Jean's Philosophy

of Nursing

My philosophy of nursing emanates from the values, purposes, and my interpretation of the nurses role in meeting the needs of society. My mission is to provide healthcare that promotes optimum health, education, and restoration to the client, family, and community I serve.

The client is a whole person, an incorporation of body, mind, and spirit, who functions in an integrated biopsychosocial manner within a family and community. The family group is the basic unit of society composed of individuals interacating and mutually valued. A community is a group of people who share a common culture, interactive pattern and geographical location. I believe the above three to be interrelated. Assistance focusing on one does not exclude consideration of the others.

My vision is to provide spiritual, competent, and holistic healthcare services to the client, family, and community I serve. Through the process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, the uniqueness of each client as a whole is recognized. I believe nursing has established ethical patterns of integration with its internal and external environment which determine its potential to assist clients, families, and communities. It is recognized that, internally, there are different responsibilities for the various members of the nursing team and that educational preparation determines the level at which each member should function. In interaction with its external environment, nursing plays an active, vital role on the multidisciplinary health team.

Nursing provides opportunities for personal development, satisfaction, and reward for the practitioner. Nursing is dynamic and requires that the nurse assume responsibility for continuing education.