Patient Care Philosophy

This worldview first states that human beings are holistic, and parts are viewed only in the context of the whole (Fawcett, 1993). I agree with this view as I believe that the various human dimensions are interrelated. It is impossible to separate out the physical from the psychological or spiritual, as they are interdependent. A change in one aspect acts as a causative agent in the others. This aspect of this worldviews frames my practice when I acknowledge that my patient is much more than a set of vital signs and a physical assessment. In each interaction, I strive to ascertain my patient’s psychological and spiritual deficits and attend to these needs in a hierarchical manner so that the patient can return to a state of complete health- physically, psychologically, and spiritually.

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Holistic nursing to me is a practice of applying both subjective and objective patient assessment into the plan of care. Not only do we need to look at the physical condition of the patient, but also their social and environmental factors that influence their state of health. When this application process is incorporated into the patient plan of care, we are incorporating all aspects of the patient’s life that help define and create their ideal state of health. In review of several nursing theories discussed by Montgomery-Dossey and Keegan (2012), which incorporate the aspect of holistic nursing practice, I found that Jean Watson’s Theory of Transpersonal Caring was most closely linked to aspects of my current nursing practice.

Sawbridge and Hewison (2015) believe that compassion is important to the delivery of patient care. However, professionals are working in environments that are increasingly targeted which can take the professionals away from delivering compassionate care (Baverstock and Finley 2016). This assignment aims to discuss how important and how realistic it is for health and social care leaders to balance compassion with effective and efficient service delivery. It aims to do this by exploring what is meant by the term compassion and the influence that it has on patient care. The author will then move on to discuss the impact compassion has on service delivery, considering if professionals need to balance compassion with effective and efficient care delivery including the if compassion is in fact required to deliver effective care.

A needs assessment encourages supportive relationships to reduce the risk of abuse and neglect, a demonstration of a needs assessment is as follows: Needs assessment is the key to ensuring that the required range and capacity of services is available and accessible to service users and their families in a local area. A good need assessment process will:

Holistic nursing is defined as all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal (AHNA, 1998). I believe a nurse does not discriminate and treats all their patients with the same sense of dignity and respect. I believe that a nurse should strive to develop trusting professional relationships with their patients so that they can better develop individual care plans. Nurses should focus on a person’s life as a whole when providing help and support for the patient when making decisions about their care. Nurses should also be compassionate and have excellent critical thinking

This philosophy is further dissected through Georgetown School of Medicine’s mind-body program. Through my experiences in healthcare, I have gained a specific interest in this way of thinking. I shadowed Dr. Wagner, a chiropractor, whose philosophy was in treating the person as a whole rather than a list of symptoms to be fixed. He would sit and talk to his patients about their diet, exercise, and well being before performing his chiropractic adjustments. Seeing the impact on his patient’s health over treatments, I became intrigued with the effects and benefits of this philosophy. There was a bond of trust and comfort that formed between him and his patients, leading to better understanding of their health, procedures, and actions they needed to take. I see importance in the way this new integrative model of healthcare brings together the importance of treatment balanced with teaching, prevention, and self-awareness. Georgetown’s philosophy of caring for a patient as a whole both body and mind is something I find extremely important to focus on in the future of healthcare. The chance to learn more about this philosophy of medicine and how to incorporate it into my patient care is an amazing and unique

In the physical realm of patient-centered care pain, comfort, sleep, and rest are important aspects of the fourth dimension of patient-centered care. Patient-centered care is the complete focus of the medical team on providing respectful care to meet patient needs, preferences and values guide decisions on each individual patient care. To understand the subjective view of the patient, these four aspects are at the forefront of their needs within the hospital setting to provide the best patient outcome. Nurses provide good patient-centered care by actively partnering with patients to determine care priorities and plans to tailor their level of involvement, according to their preferences, and being flexible by changing the care plan as the situation changes including providing smooth transitions between care goals. By doing this, nurses can assist patients with all pain by providing comfort and assuring the patient that there will be no deficiency of their quality of sleep.

How good it would be for you as dentist, for your dental practice as a business, and for the dental health and well-being of your patients, if you could offer more than just verbal reassurance about the state of your patients dental health?

This essay will discuss patient centred care and some of the main principles associated to it. It will also discuss why patient centred care is so important in nursing and acknowledges that there will always be opportunities and times when these principles can continually be improved upon and developed through further training and education.

When I decided a few years ago that I was going to become a pharmacist, the reason why I made that decision was because I wanted to make a difference in the life of every patient I come across. Dr Jacobsen reiterated this idea in his speech when he talked about his reason for having a specialized residency in primary care which is equivalent to today’s post graduate year two (PGY2) program. Patient centered care approach is an immense way of advancing patients health outcome by a healthcare provider.

I agree with Eric Dishman and his ideas that were created from his personal experiences. When Eric discussed how he was diagnosed with a terminal illness that gave him a few years to live, it swept him off guard. He was ready to accept his fate and die from this illness since he believed in what his doctors told him. Fortunately, he had a friend he had made while enduring all his tests to lead up to his illness. She helped him research his illness and what cause and effects take place. Without her help he wouldn't have fought through his illness and came out to where he is today. His ideas that patient cared should be centered around the patient and accessible at home too. This idea allows that patient to be more in control of their health.

When looking at the postmodern worldview, many people believe that science is unable to explain the meaning to life. The post-modernistic theory explains that the world consists of an energy that can be manipulated and controlled. As a result of this many scientists and health care workers are looking for a more holistic way of treating patients. In this way the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of the patient are met. This leads to the patient being in complete harmony with their environment (Shelly & Miller, 2006). As a result patients will not be thought of as just a disease but a whole person.

This evolution will make obvious the next pillar of the system being the establishment of a national eHealth Authority. The appointment of such a body by the responsible authority for health being the relevant ministry will create a regulating body with legal power to enforce standards in all medical services and secure interoperability at local and European levels, Figure 3.

“Nursing is an art, and if it is to be made an art, requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work...” (Nightingale, 1868)