Give a positive feedback to each of this post with one paragraph. Cite and use proper APA reference for each post .
post #1Junie:
Person-centered care, often referred to as ‘patient-centered care,’ revolves around respecting the individual’s preferences, ensuring physical comfort and safety, providing emotional support, and offering timely access to appropriate care but lies at the core of ethical and practical practice in the nursing profession. This approach places the person receiving care at the center of the healthcare experience rather than taking a one-size-fits-all stance; person-centered care considers each person’s unique situation, values, cultures, beliefs, and preferences. The goal is to provide care and treatment genuinely responsive to that individual as a whole person. As a future nurse practitioner, applying principles of person-centered care and cultural humility will be instrumental in delivering compassionate, quality health outcomes for all patients.
Several vital principles define person-centered care. First and foremost is treating each person with dignity and respect, recognizing their intrinsic worth as a human being. It also involves encouraging active participation in health-related decisions to empower patients. Good communication is imperative, with providers openly discussing a person’s medical condition and treatment options in a way they can understand. People need to be well-informed so they can be involved in choosing the path that fits best for their lives. Additionally, person-centered care aims to be coordinated, considering all aspects of a person’s well-being and supporting them with medical and psychosocial needs (Coyne et al., 2018).
As an advanced practice nurse, I will uphold these person-centered ideals. I will need to see each patient as a holistic individual rather than just a medical condition. I must gain a deep understanding of their diverse values, beliefs, preferences, and lived experiences. I foster open, honest communication so patients feel comfortable sharing relevant information. Treatment plans should be tailored specifically for that person whenever possible. I will strive to establish caring, trusting relationships where patients are true partners in their healthcare (Delaney, 2018).
Cultural humility and person-centered principles will be crucial to my practice approach. Every person’s culture influences how they view health, illness, and medical care. As a provider, I have much to learn from each unique culture. Practicing cultural humility means approaching each patient interaction with curiosity, respect, and lack of presumption. It acknowledges that while I hold clinical expertise, patients are the true experts of their lives and cultures. I can recognize any biases and avoid assumptions by maintaining an attitude of humility and ongoing self-reflection. I aim to ensure that all treatment decisions fully respect and incorporate each person’s cultural perspectives (Clay, 2018).
References
Coyne, I., Holmström, I., & Söderbäck, M. (2018). Centeredness in healthcare: a concept synthesis of family-centered care, person-centered care, and child-centered care. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 42, 45-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.07.001
Delaney, L. J. (2018). Patient-centered care as an approach to improving health care in Australia. Collegian, 25(1), 119-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.02.005
Clay, A. M. (2018). From Patient-Centered Care to Person-Centered Care: Intersectionalities, Disparities, and Holistic Care. University of California, Davis.
post#2 Hannah:
After reading about person-centered care, I learned that it places importance on both the provider and the patient in the plan of care. It also helped me differentiate between that and patient-centered care (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], n.d.). Person-centered care to me means looking at the whole picture around the diagnosis. What contributing factors may be present. The example given in the reading showed that the patient’s environment and social environment contributed to her condition. Person-centered care looks at the diagnosis and develops the care plan for how we can maintain and/or prevent and educate the patient to their active participation.
I think it is important to have a good history of your patients. When you know your patient then you can really be able to practice holistic nursing. Holistic nursing can be tailored to each patient as an individual based on their history, environment, and other things that may influence their health. I will make the best of the time I am allotted with each patient to review their charts, past medical history, social history to understand the “behind the scenes” of the patient. This will allow me to try and develop a treatment plan that works best for that specific patient. Not all people are dealt the same hand of cards in life. There are many factors that play a part in someone’s healthcare, and everyone should always keep that in mind. I can use my own self-reflection on how my healthcare changed in my life from my access to care, down to my environment. I was born and raised in a small town in Northern Pennsylvania. When I moved to Florida, it showed me such a beautiful new world. To me, this was experiencing Culture Humility, and going through nursing school I learned the various different ways each culture views healthcare and how treatment may be altered.
Reference
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (n.d.). Person-centered care. Retrieved September 22, 2022, from https://www.aacnnursing.org/5B-Tool-Kit/Themes/Person-Centered-Care
Khan, S. (2021, March 9). Cultural humility vs. cultural competence- and why providers need both. Healthcity. https://healthcity.bmc.org/policy-and-industry/cul…
Person-centered care means creating a plan for the person as an individual and not just a plan based on their diagnosis. While treating the disease or diagnosis is essential, we want to treat the person, not just the disease. Collaborating with the patient and those around the patient, taking their cultural background and beliefs into consideration, respecting their individuality and autonomy, making sure their basic needs are being met, staying compassionate, and staying flexible are all behaviors nurse practitioners can do to make person-centered care happen. These things will all help comfort the patient and make them feel they are being treated as a person, not just a disease or diagnosis.
I will apply holistic nursing principles by meeting my patient’s social, physical, spiritual, and psychological needs. Holistic nursing goes along with person-centered care in that we must treat our patients with respect and dignity, as a whole person, and not just one diagnosis.
I will apply the principles of cultural humility by planning the patient’s care around their cultural beliefs. It’s essential to acknowledge a patient’s culture and realize they know themselves best when providing care, so they know they’re being treated as individuals, not just as a number or exciting case. Learning from people with different world views, beliefs, and values will help us become more compassionate and empathetic providers. I believe that treating patients with cultural humility requires us to put our beliefs aside for a moment to provide the best care to our patients, which leads to better outcomes for them.
Applying self-reflection principles and debriefing at the end of each day can help us learn, grow, and become better nurse practitioners. Reflecting on how the day went and receiving patient feedback can help increase patient satisfaction and outcomes by learning from different scenarios, good or bad. As described in our lesson from this week, using Gibbs’s reflective cycle model can aid advanced practice nurses in pinpointing strengths, finding areas where improvement is needed, and applying actions to develop their practice (Chamberlain University College of Nursing, 2024). Using this in our everyday practice is critical for professional growth. It will help patients feel more included in their care because their provider reflects on what they did great and what they could do better.
Reference:
Chamberlain University College of Nursing. (2024). NR581NP-17548. Week 4: Cultural Care [Online lesson]. https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/137784…
