PCC Impact on Patient and Family

This essay examines patient-centered care (PCC), a healthcare model prioritizing individual patient needs and preferences. It highlights key dimensions of PCC, including respecting patient values, involving patients and families in decision-making, maintaining confidentiality, and providing emotional support to families. The essay emphasizes the importance of nurses' clinical knowledge and compassionate approach in implementing PCC effectively. It concludes that successful PCC requires a holistic approach, considering both the patient's physical and emotional well-being, as well as the needs of their support system.

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PCC and its impact on the patient and family
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Patient- centered care (PCC) is one of the best and widely practiced model healthcare
systems. One can describe PCC as the method of treating every patient as a different
individual. To use this healthcare model, the nurses has to consider the patient’s point of view
before making any decision (Kitson et al., 2013).
There are many dimensions of PCC. To imply the process of Patient-Centered Care,
the nurses have to show respect to the values, needs and the preference of the patient.
Implying the process involves thinking the patient as a different individual. Whenever the
nurse has to make a decision, she must have to involve the patient and his or her family
members. If the nurse wants to maximize the care-giving facility to the patients, she has to
listen to the patient and consider their needs (Pelzang, 2010). One of the crucial facts, which
the nurses have to maintain, is the confidentiality of the patient.
Another dimension of PCC includes the involvement of the patient’s family and
friends. The nurses must provide them with all the crucial information about the health
situation of the patient (Kitson et al., 2013). The nurses also have to remember that caring the
patient also involves caring for the patient’s family, which further narrows down to providing
the family with supportive environment. Acknowledging the support of family and friends is
also necessary as it provides lots of mental strength and emotional support to the patient
(Pelzang, 2010).
To conclude with, PCC requires the health professionals to have good clinical
knowledge along with ability to treat the patient and family with compassion and respect.

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Reference:
Kitson, A., Marshall, A., Bassett, K., & Zeitz, K. (2013). What are the core elements of
patient‐centred care? A narrative review and synthesis of the literature from health
policy, medicine and nursing. Journal of advanced nursing, 69(1), 4-15.
Pelzang, R. (2010). Time to learn: understanding patient-centred care. British journal of
nursing, 19(14).