Despite what is already being done to promote PFCC in our health care facilities, there are several barriers that seem to be getting in the way to achieving a completely encompassing PFCC environment. One of the challenges that exist within the literature, as well as what is being seen in my own professional practice, is the fear from nurses that promoting a PFCC approach will take too much time out of the nurses already busy schedules (A Leadership Resource for Patient and Family Engagement Strategies, 2013, p. 10). As mentioned earlier, PFCC should not require hiring additional staff (Frampton et al., 2008, p. 23); however, if nurses feel as though they are being pushed too hard, this evidently increases the risk for mistakes, which could
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A few of the possible strategies that can be used could involve providing patients and their families their own personal plan of care, written in a language in which the patient and family can understand (Frampton et al., 2008, p. 12). This could allow for enhanced continuity of care so that everyone is on the same page and understands what is going on. Another way to promote PFCC is to ensure that patients and their families are aware of the option to review and attain a copy of their medical health record, which could help to promote trust and transparency with the health care team (Frampton et al., 2008, p. 12). Although this is currently possible, many patients and family members do not realize this is an option for them, so nurses and health care staff must inform them of this option. Other strategies that are currently being implemented with varying success on select patient care units are bedside shift report, NOD (HCPs informing the patient of their name, occupation, and duty), and comfort rounds (Huband, Belanger, Gordon, & Bilan, 2016, pp. 1-10). In order to utilize the various strategies that exist within our health care system that are designed to promote PFCC, nurses must collaborate with their co-workers and leaders in order to best personalize these strategies that best fit their own nursing
A few of the possible strategies that can be used could involve providing patients and their families their own personal plan of care, written in a language in which the patient and family can understand (Frampton et al., 2008, p. 12). This could allow for enhanced continuity of care so that everyone is on the same page and understands what is going on. Another way to promote PFCC is to ensure that patients and their families are aware of the option to review and attain a copy of their medical health record, which could help to promote trust and transparency with the health care team (Frampton et al., 2008, p. 12). Although this is currently possible, many patients and family members do not realize this is an option for them, so nurses and health care staff must inform them of this option. Other strategies that are currently being implemented with varying success on select patient care units are bedside shift report, NOD (HCPs informing the patient of their name, occupation, and duty), and comfort rounds (Huband, Belanger, Gordon, & Bilan, 2016, pp. 1-10). In order to utilize the various strategies that exist within our health care system that are designed to promote PFCC, nurses must collaborate with their co-workers and leaders in order to best personalize these strategies that best fit their own nursing