NR 500 Week 3
Discussion:
Person-Centered
Care [SOLVED]
, 1
Week 3 Discussion
Caring is the foundation of nursing. When reflecting on what person-centered care means
to me, I think of looking at the whole picture for my patient. Person-centered care is about
looking into every aspect of your patient’s life and being sensitive to your patient’s decisions. It
means showing respect for your patient and viewing them as a whole. Person-centered care is to
consider your patient’s values, beliefs, desires, familial situations, lifestyles, and social life. As a
nurse practitioner, I plan to integrate my patient’s special considerations into their care. By
providing this integration, we empower our patients, therefore, making them more autonomous
and involved in their care delivery. Person-centered care also individualizes the patient’s care
plan, therefore tailoring their plan of care improves the quality of their care. (Uittenbroek et al.,
2018)
Person-centered care includes having cultural sensitivity. As a future nurse practitioner in
the United States, I must recognize that this country is made up of a very large population that
contains millions of people that come from different countries and have different cultures. With
that also comes the recognition that many of these people come from racial and ethnic minority
groups and that they experience a variety of barriers when it comes to health care. (DeNisco &
Barker, n.d.) That means to me that if I am caring for a patient with a language barrier, I should
be using an interpreter to communicate with my patients. This also means that being culturally
sensitive and aware of my patient’s backgrounds and how it may affect their care.
Person-centered care also includes showing compassion and kindness for each situation.
It is important as a Nurse Practitioner that I self-reflect on myself and my practice so I can find
ways to improve myself and do what is best for my patients. Caring involves being there for our
patients and their families for whatever they need. We cannot properly care for our patients if we
are not taking care of ourselves. We are all human and we all have unresolved stressors in our
lives, and when you carry that stress into your work, you project that onto your patients. Your
patients can feel when you are not in a good mood, or you are stressed out. It is important to our
patients that we treat them with compassion, try to bring positivity into their room, and for us not
to project our feelings onto them. We should be self-aware of our non-verbal cues and learn how
to respond to different situations so we can have healthy therapeutic relationships with our
patients. (Rasheed, 2015)
References
DeNisco, S. M., & Barker, A. M. (n.d.). Advanced practice nursing: Essential knowledge for the
profession (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Rasheed, S. P. (2015). Self-Awareness as a Therapeutic Tool for Nurse/Client Relationship.
International Journal of Caring Sciences, 8(1), 211–216. Retrieved March 17, 2021,
from
Uittenbroek, R. J., van der Mei, S. F., Slotman, K., Reijneveld, S. A., & Wynia, K. (2018).
Experiences of case managers in providing person-centered and integrated care based on
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Discussion:
Person-Centered
Care [SOLVED]
, 1
Week 3 Discussion
Caring is the foundation of nursing. When reflecting on what person-centered care means
to me, I think of looking at the whole picture for my patient. Person-centered care is about
looking into every aspect of your patient’s life and being sensitive to your patient’s decisions. It
means showing respect for your patient and viewing them as a whole. Person-centered care is to
consider your patient’s values, beliefs, desires, familial situations, lifestyles, and social life. As a
nurse practitioner, I plan to integrate my patient’s special considerations into their care. By
providing this integration, we empower our patients, therefore, making them more autonomous
and involved in their care delivery. Person-centered care also individualizes the patient’s care
plan, therefore tailoring their plan of care improves the quality of their care. (Uittenbroek et al.,
2018)
Person-centered care includes having cultural sensitivity. As a future nurse practitioner in
the United States, I must recognize that this country is made up of a very large population that
contains millions of people that come from different countries and have different cultures. With
that also comes the recognition that many of these people come from racial and ethnic minority
groups and that they experience a variety of barriers when it comes to health care. (DeNisco &
Barker, n.d.) That means to me that if I am caring for a patient with a language barrier, I should
be using an interpreter to communicate with my patients. This also means that being culturally
sensitive and aware of my patient’s backgrounds and how it may affect their care.
Person-centered care also includes showing compassion and kindness for each situation.
It is important as a Nurse Practitioner that I self-reflect on myself and my practice so I can find
ways to improve myself and do what is best for my patients. Caring involves being there for our
patients and their families for whatever they need. We cannot properly care for our patients if we
are not taking care of ourselves. We are all human and we all have unresolved stressors in our
lives, and when you carry that stress into your work, you project that onto your patients. Your
patients can feel when you are not in a good mood, or you are stressed out. It is important to our
patients that we treat them with compassion, try to bring positivity into their room, and for us not
to project our feelings onto them. We should be self-aware of our non-verbal cues and learn how
to respond to different situations so we can have healthy therapeutic relationships with our
patients. (Rasheed, 2015)
References
DeNisco, S. M., & Barker, A. M. (n.d.). Advanced practice nursing: Essential knowledge for the
profession (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Rasheed, S. P. (2015). Self-Awareness as a Therapeutic Tool for Nurse/Client Relationship.
International Journal of Caring Sciences, 8(1), 211–216. Retrieved March 17, 2021,
from
Uittenbroek, R. J., van der Mei, S. F., Slotman, K., Reijneveld, S. A., & Wynia, K. (2018).
Experiences of case managers in providing person-centered and integrated care based on
This study source was downloaded by 100000841853683 from CourseHero.com on 04-04-2022 07:06:18 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/93569311/Week-3-Discussiondocx/
