Altruism_And_Nursing

Altruism And Nursing Altruism and Nursing In the earlier days, nursing was not a profession, but rather an altruistic behavior of any man or woman caring for, or nurturing, another individual (Carruthers, 1997, 1). How can a nurse show more altruism in his or her daily life' Deborah Adelman, from Illinois, shows altruism by taking time from her job as a nursing professor to use her disaster nursing skills to help the victims of the September eleventh attacks (Trossman, S., 2002, 3). Another example that shows heart of an altruistic nurse is Melissa Sapp. She was interviewed at the LSU hospital in Shreveport and explained how many patients come to her because she goes the extra mile to help the needs that may not be required in a hospital. She will take her lunch break to sit and listen to their problems or take her break time to walk with them (Sapp, M. 2002). According to the Random House Webster’s College Dictionary, altruism is defined as the principle or practice of unselfish concern for the welfare of others at some cost for that first individual (Costello, 1991). An altruistic nurse may take no further education as an egoistic, or selfish nurse would. As stated in nursing, altruism, nurses, nurse, patients, shows, research, day, altruistic, about, take, rather, modern, help, carruthers, 2001, views, staff, says, requires, public, practice, extra, egoistic, 1993, time, technical, start, skills, show, should, sapp, respect, required, real