Nursing

Nursing

The goal of nursing is to .assist persons to achieve their optimum level of health in situations of normal health , illness , injury , or in the process of dying (Canadian Nurses Association , 1998 , pp .8 . This goal can only be achieved in the nursing profession by the coming together of the several segments of health care science and art , along with numerous ethical and legal stumbling blocks . Nursing as a science involves the technological and research aspect of patient care

The art of nursing is a more holistic view and takes into

account all the patients mental , physical and spiritual needs . This includes things like caring , being open-minded and having a strong relationship with the client no matter what differences in perspective or point of view lay between the nurse and the client . Nursing as a Science Knowledge is fundamental in the growth of any discipline . Talbot 's work (as cited in Potter , Perry , 1997 ) states that knowledge is information , and discovery is the creative process of obtaining new knowledge . A body of knowledge is the collaboration of ideas , which included in the knowledge base , is research and experience . Research is used to scientifically prove theories as well as to discredit others

Personal experience may bring upon research and increase the body of knowledge . An example of this can be seen with common dish soap and a catheter . Through personal experience and research , it has been found that using dish detergent to clean the apparatus can be equally as effective as using a much more costly disinfectant . Since nurses have started to do research , they have begun to build their own body of knowledge , instead of borrowing that knowledge from others (Leddy 1998 . Research and experience in the nursing field has allowed for the evolution of the profession . The more knowledge base an idea has , the more support it will receive . According to Meleis (1997 , nurses use knowledge of human responses to health and illness in the healing process . Meleis (1997 ) states that the nurses uses this knowledge in the promoting or health , to help in caring for the patient , to help the patient learn to care for themselves , and to help empower the client teaching them to use available resources

Research in any profession is important in the development of future ideas and techniques . According to Phillips (2000 ) interpretation of Rogers , nurse researchers need to look into the unknown aspects of nursing to create unifies principles and theories , which are essential in education as well as in practice . Philips (2000 ) also discusses Rogers idea that "nursing science is the prerequisite to the process of nursing (Philips , 2000 , pp198 . This statement shows the importance of scientific research and the necessity for it before nursing science knowledge , or practice can benefit . Nursing as an art The art of nursing and holistic health are very closely related . They both consider what is best for all aspects of the patients ' health , and are directed at specifically helping to solve those problems . According to...