Reflection on Patient Centred Care

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Patient Centred Care
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Patient-Centred Care
Primarily, patient-centred care is a well-known concept in the healthcare world. Although
there exist varied interpretations by different persons due to its variable nature. In that case, its
applicability and characteristics may not be clearly understood among different parties.
Therefore, this piece seeks to identify the concept of patient-centred care, theories, and practices
tied to it via in-depth analysis of what it entails and its value, especially to nurses. This reflection
piece will employ Graham Gibb’s reflective model so as to almost wholly shed light on patient-
centred care. It will entail a well-drafted description, feelings evoked, evaluation, analysis,
conclusion, and an action plan to cement the whole concept.
Description
The little knowledge I had gathered from class teaching steered me to look into person-
centred care at great depth. In brief, it is a healthcare practice that entails taking care of patients
and in some cases, their families as well in ways deemed valuable and meaningful. Moreover, it
goes far and beyond listening, informing and overall involvement of patients in their care. It
places focus on meeting the healthcare needs of a patient with the overall goal of empowering
patients to be actively involved in their wellness. That is to say, patients establish a partnership
with healthcare practitioners. The practitioners then go forth to treat patients from a clinical
perspective whilst heeding to emotions, spiritual, financial, and spiritual states.
Patient-centred care (PCC) has taken a shift to be one of the key purposes for the
improvement of healthcare as a whole. Some of the responsibilities that come with person-
centred care including but not limited to the provision of care that is respective to or respectful
of, prioritizing patient preferences, prevention and promotion, values and needs, and guided

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clinical decisions. By accepting the core elements of patient-centred care, the nurses agree that
the concept has become key especially in the modern age of healthcare provision. When it comes
to the nursing discipline, the greater emphasis is on the patient-centred background. The
attention has shifted to care, background, effect, and fundamentals.
Feelings
The weeks of class have elicited a lot of emotions about nursing practice as a whole. The
study of person-centred care led me to the realization of the overwhelming needs when it comes
to healthcare provision. The study increased my level of curiosity especially about ways a variety
of things could be conjoined to achieve the best possible result as far as health care provision is
concerned. The learnings swept off my somewhat uninformed knowledge about patient care and
restored the value of the holistic approach and criticality that nurses employed in health care
delivery.
Evaluation
Most importantly, person-centred care is an addition to the knowledge of nursing practice since it
correlates with existing theories such as caring theory coined by Jean Watson. I gained an in-
depth understanding that nursing as a holistic practice, it entails caring guided by values, will,
knowledge, and commitments. Care is cemented when nurses and patients work as a team
towards recovery (Jo Delaney, 2018). Ideally, nursing practice is against making assumptions
about patients since it is stereotypic and could limit the patient assessment process that could
result to overlooking vital information (Schellinger, Anderson, Frazer, & Cain, 2018). For an
overall patient care process, it is a requirement for nurses to uphold the dignity and show respect
and exhibit an understanding of the value of meeting patient needs. This means that nurses not