The most important aspect of nursing is that it will never be just a job but is also more than just a profession. Instead, it is a belief system or a lifestyle and not a discipline that can simply be practiced and then abandoned to the dictates of a clock. Simply saying that I “love people” or that I want to “help people get better” does not demonstrate the drive behind this sentiment. Articulating my philosophy is not an easy task, to better explain my nursing philosophy I will use some values ​​I have learned. These tools truly explain how I feel and what motivated me to pursue a career in nursing. While at my last job for a Jesuit university, I was introduced to Saint Ignatius Loyola and his Ignatian Values, who was the author of these values ​​in the Middle Ages and they truly capture the principles of the nursing profession. These values ​​are Cura Personalis, Discernment, Finding God in All Things, Jesuit Pedagogy, Magis, Service of Faith and Promotion of Social Justice, and finally Women and Men for Others/Whole People in Solidarity for the Real World.If I had to choose only a value of the seven in “Do you walk Ignation?” I would choose Cura Personalis (Mooney, 2004, p. 2). In Latin it means “personal care” (Mooney, 2004, p. 2). It's easy, when you're busy and dealing with many patients, to get caught up in diagnoses and medical record updates, ultimately forgetting that the patient is a person. Their well-being does not simply depend on the pulse or temperature, but goes far beyond the simple administration of medications. This part of the nurse's position does not address other aspects of the patient such as emotional well-being, but only their physical needs. Without recognition of another level beyond...... half of the paper ......ves in any profession. I am grateful to be in an institution of higher learning that understands and respects faith. My nursing philosophy cannot be explained without God and Jesus. They are part of each of us. The reason someone goes to a healthcare provider is usually to treat a patient's health favorably. The spirituality of mind and body cannot be completely separated in my nursing philosophy. In this sense, nursing cannot be completely separated from faith. Works Cited Masters, Kathleen (2009). Role development in professional nursing practice. Sudbury, MA:Jones and Bartlett Publishers.Mooney, Debra K. (2004). Are you walking Ignatian? Cincinnati, OH: Xavier University.Union University, School of Nursing. (2010-2011). Nursing student manual. Retrieved from http://www.uu.edu/programs/nursing/bsn/BSNHandbook1011.pdf