An expression of beliefs and values ​​is called philosophy, which can be expressed individually or jointly between group members, such as a nursing school, and nurses need to be aware of their own nursing philosophy and that of the institution when hiring, nursing activities, and communicating with their patients. Nursing philosophy provides a perspective on practice, knowledge and research.
It also plays an important role in the process of production and development of knowledge in the field of nursing and professionalization. Therefore, the purpose of nursing philosophy is to shape and guide the performance of nurses that arise in the shadow of nursing theories. Since better knowledge and application of philosophy for all nursing disciplines requires knowledge of basic philosophical concepts and because this issue is not very clearly addressed in undergraduate and graduate courses, the researcher decided based on experiences and using articles and resources. Existing valid science to study different aspects of philosophy and its role in nursing.

Keywords: Philosophy, nursing, philosophy of nursing, professionalization.