Dimensions of Care .

Running head: DIMENSIONS OF CARE
DIMENSIONS OF CARE
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DIMENSIONS OF CARE
Introduction:
Person centered care can be defined as the approach to care that keeps patients in the
center of decision making allowing them the dignity and autonomy to take healthcare decisions
about their own lives. Nurses need to provide coordinated and personalized care, support and
treatment that respect their autonomy and dignity and empower them to become an active
member in their own care planning (Oldham, 2016). Person centered care enables support
patients in recognizing and developing their own strengths and abilities and thereby help them to
live an independent and fulfilling life. Bio-psycho-social model of health is the best approach
that professionals adopt nowadays. The assignment would show how nursing professionals can
ensure seven dimensions of patient centered care in treating john and thereby follow bio-psycho-
social model of care to develop health conditions of the patient.
Section A:
The patient named John has been suffering from long time from diabetes
and the symptoms are not managed effectively for all through the years. The condition had
become so worse that he had to undergo amputation surgery for his limbs. Huge outflow of
money and unemployment for long fifteen years due to his poor health outcomes make him feel
to be a burden on his son-in-law. The economic crisis faced by him and his family had made him
depressed. Moreover, he had not been able to manage and control his blood glucose level due to
improper taking of medication that resulted from poor health literacy. Therefore, it is important
for the healthcare professional to ensure that she provides patient centered care to john in ways,
which follow the seven dimensions of care (Johnson et al., 2018).

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DIMENSIONS OF CARE
The first dimension of care is respecting the values, preferences and expressed needs of
the patient and the second dimension is the effective coordination and integration of care. The
professional who would be caring for John should ensure that she understands specific
preferences and values of John. He is from Italian backgrounds and therefore his needs and
values might be different from others. Gathering knowledge and working as per his wish is
important for respecting his dignity and providing culturally competent care. The professionals
need to coordinate with other members of the team to ensure effective integration of care. The
team might comprise of dietician for managing diet of john, podologist for further consultation
with his conditions of feet (Ross et al., 2015). The team may also comprise of nursing
professionals who develop his exercise regimen, references to monetary aiding services in the
community and many others. This would help in planning a comprehensive and holistic care for
patient. The third dimension would be effective conveying of information, communication as
well as education and the fourth dimension of care would be ensuring physical comfort. It is
seen that John does not have health literacy and therefore he does not understand the importance
of medication. As he does not take medication in a scheduled manner, he often forgets and
therefore the course of medication is not achieved properly. Hence, these issues result in poor
outcome on the health of the individual and do not make him live better quality life (Richards et
al., 2015). Hence, the professional needs to communicate educate and provide information to
John in ways by which he develop health literacy, take medications at the right time and be
punctual with his medications. This would help him to manage his diabetes symptoms
successfully. Ensuring his physical comfort is another important aspect of caring for john.
The fifth dimension for person-centered care is the emotional support and alleviation
of fear as well as anxiety and the sixth dimension is involving family and friends in the care.