A Nurse’s Role in Patient Centered Care Nursing leaders across the country understood the need to improve the quality of healthcare. They came together and created the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN). The QSEN project was a resource created to educate nurses to obtain the proper knowledge, skills and attitudes to improve the quality and safety of healthcare overall (Dolansky & Moore, 2013). Within the QSEN project, six competencies were generated as a tool to help educate future nurses on how to improve the quality of healthcare. One of the competencies is patient centered care. Patient centered care is defined as the recognition of the patient as a vital part in their care plan and together creating a compassionate and coordinated
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Through clinical practice and observation, nurses throughout time discovered new ways to improve the quality of care for patients. For example, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, through her observation and collection of data, was able to reform the entire British army’s medical system, which improved infection control and mortality rates during the mid-19th century (Black, 2017, p.198). Any theory or method that may be presented to have merit behind it, must contain research supporting it findings for it to be considered accurate and effective. The goal for nursing research it to improve the overall safety and quality of care for …show more content…
Quality in the healthcare environment refers to the actions of the practice. Safety refers to the preventing errors during procedures and overall care of patients (Sherwood & Zomorodi, 2014). Maximum safety and quality of care is the goal for nurses to provide to patients. Quallington and Perry (2014) comment that nurses are becoming more central role in patient care, and it is important that nurses collect and generate research to provide the most effective and optimal care with the goal of improving the safety and quality of care. Involving the patient and their families in their care can help improve the quality and safety of the patients’ care. Patient centered care involves building a trusting relationship with the patient and can improve communication between the patient and the nurse. Practicing patient centered care can greatly improve the healthcare system since it allows for effective communication among the patients and the nurse, while respecting the patients’ beliefs and preferences toward their care. Continuous communication helps increase the safety and quality of care because patients can communicate problems or uncertainties they may have, therefore, the nurse can fix or improve their
Through clinical practice and observation, nurses throughout time discovered new ways to improve the quality of care for patients. For example, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, through her observation and collection of data, was able to reform the entire British army’s medical system, which improved infection control and mortality rates during the mid-19th century (Black, 2017, p.198). Any theory or method that may be presented to have merit behind it, must contain research supporting it findings for it to be considered accurate and effective. The goal for nursing research it to improve the overall safety and quality of care for …show more content…
Quality in the healthcare environment refers to the actions of the practice. Safety refers to the preventing errors during procedures and overall care of patients (Sherwood & Zomorodi, 2014). Maximum safety and quality of care is the goal for nurses to provide to patients. Quallington and Perry (2014) comment that nurses are becoming more central role in patient care, and it is important that nurses collect and generate research to provide the most effective and optimal care with the goal of improving the safety and quality of care. Involving the patient and their families in their care can help improve the quality and safety of the patients’ care. Patient centered care involves building a trusting relationship with the patient and can improve communication between the patient and the nurse. Practicing patient centered care can greatly improve the healthcare system since it allows for effective communication among the patients and the nurse, while respecting the patients’ beliefs and preferences toward their care. Continuous communication helps increase the safety and quality of care because patients can communicate problems or uncertainties they may have, therefore, the nurse can fix or improve their