The place of philosophy in nursing.
COVID-19
Ubuntu
caring
interconnectedness
nursing
philosophy
Journal
Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals
ISSN: 1466-769X
Titre abrégé: Nurs Philos
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100897394
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Nov 2023
28 Nov 2023
Historique:
revised:
11
08
2023
received:
24
01
2023
accepted:
11
11
2023
medline:
28
11
2023
pubmed:
28
11
2023
entrez:
28
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Philosophy adds humanness to nursing and facilitates holistic care. Philosophies like Ubuntu which purports that a person is only a person through other people and emphasises community cohesion and caring for each other can add humanness to nursing. Because Ubuntu validates subjective experience and its meaning in the lifeworld, it exemplifies the basis of holistic and individualised caring in nursing. Although nurses can make their own philosophy through critical reflexivity, the convergent point is the goal of meaningful caring that is, sustaining health and the well-being of patients and significant others. Philosophy transcends job description, it encompasses visceral experience, personal beliefs and goals, resulting in purpose and deeper meaning to the nursing profession of caring as emulated by Florence Nightingale. While contemporary philosophy has been met with criticism as being detached from human concern, narrowly focussed and technical, it evokes critical thinking and promotes sociality in nursing practice. The Covid-19 pandemic vividly brought philosophy to the fore as nurses sacrificially and vulnerably rose to the challenge of caring not only for the sick, but also for families who through infection control measures were deprived of sociality. This paper argues that philosophy adds humanness and substance to nursing in the context of COVID-19.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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© 2023 The Authors. Nursing Philosophy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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