Delivering Person-Centred Care in Nursing [Hardcover]

Delivering holistic, person-centred care is at the heart of the nursing role and identity. This book will develop your understanding of what person-centred care actually means and show you how to apply it to assessment and the planning, delivery and management of care, enhancing all aspects of your practice. 

Key features

• Each chapter is mapped to the NMC Standards (2018)    

• Two parts take you from the underpinning theory and philosophy through to practical application and delivering person-centred care in action. 

• Case studies and activities encourage you to reflect on your own experiences and how the themes of person-centred care are applied in practice - now with a brand new chapter-length case and accompanying Practice Supervisor notes feature
Through the use of varied and extended case studies, this book explains and demonstrates how nurses can transform the ideals of person-centred care into reality for patients throughout their healthcare journey within a variety of settings.Part 1: Person-centred care: theory and philosophy
Chapter 1: Person-centred care: concepts, origins and challenges
Chapter 2: Person-centred care and the nursing process
Part 2: How to deliver person-centred care
Chapter 3: Case study one: helping Avril cope with facial disfigurement
Chapter 4: Case study two: helping John cope with surgery
Chapter 5: Case study three: helping Tom learn about diabetes
Chapter 6: Case study four: helping Susan counter depression
Chapter 7: Checking back and looking forward