Worldview Analysis And Personal Inventory

Worldview Analysis And Personal Inventory

Worldview Analysis and Personal Inventory

Worldviews offer healthcare provides, particularly nurses, perspectives and philosophies that enhance care provision. Healthcare practitioners should understand the different worldviews to define their approaches and attitudes to patient care provision. These perspectives are also essential in understanding patients and enhancing cultural competency levels (Iserson, 2020). The essence of this paper is to explore personal perspectives or worldviews and their effects on care delivery based on specific concepts.

and Postmodern Relativism

Christianity provides a religious and theological approach to ethics and spirituality. Christians advance that spirituality is theological and religious aspects that explain the concept of God as the author of

ethical and moral behaviors. Christianity perceives God as eternal and all-powerful, while the Bible teaches how people should live ethically (Rieg et al., 2018). The implication is that ethics and spirituality are connected as spiritual persons conduct themselves morally and ethically. They reduce harm and focus on providing benefits to the majority. Ethical conduct shows that one loves God and his neighbor and cannot harm but offer love to all (Iserson, 2020). The Christian perspective of spirituality and ethics influences healthcare by providing boundaries on how providers should make decisions, especially when they encounter dilemmas. Healthcare providers should understand that providing care requires ethical consideration and spirituality, especially the attainment of culturally competent care for patients.

offers a more liberal appreciation of spirituality and ethics by advancing that no absolute truth exists. Postmodern relativists do not believe in the existence of a divine being like God who directs and expects moral conduct from people based on set laws. According to the perspective, each individual can form a truth about their positions on moral issues (Lynch, 2018). Despite its contradictory nature, postmodern relativism is essential in healthcare as it accepts the existence of different perspectives that providers can use to offer care by appreciating diversity. Therefore, healthcare providers cannot assert a monopoly over truth and ethical perspectives but be accommodative, knowing that diversity exists based on moral and religious perspectives. Providers should not consider some cultures better than others.

Scientism and Arguments Against It

Scientism advances that the only reliable way to attain truth is using complex scientific methods or sciences. The perspective identifies hard sciences as subjects that use experiments and laws to coin truth about certain phenomena in the world. Scientism is incompatible with the Christian worldview. It dismisses other sources of knowledge and understanding as inadequate since they have no scientific proof and are not founded on hard evidence from research. Scientism does not accept the Christian worldview that God created the world (Gasparatou, 2017). Instead, it argues that most claims about knowledge and truth are individuals’ false statements and mere opinions. The model proposes that any truth should be supported by scientific evidence rather than assumptions founded on unique individual experiences.

Conversely, there are arguments advanced about scientism that are essential to discuss. There are realities where scientism fails to provide sufficient evidence to support its claims, especially its reliability. The first argument is that hard sciences do not provide absolute truths and facts as they are restructured by the present understanding of the environment and measuring tools. Aspects considered absolute truths in hard sciences do not undergo changes based on new information (Moreland, 2018). The implication is that scientism is a self-reputing concept that does not embrace changes or integrate new information to form novel perspectives based on existing situations. Secondly, scientism adopts a tyrannical approach over-dependent on rationalism but ignores personal opinion. Tyrannical approaches stifle willful thought, which is essential in exploring new information, yet this is the most critical aspect of advancing science. The implication is that scientism is not the only absolute way of knowing the truth and fails reliability tests since it does not accept scrutiny or develop alternative ways of assessing real issues.

Personal Perspective and Worldview

a). Ultimate Reality

My perspective as a Christian is that the ultimate reality entails acknowledging a superior being capable of understanding all aspects of nature and shaping the destiny of all beings on earth and in the universe. The environment that I live in, the challenges that humanity faces, and the need for hope, faith, and trust demonstrates that the ultimate reality comes from understanding the diversity in nature and celebrating it for the benefit of humanity (Song & Isaacson, 2018). Therefore, the ultimate reality implores one to appreciate existing truths and seek effective ways to live in harmony for their final destination in the universe.

b). Nature of the Universe

My perspective about the nature of the universe is that God created it and still controls every aspect of its existence. The beauty of nature demonstrates the love of God and the need for Him to show perfection. God’s plan is accomplished through the beautiful universe He created for humanity. Competition involving human beings and other creatures illustrates the need for all to value their lives and live for one another. While one will argue that competition allows the removal of components which cannot survive, God created the universe for the survival of all (Song & Isaacson, 2018). The universe does not exist for the few who are strong but for both the robust and the weak. Adverse events like natural disasters are out of greed by human beings to exploit God’s resources with no concern for others.

c). What is a Human Being?

My worldview advances that human beings are created in the image of God and should be treated equally. Human beings are born free and should enjoy the inherent freedom, make choices of free will, and pursue what pleasures them as long as they do not conflict with the lives of others (Lynch, 2018). However, a fundamental aspect that distinguishes human beings from other creators is that they possess knowledge, have virtues, and inherent love despite the wickedness that occurs, subconsciously (Mason, 2019). The higher intelligence levels allow human beings to develop complex systems, languages, and technologies to enhance their span on earth.

d). knowledge

Knowledge entails unique facts, information and skills, expertise, and training that one cognitively acquires from experience and education. Experience is practicing to familiarize with certain aspects of knowledge. Education involves attending formal and informal processes based on theories and training to attain knowledge. The implication is that knowledge allows one to possess the capacity to make effective and informed choices and decisions (Lynch, 2018). Knowledge allows one to be an expert and professional in specific fields like nursing and engineering. Nurses acquire knowledge through enrolment for different programs and levels, from bachelor’s degree to master’s and even Ph.D.

e). Basis of Ethics

My basis of ethics entails personal beliefs, convictions, and awareness to determine and discern what is morally right or wrong. I acquired my ethics based on teaching from my environment, my family and community, and professional, ethical expectations as a nurse. The second foundation of my ethics is existing general principles and beliefs, mainly based on my religious philosophy as a Christian. For instance, professional ethics implores nurses to have confidentiality and treat patient information privately. Healthcare providers should make ethical principles the basis of their decisions when offering care to patients.

f). Purpose of My Existence

Human beings are co-creators with God and should procreate and protect His creations. Therefore, my initial purpose is to ensure that I promote God’s work of creation in all aspects, particularly as a nurse, to offer the best care to patients (Stenmark et al., 2018). My existence should help those significant to me and the entire universe through changing the world in small yet critical ways in my community.

Conclusion

Personal perspectives are essential for nurses to create care philosophies and provide patient-centered care. Understanding different worldviews allow nurses to develop better therapeutic interactions with patients and enhance overall care quality, especially outcomes.  As demonstrated, aspects like ultimate reality, the purpose of one’s existence, and knowledge are critical in formulating perspectives that benefit patients and other providers.