In this fast paced world, people don’t have time to think, or even cultivate real relationships. The fast paced world to me seems like a freeway, where even in traffic you only have but few precious moments to interact with someone and make a connection. In my view the role of a nurse should be to break that thought process and transcend the stereotype. Nurses are with people at their lowest points and are usually there through the process of merging back to health or a more desired quality of life. This essay will pose the debatable question for one to ponder as you sit in the passenger seat and I guide you through an in depth development of my nursing philosophy. A broad philosophy would look at the general and fundamental problems concerning matters of existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. My nursing philosophy in one of a restorer and maintaining order where there is no order. Although there is peace even in chaos, at times a helping hand is needed to bring balance. A nurse assists to maintain or attain that balance. Before a nurse can assist someone else, this position requires strong understanding of oneself, with this understanding, a nurse can then transcend from personal issues and ideals and open oneself to experience that connection that at times lasts in the broad scheme of life only mere seconds.
The role of a nurse requires one to be in touch with oneself, to know their boundaries, and be aware of their weaknesses and strengths. Same with a driver on the freeway, a driver that can merge smoothly between other cars in close proximity, can utilize this knowledge as strength and can navigate in and out of traffic. Same with a driver that is aware that this type of a task can be hard and even cause anxiety, this type of driver knows they are better off merging when they feel most comfortable and can easily see the front of the car