Introduction
Professional socialization and knowledge of nursing theories is very important to any practicing nurse. When socialization there is effectively socialization, nursing practitioners are likely to master extensive professional skills with ease. Theories, on the other hand, play a very important part in helping nurses determine appropriate treatment approaches for their patients. The first part of this work discusses how nurses and patients socialize at Jackson Health System while the second part analyzes the impact of nursing theories on the performance of nurses.
Socialization in the Nursing Profession
Administrators at Jackson Health System are very caring to all their patients and anyone who accompanies them to the hospital. They developed programs that address their patient’s cultural and spiritual needs. Such programs include pastoral and counseling services. The hospital hires chaplains and preachers from all religious sects to help their patients relax as doctors attend to them. These services also help in the recovery of patients. Patients, their families, physicians and nurses gather to worship God. Such gatherings highlight the institution’s value for their clients’ welfare.
The hospital employs social workers; whose responsibilities include providing emotional support, talking to patients and their families about causes of their illnesses and coordinating the discharge plan. They counsel both the patients and their families, and advise them on possible ways of avoiding causes health problems.
This hospital has more male physicians than female ones. Whenever people of the same sex dominate an institution, socialization is always greatly affected. In such a circumstance, workers lack skills to socialize with members of the less dominant sex.
Bringing patients, nurses, physicians and pastoral leaders together enhances socialization within the hospital. It, therefore, positively contributes to the development of nurses. However, employing social workers and many male physicians hinders this development. Social workers perform duties that could help bring nurses close to their patients. Male dominance, on the other hand, leads to lack of professionalism.
Impacts of Nursing Theories
Major nursing theories include the Nightingale, Unitary Human Beings, Self-Care, System Model, Interpersonal and Trans-cultural Nursing theories. Each of these theories proposes its own method of handling patients. This analysis uses four of these theories to demonstrate their usefulness in the nursing profession.
Virginia Henderson’s Nightingale Model advises nurses to provide continuous care to their clients even when they are not sick. According to her, nurses should not accompany their clients to their homes. Instead, they should teach them ways of avoiding health problems. This theory, therefore, encourages nurses to serve their clients even when they are out of hospitals. Henderson’s assertions are similar to what Dorothea Orem says in her Self-Care Model. Orem asserts that individuals should always take care of themselves through involvement in healthy activities. The role of nurses, according to her, is informing people about potential health hazards.
Betty Neuman in her System Theory insists that nurses should focus their attention to the reaction of their clients towards stress causing environments. They should help them avoid these stressors, and guide them on how to remain healthy. She developed three methods of care provision that are capable of keeping patients healthy throughout their lives.
Hildegard Peplau’s Inter-personal Model proposes a good relationship between nurses and patients. According to her, they have to nurture this relationship through orientation, exploitation, identification and resolution. Nurses should, therefore, establish a good relationship with their patients. This model is very important in promoting socialization between nurses and patients.
In summary, it is very important for all nurses to know what these theories propose. The models are capable of helping them determine the approaches to use in providing care to patients with specific needs. Nurses who have this knowledge will, therefore, demonstrate extensive professionalism in dealing with their patients.