My personal values and philosophy of the nursing profession will help me to become a passionate and dedicated nurse. Entering nursing school, I would be able to develop my personal skills and master professional knowledge. I suppose that the main qualities of a nurse are based on universal principles of ethics and morality. They include dignity at the mercy of patients and openness, sensitivity to individual needs and patience, personal aspiration and commitment to work, humanism, and tolerance. Openness involves impartiality and objectivity in assessing the validity of the beliefs of oneself and others, and a willingness to revise beliefs as new evidence comes to light. Also, it is important for a nurse to possess critical thinking and an awareness of the consequences of one’s actions in rational decision-making, and to the need for patients to develop a critical response to the attitudes and values.
I suppose that nursing should be based on a moral responsibility to facilitate mediation. The nursing philosophy is based on the idea that a nurse should be well informed about ethical issues in nursing, have moral knowledge, and have a complex range of learned skills and guided experience that will enhance their ability to act wisely and creatively as reflective moral agents when confronted with moral problems, to anticipate moral problems and take the necessary action to prevent them from occurring in the first place; to think critically and reflectively about emergent and emerging moral issues. I am a dedicated and passionate person, I developed a passion for the nursing profession after taking care of my sick grandmother who suffers from emphysema. This real-life situation helps me to choose my life path and profession. I recognize that nurses are both psychological and physical caregivers, and human values such as compassion and concern based on cultural knowledge should be the main priority in this profession. Every nurse should take into account the social environment in order to inspire and empower enthusiasm in others. Nursing values involve psychosocial, spiritual, and physical factors of care. I am a determined person who pays attention to detail, loves people, and is able to help others.
My nursing philosophy underlines that the main responsibilities of nurses are to acquire knowledge and skills important for effective cultural communication. A nurse should be responsible for the improving quality of services and think about the large nursing practices which involve the development of the unique personal approach to cultural competency. For a nurse, self-assessment and clients’ assessment should be the core of professional communication and development. Self-assessment includes analysis of personal beliefs and religious awareness, communication patterns, and analysis of the social environment. The main effect of cultural competency can be explained by the increasing importance of cultural diversity influences on the environment and perspectives of further development on the macro-and micro-level. In this situation, to be a professional nurse, it is necessary to exercise the role of leadership based on cultural knowledge and expertise. The way in which healthcare organization has to employ cultural approach and communication is a part of competitive advantage. Religious awareness and ethics are a part of the cultural diversity problems that affected the nursing profession. Clients’ assessment should include analysis and evaluation of their religious beliefs and cultural patterns of behavior which affected communication with medical staff and treatment. In this case, detailed career planning and management are important ingredients in a successful profession. This has speeded up health delivery processes, transformed working practices, and increased the efficiency of healthcare services. I suppose that medical institutions can be characterized as an environment that influences values and ethical principles of nurses, their cultural competency, and knowledge.