Nursing Healthcare and Ohio

The Nurse Practice Act of Ohio directs responsibility and accountability in professional nursing practice. The Act defines the roles and duties of the Registered Nurse, delimiting the professional duties of the registered nurse. For example, an amendment to the Nurse Practice Act of Ohio enables nurses, including all nurse practitioners, to determine and pronounce death officially (Ohio Board of Nursing, 2017). Health counseling and teaching, administering nursing practice, and executing nurse regimens are also part of the Nurse Practice Act of Ohio (“Chapter 4723 Nurse Definitions,” n.d.). Therefore, the Act shows what nurses are and are not responsible for, improving consistency and role clarity. The Nurse Practice Act can also aid healthcare administrators to manage staff and ensure ascription to legal and ethical parameters of the profession.
My belief system aligns with the principles of caring and cultural competency. I believe that nurses do more than deliver care according to evidence-based practice, policies, and procedures. Nurses promote healing and wellbeing on a holistic level, working with family members and the community. I also believe nurses are in the position of advocating for patients. Nurses serve in many different roles, with some in positions of leadership and others serving as nurse educators. My nursing philosophy also includes a dedication to ongoing professional and personal development, and the nurse should be responsive to change.
I define the four major components of nursing as follows. Health refers to each person’s maximum sense of well being in body, mind, and spirit. Person suggests individual autonomy, but a person cannot be considered without taking into account environmental context. The environment refers to external contexts and variables like society, community, family, culture, geography, and ecology. Health is directly linked to environmental variables. Finally nursing refers to the practice and art of caring in the clinical practice environment.
References
“Chapter 4723 Nurse Definitions,” (n.d.). Ohio Laws and Rules. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4723
Ohio Board of Nursing (2017). Nursing practice. http://www.nursing.ohio.gov/Practice.htm