Journal
CONTEMPORARY NURSE
Volume 52, Issue 2-3, Pages 300-312Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2015.1020981
Keywords
nursing care; person-centred care; compassionate care; patients' experience; patient satisfaction; patient autonomy; patient empowerment
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- Wishlist Sunshine Coast Health Foundation [IHSSSR IHO713]
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Background: Person-centred care is a policy priority for health services seeking to assure the public they provide safe, high-quality care, in keeping with rising consumer expectations. However, study of person-centred care rarely includes acute-care patients' perspectives.Methodology: In 2013, semi-structured interviews were held with 10 former patients of an Australian regional health service and examined via thematic analysis to understand patients' experiences of nursing care, interpret findings in the context of person-centred care principles and identify ways to enhance and support compassionate, person-centred care in everyday nursing practice.Results: Clinically competent care, delivered compassionately through a positive nurse-patient relationship, resulted in personal, emotional or spiritual responses that were the catalyst for patient empowerment and participation in care, and a positive outlook toward recovery.Implications for practice: Nurses wishing to implement person-centred care need to recognise the importance of prioritising human connection and compassion in conjunction with clinical competence.
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