The roles of physicians and nurses are attached to comforting the sick in the community, which is more of curing at times, often relieving the sufferings and in always comforting the patient.
Ethics is characterized by what is wrong or right, it has been noted that agreeing on right issues is complex and challenging, since people consider issues from different perspectives. Understanding ethics is critical for the health care officials in advancing professionalism. Nurses are expected to appreciate the values that are fostered by ethics in the line of duty. Ethics in nursing is supported by understanding of concepts, high standards of reasoning skills and encouraging the principles supporting ethical analysis. The Hippocratic Oath acts as a code of conduct for medical practitioners.
The roles of physicians and nurses are attached to comforting the sick in the community, which is more of curing at times, often relieving the sufferings and in always comforting the patient. The words were phrased by Dr. Edward Trudeau in 1800 (ANA, 2010). The medicine acts as an intervention, comforting the patients is ethical even if the disease is neither cured nor the suffering relieved, this is best done by understanding the agendas of the patients, standing in the shoes of the patients and in taking a personal responsibility of comforting patients (Thornbory, 2009).
Passion: ‘Why am I here?’
My passion in nursing is supported by enthusiastic and vested interest in helping, caring and in offering healing hands to the needy and sick people in the community. I feel indebted to offer care and compassion to the sick and needy persons in the community, in so doing, I’m advancing in my nursing career and also improving the health of the community I serve. I’m committed in making differences to the lives of the patients, communities, facilities, professional organizations and to the government.
Reflecting on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, it has been noted that self actualization is located at the tip of the pyramid. This is on top of physiological needs, safety needs, social needs and esteem needs. Self actualization is characterized with the maturation of careers where an individual attains the highest level of professionalism and expertise, through realizing the potential (Blais & Hayes, 2010). As a nurse, I have attained self actualization through gaining knowledge and skills in the workplace and also through advancing in skills. In so doing, I’ve become more efficient and confident in the line of duty.
Motivation: ‘What makes me to Act?’
Motivation is characterized with the things that give me direction and purpose to particular behaviors (ANA, 2010). Some of the drivers of motivation in me identify with positive remarks, smiles of the people I serve and satisfaction of patients, which is expressed by both the workmates and by the people I serve. Motivators have advanced my personal achievement and inner fulfillment after improving the quality of lives considering the people I serve. It pushes me back to do more and more, which makes a difference to the people I serve.
In my professionalism, I assume I’m the sick person or the sick person is my loved one, the commitment I would like to be directed at me or to my loved one motivates me in the provision of the best health care within my capabilities. Personally I support efficient and safe health care, and my actions are geared towards offering efficient and safe health care to the people I serve. I foster teams with my colleagues in making sure that the needs and wants of the patients are handled in the best way possible.
I have learnt with time that nurses work best with preset goals, which acts as a source of motivation. I value efficient and safe health care, and this acts as my goal in the day to day activities. I have developed mechanisms that keep me on track and also in building my confidence in the line of duty.
Inspiration ‘What keeps me in motion?’
Inspiration is characterized by the things that keep me in the right motion (Blais & Hayes, 2010); as a nurse, my inspiration is connected with offering helping hands on the people I serve. I strongly believe that nursing is a call and that it has responsibilities attached, it is more than professionalism since it needs a human touch. My most inspiring moments are when I see patients and families showing positive remarks on my work as a nurse. I feel appreciated and recognized; a move that inspires me to serving patients more and more. I believe that I impact the lives of the patients positively in the best way I could depending on my abilities.
As I stated earlier, making the difference in my career inspires my professionalism, in so doing; I support the patients without bias or prejudice, teach the patients on the best ways of managing the disease and in supporting the family morally as I link the patients with their families. I’m inspired to be the best nurse with outstanding services to the practice, patients and to my profession. The Hippocratic Oath is used as a reference point for the actions of the medical practitioners in the line of duty.
Loyalty ‘Whom do I serve?’
Loyalty is characterized by binding to the course of action, which is motivated by a feeling of care and concerns in serving fellow human beings (ANA, 2010). Nurses know that there are more to serving the patients, where diverse factors affect the quality of the health care. Common variables identify with physical needs, emotional needs, spiritual needs and psychological needs among others (Blais & Hayes, 2010). The needs vary with the cultural orientation of the nurses. Nurses effectively manage such issues through actively listening at the patients, providing available information, advocating that the patients are different and in assisting the patients in making informed decisions. Customer loyalty is fostered by customer satisfaction, in this case, the patient is considered to be the customer.
Personal, Cultural and Spiritual values
My personal values as a nurse are attached on being compassionate, sympathetic and selfless in serving patients. Personal values has enabled me to excel in my career by comprehending the roles attached to me by being helpful to the patient and in securing the trust of the patients I serve. I have served patients from different spiritual and cultural orientation without bias and discrimination. Personal, spiritual and cultural values have enabled me to mingle with different people and has enabled me understand nursing better in the current context.
Values, Morals and Ethics
Values, Ethics and Morals are critical in nursing (Thornbory, 2009). I believe that personal values are defined by the ethical practices of the nurses, and that ethics is defined by the moral standing of the nurses in choosing what is right and wrong. Nurses are expected to consult stakeholders in decision making processes, as a way of dealing with ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas are common while dealing with multicultural patients (Blais & Hayes, 2010).
Moral, Ethical Dilemmas and personal views
Nurses in the line of duty face moral and ethical dilemmas daily. Ethical decisions impact on the patients and on the nurses. It is argued that there is no single answer in an ethical dilemma that is right, since the resolution is not satisfactory to both the patients and to the nurses (ANA, 2010). Nurses use principles of nursing ethics in making ethical decisions, which is also guided by my beliefs, values and experiences of the nurses. Common ethical dilemmas I have faced are: control versus freedom, pro-life versus pro-choice, deception versus telling the truth, distribution of resources and personal belief versus empirical knowledge among others.
A nurse act as the point of contact between the health care facility and the patients, the experience with the nurses has capabilities of building or breaking the customer loyalty. Nurses are encouraged to build therapeutic and personal touch as they advance in serving the patients and also in advancing their career.
References
ANA. (2010). ANA’S Foundation of Nursing 2010 Package . Silver Spring, Maryland: American Nursing Association.
Blais, K. & Hayes, J. (2010). Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Thornbory, G. (2009). Public Health Nursing. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
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