This week’s learning has affected my thought process, development and professional disposition in many ways. It has given me insights on how nursing theory has set the foundation of the nursing profession, and how important theory is to me working as a nurse by providing knowledge and guidance in order for me to make critical decisions that are correct. I learned how important nursing theorist like Florence Nightingale was to nursing by helping to make nursing a respected profession and also developing nursing theories that focus on nurse’s providing patient centered care. This week’s learning has also fostered my growth by me learning to not take nursing for granted, but to consider it a privilege in helping others, improve patient recovery, help patient’s in restoring their health, always doing my best to help my patients, taking the time to get to know my patients by building a nurse-patient relationship, no matter how busy it gets. For example yesterday I had a hard time dealing with a patient that was very needy, demanding, and always using the call light. Each shift, the nurse’s practically ignored this patient. I decided to try the Watson “caring” theory. When the patient called for assistance again, I went in the room and sat down and chatted with this patient. I really learned a lot, I learned that this patient just wanted to feel respected, and that someone cared enough to pay attention to him. What I learned while dealing with this patient has made me to have more compassion and concern towards patients that may seem to be troublesome to other