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Final Exam Paper (Word Count-742) Parse (1992) states that the purpose of nursing is to reveal meaning in human experience from the individual’s viewpoint. Congruently, this reflection divulges my ... nursing philosophical view, built from nursing practices, life experiences, human interactions, and reflection. Personal Philosophical View My philosophical views about nursing science and practice align closely with the perspective of intermodernism. The intermodernism philosophical view intersects the aspects of modernism and postmodernism and renders an extension of clinical knowledge enhanced through practice outlook (Bajjani-Gebara & Reed, 2016). The intermodernism philosophical view retains an emphasis on the individual or organization as possessing morality and dignity while recognizing the relative effects of the sociocultural, political, and historical impacts on people, communities, and institutions (Reed & Shearer, 2018). I believe that knowledge is acquired through the varied realms of scientific research, practice experiences, and life lessons. Accordingly, intermodernism values the diversity of knowledge in forms of empirical evidence, personal nursing knowledge, and research evidence (Reed, 2018). I am an advocate for employing nursing knowledge and science for the betterment of humanity and the environment. Likewise, intermodernism accounts for processes that result from the actions and discourses of nurses used for the well-being of others (Reed & Shearer, 2018). I prefer the non-radical, openness, and coordinated perspectives presented in intermodernism (Reed & Shearer, 2018). Thus, my philosophical views state that nursing practice is the art and science of holistic care, steered by the values of humanity, autonomy, and caring. Further, nursing is an intellectual discipline that incorporates clinical practice actions, under the guidance of theoretical concepts. Subsequently, nurses use critical-thinking and contemporary scientific knowledge to translate information and technologies into professional practice. Conceptualization of a Practice Problem The nursing profession is stressful, wherein nurses render care by investing emotionally without attention to self-care. The nursing profession is in a period of transition due to nursing personnel shortages, job dissatisfaction, staffing inadequacies, and a decline in those choosing nursing as a profession (Richardson, 2018). Due to the repetitive exposure to highly stressful environments, nurses are at risk of developing compassion fatigue (CF), secondary to physical, mental, and emotional stressors. Consequently, CF affects patient and organizational outcomes (Pfaff et al., 2017). Hence, it is essential to have an increased awareness of this practice problem. The theoretical perspective provides a framework to organize the multitude of data collected from interaction with the client, a direction to analyze this data and to interpret all the information. To understand and provide intervention to the problem of CF about nursing, one must apply it to a nursing framework or theory. The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms (TOUS) is based on the premise that there are commonalities in different symptom experiences among different groups in different situations. The theory integrates existing knowledge about a variety of symptoms to better prepare nurses in symptom management (McEwen & Wills, 2017). Since symptoms of CF are primarily based on individual perception, this theory is thus applicable at the level of the individual. However, it also [Show More]

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