Definition Patient-centered care in the profession of nursing allows nurses and other members to view patients and families as a sole individual. Patient-centered care focuses on respecting and understanding the values, preferences, and the needs of patients. The overall goal for patient-centered care is to encourage patients to become actively involved in self-care and the decision-making process to formulate individualized care plans (McCance, McCormack, & Dewing, 2011). There are seven dimensions of patient-centered care, however, this paper is going to discuss only five dimensions. The five dimensions include (1) respect for the patients’ values, preferences, and expressed needs, (2) coordination and integration of care through collaboration
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Having an illness can be very stressful and cause distress among patients and patients’ families. Listening and understanding patients’ needs and concerns permits nurses to identify the underlying factors of emotional distress, anxiety, and stress. In return, nurses are able to provide coping mechanisms to help patients and the patients’ families to overcome such emotional adversities. Overcoming emotional adversities promote patient comfort and prevents further psychological injury (Rinchen, …show more content…
If my patient knew she could not complete an intervention because it would cause her pain, we would talk about other interventions and alternations that would be of help. For instance, my care map states that my patient has osteoporosis. Due to her osteoporosis, she has a limited range of motion and pain during activity. So before any activity was conducted, such as ambulation, I asked my patient if she would like me to massage her painful areas beforehand. This is an intervention on my care map and one to which my patient agreed upon. My patient expressed gratitude over and over for taking the time to massage her painful areas before ambulation. I also did not rush my patient during ambulation and I let her inform me when she was ready to stand, walk, turn, or sit. Being able to provide patient-centered care such as that and at all times, is a privilege and is not often done by other healthcare members, due to busy
Having an illness can be very stressful and cause distress among patients and patients’ families. Listening and understanding patients’ needs and concerns permits nurses to identify the underlying factors of emotional distress, anxiety, and stress. In return, nurses are able to provide coping mechanisms to help patients and the patients’ families to overcome such emotional adversities. Overcoming emotional adversities promote patient comfort and prevents further psychological injury (Rinchen, …show more content…
If my patient knew she could not complete an intervention because it would cause her pain, we would talk about other interventions and alternations that would be of help. For instance, my care map states that my patient has osteoporosis. Due to her osteoporosis, she has a limited range of motion and pain during activity. So before any activity was conducted, such as ambulation, I asked my patient if she would like me to massage her painful areas beforehand. This is an intervention on my care map and one to which my patient agreed upon. My patient expressed gratitude over and over for taking the time to massage her painful areas before ambulation. I also did not rush my patient during ambulation and I let her inform me when she was ready to stand, walk, turn, or sit. Being able to provide patient-centered care such as that and at all times, is a privilege and is not often done by other healthcare members, due to busy