MHST/NURS608 – Philosophical and Critical Foundations in Nursing
Nurses have core values that influence the nurse-patient relationship and nursing care. These are the values to which I as a nurse aspire to fulfill.
Parallel Poetry
I am Your Nurse is a poem by Beth Perry. This verse reminds me of Rosemarie Parse, in that it’s important for nurses to be “with” their clients (2020). Understanding who you are working with and what and who is important to them will help guide your nursing process. Additionally, I feel nurses can derive joy and a sense of purpose from engaging with clients in a meaningful way. My verse of this poem, lends to a more public health focus.
Parse, R. (2020). Rosemarie Rizzo Parse’s Humanbecoming Paradigm. In M.C. Smith, & D. L. Gullett (Eds), Nursing theories and nursing practice: Vol. Fifth edition (pp. 259-270). F.A. Davis.
Perry, B. (2009). More moments in time: Images of exemplary nursing [PDF]. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.aupress.ca/app/uploads/120158_99Z_Perry_2009-More_Moments_in_Time.pdf
I am Your Nurse (Perry, 2009, p. 24).
I am Your Nurse
I ease your pain.
I bathe your skin.
I make your bed.
I help you dress.
I meet your needs.
You heal me.
I am your nurse.
I feed you meals.
I give you rest.
I tend your wounds.
I sense your suffering.
I answer your questions.
You teach me.
I am your nurse.
I know your pain.
I share your loneliness.
I feel your despair.
I taste your joy.
I sense your spirit.
You touch my soul.
And sometimes,
for just a moment,
I am you,
and you are me,
and we are one.
Together,
we go beyond the limits
of ordinary experience,
to live the extraordinary.
I hear your needs.
I see your people.
I see your worry.
I feel your struggle.
You give me a voice.
Six Word Story About Nursing Theory and You
My six word story shows my journey from being a new nurse in a medical-dominated environment to now as a public health nurse striving to improve the health and wellness of populations.
“I once fixed, now I prevent.“
By Kelly Lawrenson
Nursing Theorists Who Inform My Practice
This is a review of Dr. Betty Neuman’s Systems Theory and Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model. The review focuses on the basic assumptions of the theories, how they incorporate the concepts of the nursing metaparadigm of person, health, environment, and nursing, and their application to a school public health nursing case scenario.
Kelly Lawrenson RN, BScN, MN (cand.) 