EMILY C. CARDER, DNP, WHNP-BC

Welcome to my e-Portfolio! The purpose of my e-Portfolio is to display the Doctor of Nursing Essentials, my professional nursing achievements, and my personal theoretical beliefs related to my nursing practice.

"Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

Personal Philosophy of Nursing.

The primary philosophical viewpoint used to guide my practice is the Continental Philosophy which is founded on the importance of personal experience and an individual’s interpretations of life through those experiences (Butts & Rich, 2015). The viewpoint from the Continental Philosophy emphasizes that every woman brings a unique life experience with her; therefore, ideal care should be particular for each woman’s wants and needs while maintaining high quality patient care standards. Building trusting relationships and learning the obligations, desires, fears, educational needs, and limitations of each woman by her healthcare provider is a priority. My goal is to create holistic woman centered care based on who my patient is (person), where my patient lives (environment), what culture my patient identifies with (society), my patient’s current health status, and my patient’s health goals.

Personal Practice Theory in Nursing.

In nursing practice, to serve others means treating others with compassion and being willing to stand up for and suffer alongside patients and their families (Kundera, 1999). It means treating others as whole beings with fairness and impartiality (Hall, 1996; Locsin, 2002). Serving as a nurse means putting the good of the patients first and showing mercy and kindness to the patient and their families (Greenleaf, 1970). Being a servant leader means practicing competency in humility and showing devotion to the healing and success of others (Rose, 2017; Savel & Munro, 2017). Developing deep and meaningful relationships which are cultivated through listening, being present, and showing empathy is an important piece of successful servant leadership (Fahlberg & Toomey, 2016). Servant nurse leaders often view their career in nursing as a vocation of service to others, derived from either a religious or a humanitarian motive where they are committed to reaching out to other spiritual beings in the world through nursing care (O'Brien, 2011).

References

Butts, J. B., & Rich, K. L. (2015). Philosophies and theories for advanced nursing practice.

Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Fahlberg, B., & Toomey, E. (2016). Servant leadership: A model for emerging nurse leaders.

Nursing, 46(10), 49-52. doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000494644.77680.2a

Greenleaf, R. K. (1970). The power of servant leadership. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.

Hall, J. (1996). Nursing ethics and law. Philadelphia: Saunders.

Kanov, J. M., Maitlis, S., Worline, M. C., Dutton, J. E., Frost, P. J., & Lilius, J. M. (2006).

Compassion in organizational life. San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Kundera, M. (1999). The unbearable lightness of being. New York, NY: Harper Perennial.

Locsin RC. (2002). Culture perspectives: holistic healing: a practice of nursing. Holistic Nursing

Practice, 16(5), ix–xii.

Rose, J. (2017). Success through servant leadership. Radiology Management, 39(3), 21–26.

Savel, R. H., & Munro, C. L. (2017). Servant leadership: The primacy of service. American

Journal of Critical Care, 26(2), 97–99. doi:10.4037/ajcc2017356