TOYIN FAKUS-ATUNDAOLU

Personal Philosophy of Nursing I Believe

I believe that nursing is my divine calling and opportunity for me to help others improve and
promote their mental and physical wellbeing. Since I was young, I have always been drawn to helping
and supporting those in need. My goal is to always provide excellent nonjudgmental and compassionate
care to the weak and suffering regardless of their sociocultural background, spiritual beliefs, financial
status or lifestyle choices. Nursing like any other profession comes with its challenges; thus, my two
guiding principles for every patient I care for are to ask:
1. What kind of nurse would I prefer to care for me in my moment of illness or dying? Then that is
the kind of nurse I am going to be to others.
2. What are your care goals (as patients, families, or collaborators), as it is my role to support you
in reaching these goals?
I believe that as a nurse, in order for me to provide effective and efficient care, I need to build
and maintain a therapeutic environment for my patients, care for them with empathy, maintain their
confidentiality, promote their dignity, advocate for them, and help them regain their independence as
soon or as much as possible. In agreement with CNO, nurses have the utmost responsibility and
accountability to the public to provide safe, holistic, patient-focused nursing process. I engage in a lot of
reflections regarding my practice and I am always open to opportunities to reflect on problematic issues
I encounter in order to improve my nursing process next time. This is why, I strongly support continuing
education as a lifetime goal and utilization of evidence based findings to improve competence and the
health care system.
Finally, as a nurse, I believe that I can combine my other two childhood dreams of being a
psychologist and an educator into my nursing practice. This way, I can empower my patients to take
charge of their lives by being involved in their own nursing care process. I can encourage families to
provide emotional care for their love ones. I can educate and enlighten the public about maintaining
their health. I can influence policies made by leaders to improve the system. Lastly, I can ensure that my
patients medical directives are fulfilled till the curtain of life is finally drawn.

Written 4/11/15 at Humber College for NURS 250