You have spent six weeks exploring theories of nursing. These represent the “how” of what we do as nurses. This week we enter a higher level of thought and explore the “why” of what we do. Present a personal nursing philosophy.
Apply what you have read throughout the course and explore the literature on nursing philosophy. While Fawcett was not a nursing theorist, she is a nursing philosopher and her Metaparadigm of Nursing approaches philosophy over theory.
Once you have discussed your philosophy, identify a theoretical framework that fits your philosophy. Compare and contrast your philosophy and the chosen framework.
Describe a possible situation in which the framework may conflict or not fit your philosophy. While it is an important skill to be able to match a theory with a situation, it is also critical to understand when a theory or framework does not fit a situation.
Additional Resources:
Utley et al., Page 370 and Ch 14
Abou Malham, S., Breton, M., Touati, N., Maillet, L., Duhoux, A., & Gaboury, I. (2020). Changing nursing practice within primary health care innovations: The case of advanced access model. BMC Nursing, 19(1), 115.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-020-00504-z
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709259/