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NURS1001H Electronic Portfolio Assignment.
Introduction.
A nursing portfolio is an essential part of a professional’s toolkit, which demonstrates their progress, embraces individual beliefs, and establishes a record of success. This compiled electronic portfolio shall act as a framework for lifelong learning with competence enhancement for the nursing profession. This involves using theory, clinical practice, seminars, and personal reflections to offer an overview of the development of the program. As such, this portfolio defines my position as a future nurse through communicating experience and relating it to a nurse’s competencies. It fosters self-assessment, analysis, and planning in relation to the fundamentals of professional practice as outlined in the scope of the nursing practice framework. Therefore, my main goal is to provide competent, caring, patient-centred practice and work toward personal and professional growth in this fulfilling profession.
Beliefs About Nursing (Philosophy).
Nursing is an evolutionary profession based on care, education, and the promotion of justice. In essence, nursing responds to the need for the client-as-person approach, where individuality and patient preferences are valued. Advocacy is essential; patients have the right to know and defend themselves and protect their liberties. Continuing education is also important as it allows nurses to be updated with practice-based evidence, reducing patient complication rates. Understanding that all trusting and healing relationships are based on empathy and compassion is critical. Professionalism and ethics are two important principles that help nurses effectively provide quality care while practising professionalism and being responsible for their actions. These are my nursing philosophical setters, and I believe that patients should be cared for as a whole. This includes the physical, occupational, emotional, and religious aspects. As a result of the personal reflections and practice in this learning, the ideals of excellence and equity will be observed in practice. This belief system links up to the general philosophy of nursing, a humanistic and scientific discipline of care that focuses on improving health and human dignity.
Fig 1: Infographic of core values.
Personal Values.
Cultures are a belief system that defines how people in a certain organization or country should behave or conduct themselves daily. In nursing, values provide ethical and quality services in providing care. The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Code of Conduct and Professional Standards serves as the personal scope of practice framework that, upon adherence, results in the highest personal and professional accountability, integrity, and competence in practice.
Nursing professionals maintain ethical and sensitive concerns through compassion as one of its fundamental principles. Pehlivan and Güner (2020) stress that care is giving the patient an understanding of what’s best and