For an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), professional nursing suggests not only diligently fulfilling the medical duty of helping individuals and communities but also valuing altruism and underlying philosophy. The nursing philosophy affirms an individual’s ethical values and promotes certain practices and approaches in one’s nursing career.
Creating a specific nursing paradigm based not only on medical practices but also on various non-nursing theories gives additional purpose to the APRN and creates a personal caring approach to the patients. One of the practical yet rarely used theories that allows for better patient care and professional development is the systematic use of music in practice.
Throughout the history of medicine, music has always been used to promote health. It has a unique ability to deeply touch the human mind as a cognitive and personal instrument (Parr Vijinski et al., 2018). It is a nursing complementary tool that can also have significant importance affecting the treatment. The ambient noise has a healing influence on patients as it has an ability to reduce anxiety and promote social relatedness (Batt-Rawden et al., 2019).
It is especially relevant for an APRN as music predisposes a patient for better communication and mental state and allows for a better chance for proper treatment (Gottlieb & Gottlieb, 2017). Such an approach goes along with nursing philosophy as it provides better personal treatment and community service from a long-term perspective.
All in all, different theories outside the nursing field can enhance the effectiveness of the treatment. Proper implementation and the research of the question are essential for the desired result. As one such instrument, music can have a massive impact both on the nurse’s personal development and the patient’s well-being. As the nursing field continuously develops, the practices should also provide variety of changes and adapt to the flexible social situation.
References
Batt-Rawden, K. B., & Storlien, M. H. S. (2019). Systematic use of music as an environmental intervention and quality of care in nursing homes: A qualitative case study in Norway. Medicines, 6(1), 12. Web.
Gottlieb, L. N., & Gottlieb, B. (2017). Strengths-based nursing: A process for implementing a philosophy into practice. Journal of Family Nursing, 23(3), 319–340. Web.
Parr Vijinski, J., Hirst, S. P., & Goopy, S. (2018). Nursing and music: Considerations of Nightingale’s environmental philosophy and phenomenology. Nursing Philosophy, 19(4). Web.