Introduction
As a nurse, I will be able to develop a genuine connection with my patients and help provide them with high-quality treatment. My position will help me prepare patients for their care journey as well as what to expect after their treatment and for the rest of their lives. This will entail putting new software and protocols for post-treatment care into place, as well as a tracking system to organize all patient data for better continuity of care. Several viewpoints on nursing theory will be reviewed during this presentation to enhance nurses’ care and improve healthcare outcomes.
Environment Theory
Nursing theories are crucial because they support organizational self-sufficiency, adequate communication, and accountability. The Environment Theory of Florence Nightingale, one of the foremost nursing theorists, contributed significantly to understanding how the patient’s environment affects their recovery. According to Nightingale, the nurse must put the patient in the best possible position for them to recover (Gilbert, 2020). Nightingale emphasizes that three surroundings go hand in hand for the patient’s condition to improve; these environments span the social, psychological, and physical spheres. The setting significantly affects both the prevention and control of the disease. Nightingale advises considering hygiene factors, lessening pain, getting sufficient rest, and eating healthy food since nature is healing.
The Environment Theory pertains to my advanced nursing role and is consistent with my nursing philosophy and worldview. This is due to the belief that nursing is more of an artistic kind of patient care, which is similar to my nursing philosophy. Therefore, nurses should adhere to the instructions of physicians familiar with body science (Gilbert, 2020). The element that stands out in this environmental analysis, much like my worldview, is hygiene. The principle holds that nurses should uphold a high standard of hygiene in care environments. Therefore, nurses can occasionally inform the administration of adjustments that the hospital and wards need.
Theoretical Model: King’s Theory of Goal Attainment
A dynamic interpersonal relationship, attainment, defines how a patient learns and progresses to achieve specific life goals. The idea emphasizes that roles, stress, space, and time are all variables that might influence achieving goals (Adib-Hajbaghery & Tahmouresi, 2018). Personal, interpersonal, and social systems all interact with one another in the model. These systems each have their own distinct set of notions. Perception, self, growth and development, body image, space, and time are the concepts of the personal system. The interpersonal system describes interaction, communication, transaction, role, and stress. Organization, authority, power, prestige, and decision-making are notions of the social system.
The evaluation description in King’s theory talks about reaching objectives and the efficiency of nursing care. The ability to adapt continuously to stressors in the internal and external environment by making the best use of resources to reach one’s full potential for daily existence is a necessary component of health. The setting serves as the backdrop for human interaction where the internal and exterior environments are involved (Adib-Hajbaghery & Tahmouresi, 2018). The internal environment transforms energy to help a person adapt to ongoing changes in the external world. Organizations, both formal and informal, make up the external environment. The nurse is a component of the patient’s environment in this approach.
Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring
The theory was first presented in 1979 to give nursing and patient care a new sense of purpose and dignity. It was based on observations Watson made while working as a nurse. Her approach focuses on how nursing’s humanistic components interact with scientific understanding and clinical practice. Additionally, it emphasizes both disease prevention and treatment. Watson highlights that nurses may show compassion and put it into practice (Riegel et al., 2018). On the side of quality care, providing for patients might support recovery and development. She emphasizes that a nurturing environment welcomes each individual for who they are and their promise for the future.
Jean Watson’s Theory: Key Concepts
Watson concentrates on three of the four metaparadigm ideas throughout her theory. She describes the human being in her theory as a valuable individual who should be cared for, appreciated, fostered, comprehended and helped. Watson represents a person’s philosophical position as a completely functional integrated self (Riegel et al., 2018). A high degree of general adaptive-maintenance daily functioning, the absence of sickness, or the presence of actions that contribute to the lack of illness are all considered indicators of health. The definition of nursing is a science of people and the experience of health and disease as mediated through professional, interpersonal, scientific, and ethical care exchanges.
Jean Watson’s Theory: Use in Research
Nursing theories make models and systems that represent real-world processes available to academics and practitioners. Based on compassion, Jean Watson’s philosophy of human caring emphasizes the value of the environment, close relationships, and illness prevention as its guiding principles. Family nurse practitioners can improve the caliber of care they offer and the health outcomes of their patients by putting this idea into practice (Nibbelink & Brewer, 2018). Focusing on a patient’s total health highlights the idea that all body systems are interconnected and should be handled as a unit. The environmental aspect of care recommends fostering a supportive social environment for patients.
Graphical Representation
Future advanced nursing roles will be informed by the environment theory of Florence Nightingale, King’s theory of goal attainment, and the human caring theory of Jean Watson. In training as a nurse practitioner, King’s theory of goal achievement and Jean Watson’s theory of human caring are helpful because, like Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory, they emphasize the patient and the effects of external aspects on their well-being. The three frameworks work together to provide a supportive environment and emphasize the value of developing a relationship with the patient (Liu et al., 2019). It is imperative that, as a future nurse practitioner, I acquire knowledge and expertise that will help my practice and my patients in accordance with the three components.
Conclusion
Even with the best medical care, the environment theory explicitly assumes that it is difficult for patients to achieve excellent health in unclean surroundings that lack the essential elements of an enabling atmosphere. Nursing theories offer conceptual frameworks for investigating phenomena and expanding medical knowledge. Different models can be utilized at all levels of abstraction and applied to various nursing domains, allowing for formalizing the field’s research process. The intrinsic value of human life is emphasized in Jean Watson’s philosophy of human caring, which also describes the necessity of laying the groundwork for sound nursing practice.
References
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