meta paradigm. These are examples. You
can use any theory to draft your philosophies or just concepts. Using a theory
is not a mandate.
• What is your nursing leadership style ( what type of a leader you aspire to be?
This could be a servant leader, transformational leader, ethical leader, etc.)
• To draft your document, incorporate and integrate your values , concepts, and
leadership styles with examples.
• How do you draft your preliminary responses to these questions?
(a) I believe patient care is….
(b) I believe nursing education is…; and
(c) I believe nursing research is…
Nursing and leadership philosophy can be structured in various ways. Here
are some headings and ideas to consider.
1. Begin by outlining your philosophy and its personal importance.
2. Reflect on how your values and beliefs shape your nursing practice and leadership
style.
3. Identify the style of leadership that fits you best. Choose from transformational,
transactional, servant, or other styles.
4. Describe the positive impact you want to make as a nurse leader. Describe your plan
to
achieve this vision and the steps you'll take to make it a reality.
5. Support your philosophy of nursing and leadership with nursing theories/ concepts.
Clarify
the connection between these theories and your personal values with personal
examples.
6. Discuss personal stories highlighting the impact of your values and beliefs on your
nursing
practice and leadership style.
7. Summarize your nursing and leadership philosophy, highlighting key points made in
the
document.
8. Use 4-5 sentences from your personal philosophy statement as a summary in
quotation
marks to finalize your paper after the conclusion.
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