the philosophy that shapes my career

A personal philosophy is one which I should be bound during my professional practice as a nurse. It is a statement I am willing to guide me in performing my duties as a nurse. This philosophy is anchored in offering my nursing services with professionalism, competence, compassion, empathy and high standards of care for the patience to the best of my ability. These values I have lived with as so long way back as before I decided to pursue nursing as a career. The values have been my foundation in life as they were imparted in me since my childhood. From my childhood I have come to appreciate additional values as respect for personal choices, compassion towards individuals in need, and these coupled with more values learned during my training makes me well versed with the service of nursing. All these have been a motivation and driving force towards achieving high level service to families, patience and the community I serve at large.
To keep this philosophy alive, acquisition of knowledge through education is very significant. This requires me to get versed with issues relating to patient care on a regular issue. As a care provider, the practice and the additional constant study gives me both tools which are very valuable. Extensive research also comes in handy, as it gives a wealth of information on new ailments of ways of curbing patient fatality. These enhance my skills to provide high quality health care.
I am a believer in the respect of the diversity of my patience; their cultural beliefs, ethnic and racial background and sexual orientation. Having the understanding that each individual is unique in a way I have the ability to work without any discrimination. It is my endeavor to abide by the set medical code of conduct to ensure patients receive safe care, protection of patient’s rights and confidentiality, doing this on the face of promoting health awareness and an educator on health.
It is my belief that more exist to nursing as noble career. It is an opportunity to use special knowledge and skills to offer services one cannot offer to themselves.
References
Woods M. (1992). The ethical preparation and practice of nurses: a pilot research project. (Occasional Paper.)Palmerston North: Massey University. Retrieved 16, September 2017 from http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1191/0969733005ne754oa