Your Philosophy and Florence Nightingale

Course readings provide the foundation for your reflection on your worldview or lens informing professional nursing practice. From a historical perspective, Florence Nightingales nursing work continues to provide significant influence in creating nursing knowledge, cultures of safety, and nursings call to improve the health of the community.

Instructions:

For this activity, complete the following steps adapting for the option chosen to show mastery:

Present your own philosophy of professional nursing practice including
Your perceived view of nursing
Your enduring values that brought you to nursing
Your definitions of patient, health, environment, and nursing
Your worldview that influences your nursing care
How your worldview of nursing practice changed as a result of your nursing experiences
Analyze components within your philosophy that are aligned with any of the 11 assumptions that summarize Nightingales philosophy