title: What GUIDES Your NURSING PRACTICE?
abstract: Nurses' personal belief systems or philosophies about nursing and people guides their nursing care, especially in difficult situations. Defining and articulating a personal philosophy helps the nurse better understand the motivation and reasoning behind his or her work. In this article, a nurse shares her philosophy of nursing, underlying beliefs, and discusses how this guides her practice. Questions to help nurses articulate their own personal philosophy of nursing are included.
authors.forename: Stacy C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hountras
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002835:Christianity; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing