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Personal Philosophy of Nursing

According to my personal reflection of nursing, all patients should be entitled to free-access to high-quality, safe and person-centered health care and services. The healthcare system should be funded by taxpayers’ money. . My philosophy of nursing is shaped by the natural law theory. According to the natural law theory, all individuals have a right to healthcare and a right to life (Gregg, 2012).   RN-BSN coursework has influenced my nursing philosophy since I have realized that sickness or disease is far more than just a health problem, but also a psychological, social, and economic issue. In that case, healthcare should be free for all. This can help put private healthcare insurance players out of work since in my opinion, they are generating huge profits out of the fear that one may be sick at some point in  the future. Besides, self-reflection has influenced my thoughts on how best to deliver care, especially to socioeconomically disadvantaged people. As an agent of change, I believe that this revolutionary step in making healthcare and services free for all will transform the healthcare industry for the better. A key challenge that I have faced in practice is that I was forced to deny primary healthcare to an undocumented immigrant who presented with pneumonia. The patient was supposed to pay for health care and services, but was not in a position to do so. I think that such cases whereby patients are denied care may create major healthcare problems, for instance, spread of infectious disease to the general population.