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Essay / Nursing: the five integral components of...
Nursing practice has five integral components that strengthen the framework of the nursing profession. The pillars of the conceptual framework are: caring, communication, critical thinking, professionalism and holism. In addition, kindness is an essential pillar of the nursing profession and is defined as empathy towards the patient and the ability to interpret the principles of altruism, integrity, human dignity, autonomy and to reflect sensitive, compassionate, safe and exceptional quality care. Communication is a process in which information is shared formally or informally between individuals. Critical thinking is extraordinarily learned thinking that involves inquiry, evidence-based research, reasoning, analysis, and decision-making. Another pillar is professionalism; This pillar is classified as a process that involves legal, ethical, political, jurisdictional and economic concerns. Finally, holism is classified as the unity and wholeness of a person; therefore, the mind and spirit of the body are influenced by culture, education, religion, environment, gender, developmental stage, standard of living and interpersonal relationships. As a result, each pillar plays an important role in the nursing process, but caring plays a crucial role in nursing practice as nurses need to connect with the patient in all aspects. Additionally, empathy is defined as the intellectual identification with or vicarious experience of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others and can be reflected in several aspects, such as affective, cognitive, emotional, and compassionate. Affective and cognitive empathy is demonstrated by processing someone's point of view and being able to identify and understand their emotions... middle of document ...... with the eight following drug rights: right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation, right reason and right answer. As a result, a patient's successful outcome depends on how well the nurse practices safe, high-quality care. In conclusion, caring is an essential pillar of nursing as it provides many aspects on how to interact with patients regarding culture and beliefs. Additionally, communication, critical thinking, professionalism and holism are pillars of the conceptual framework that are important in the field of nursing to provide adequate quality care, but caring is a fundamental pillar that is reinforced by the interactions with patients. Finally, kindness combines empathy, altruism, integrity, human dignity, autonomy, compassion, sensitivity and safety to provide high quality care..