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Ilia Mondoy: Undergraduate Portfolio

Introduction

Introduction

To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through; that is to be a nurse. –Anonymous

Nurse hat

Philosophy of Nursing: Reflection


stethoscopePlease click here to view my sophomore nursing philosophy.



Goals: Reflection

  • Please click here to view my one and five year nursing goals from my sophomore year.
  • In assessing my goals I feel I have met most of my one year goals. I have maintained a 3.68 GPA. While I decided not to work as a Nurse Technician between my junior and senior years, I did work as an Institutional Aide at Western State Hospital.  I have volunteered at my children's school.  I did not volunteer at my church because I discovered that I needed to prioritize my time and had to discern what was truly important to me, and what needed to wait until I graduated. 
  • My five year goals from my sophomore year are rather vague.  I was considering public health.  I wanted to work with at risk families.  I want to advocate for better health laws.  I still feel strongly about these goals, and at this point and time feel I have more clarity of mind and can be more explicit in my long term goals.
  • Please click here to view my long term goals from my senior year.
  • I feel the main difference between my two goals is that now I feel my goals are more specific and measurable.  I still have a passion for public health, and now have more specific plans to incorporate public service while working in an acute care setting.  In my goals now it is more clear that I will begin working in a hospital and eventually move to a broader scope of practice.

Coat of Arms: Reflection


My coat of arms speaks to me now just as it spoke to me in my sophomore year.  I still believe that compassion is the essential core value in nursing practice, and that each intervention should be performed with that value in mind.  From that value come the main values of nursing, especially beneficence and non maleficence.  Blessed Damien of Kaluapapa to me embodies compassion regardless of the population.  Nursing requires sacrifice, doing the right thing even if it seems foolish, and recognizing the inherent worth of each individual regardless of social status or clinical diagnosis.  The nursing family reminds me that sometimes the simplest actions can be the most appropriate intervention.  One aspect I would change is to add a symbol representing professionalism and education.  It is important to be an educated individual in order to have the skill set necessary to provide the best care possible.

Nursing Philosophy


My sophomore Nursing philosophy was a long definition to incorporate all my beliefs about the different aspects of nursing.  It had a lot of elements that I found interesting in my sophomore year, including energy fields and positive and negative environments.   When re-reading my definition, some of my truths as to my nursing philosophy are still relevant to me and to my practice.  Even more so than in my sophomore year, I feel the nurse is not in a position to do what "she thinks is right."  It is not appropriate or right to force our parameter of appropriate health care on the individual.  Nursing is dynamic,and is a relationship between the patient and the nurse.  Ultimately, it is the patient who determines what is best for them and nurses are ethically bound to honor a patient's wish. 

My Senior Nursing Philosophy I feel more fully illustrates my ideals of patient autonomy, of nurses recognizes that in order to provide optimal patient care the patient must be considered holistically, and that true healing must incorporate all aspects of persons, nursing, environment, and definition of health.  

In my student practice I feel I adhered to my nursing philosophy, but I should have made a more concerted effort to review my philosophy over the course of my education.  Once I reviewed my philosophy, I felt a renewed sense of purpose toward my ideals of optimal nursing practice.  In the future I plan on more closely adhering to my philosophy, becoming congruent in thoughts and deeds by reviewing my philosophy, reflecting on what i feel my focus of nursing should be, and revising my philosophy as other truths become evident.  

Documents

Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing Philosophy

My Nursing Philosophy: Sophomore Year

My Nursing Philosophy: Senior Year

Coat of Arms

One and Five Year Goals: Sophomore Year

One and Five Year Goals: Senior Year