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My Statement on Worldview and the Nursing Process Worldviews are fundamental in helping every healthcare professional involved in different areas particularly nursing care since nurses are the basic caregivers for patients. Since worldviews give meaning to the practices and beliefs held by individuals who perceive occurrences based on the worldview, it is prudent for the adoption of worldviews that are relevant for the clinical setting (Butts & Rich, 2017). Additionally, the world views adopted by registered nurses in daily practice should conform to the stipulated standards of nursing care according to the law while at the same time blending well with the religious and cultural demands of society. My worldview is that the world is an interactive zone that has diverse individuals whose sole aim is survival. Therefore, this philosophy also applies to my daily duties as a registered nurse practitioner because providing patient-centered care helps patients survive and there is an interaction between me as a nurse and the patient for the survival to be achieved. The religious element of my worldview is that apart from human beings struggling to survive as they interact with one another, there is a supernatural being that has sole control over nature. Precisely, the divine and mystical being are God and several religious groups such as the Christians and Muslims recognize his presence. Connecting this with nursing care, my role as a nurse is applying my best level of skills and knowledge in maintaining and restoring lives but in the actual sense, there are certain spheres of practice that surpass my human capabilities (Demirsoy, 2017). For example, there are instances when a patient cannot be salvaged from death no matter how much medical care workers try to resuscitate the patient. Therefore, based on my worldview and religion, the patient’s time of death may be God’s plan and this is beyond the control of neither registered nurses nor subspecialized doctors.

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Additionally, my worldview’s spiritual element is that the course of the struggle for survival ends here on earth and there is another life after death as it is believed by many religious groups all over the world. Therefore, in my daily duties as a registered nurse, I strive to respect the spiritual beliefs of not only all the patients I provide nursing care for but also the colleagues whom I interact with (Demirsoy, 2017; Sullivan, 2016). For instance, a dying patient’s family may reject organ donation because of the belief in life after death and it is my responsibility as a professional nurse to respect this decision. On the other hand, the cultural element of my worldview is evident through the interaction that people have as they strive for survival. Consequently, peoples’ ways of life have adjusted to support mutual survival. Particularly, the best example in the clinical setting that fits this concept is appropriate dressing. For example, proper dressing in the hospital is ethical since it upholds high levels of professionalism and also facilitates the establishment of a conducive patient care environment. The specific nursing theory that is most in line with my philosophy of practice and approach to patient care is the theory of human caring that was proposed by Jean Watson. The similarities of the human caring theory and my philosophy are expressed through the deep respect that both philosophies attach to human dignity in patients. Besides, the interaction of human beings which includes the interaction of nurses with their patients results in an inseparable interdependence in the course of human survival (McMillan, 2017). Therefore, patients are in a vulnerable position that requires nursing care so that they can effectively survive in the environment through the restoration of their health. Another striking similarity that is presented in my worldview of nursing care that is in line with the human survival theory is presented in the ten curative factors. For instance, embracing kindness during patient care is a sign of respect for them. In the process, nurses are obliged to apply evidence-based care

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techniques that help patients to recover their health. Therefore, there is a balance that a nurse has to maintain between providing patient care and serving the individual needs of the patient including spiritual, cultural, and social factors. Moreover, my worldview of nursing care backs up Jean Watson’s theory since it emphasizes the provision of care that addresses the holistic patient needs not only physically and emotionally but also spiritually. The religious and spiritual inclinations of both Watson’s theory and my worldview of patient care are common in the aspect of being open to mystery and allowing the control of divine supernatural power in cases when science and human capabilities may fail. Therefore, the theory of human caring reinforces my approach to patient-centered care through prioritizing the basic human needs that must be respected in the process of providing quality nursing care. For example, when a patient feels that he or she is kindly spoken with during care, the interaction of the patient with the nurse is smoother and the patient’s response to therapy significantly improves. A specific example of a current challenge facing the provision of quality nursing care for patients is the unpredictability in the clinical setting made worse by the occurrence of pandemics such as Covid-19. During the early stages of this pandemic, forefront healthcare workers such as nurses widely contracted the virus, and their health was at stake due to inadequate knowledge on the epidemiology of the disease at that time (Chen, Lai, & Tsay, 2020). If such unpredictability continues, people are less likely to pursue nursing and this harms the supply of the nursing workforce globally. My worldview could assist in resolving this issue because the point of focus is in making sure that the survival of human beings is maintained while providing patientcentered care. This means that a nurse must be willing to save lives even under difficult circumstances such as dealing with a life-threatening novel disease that is nearly unknown.

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Additionally, the theory of human caring provides a solution when dealing with peculiar conditions because it provides room for healthcare providers to practice optimism while initiating evidence-based scientific research and also believing in the possibility of miracles. For example, it is the hope of everyone in the medical sector and the world at large that a potent vaccine will be secured through scientific research for the protection of susceptible human lives (Grinspun & Bajnok, 2018). Finally, my worldview and Jean Watson’s theory of human caring will further assist me in developing my future practice in a myriad of ways. First, my commitment to work will increase because it will be fueled up by the thirst for serving humanity. Besides, I will be able to apply the multifaceted patient care approach according to the theory of human caring in the nursing process aiming at alleviating disease while serving basic human needs such as the respect for dignity (Padmaja, 2015). Therefore, the worldview that I have presented in this paper has a significant potential of impacting on the delivery of quality nursing care positively.

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