Patient Centered Philosophy

This paper brings up my personal nursing philosophy that I am planning to deliver in my nursing career. I believe that nursing is more than merely as a profession, it also involves my medical knowledge combined it with a commitment to quality nursing care with compassion, respect, dignity, and advocacy for each patient. I believe that the interdisciplinary care and collaboration in the medical field are crucial elements that lead to a healthy relationship among healthcare professionals in promoting quality patient care that is individualized to each patient’s needs.

rganizing the delivery of health care around the needs of the patient may seem like a simple and obvious approach. In a system as complex as health care, however, little is simple. In fact, thirty years ago when the idea of “patient-centered care” first emerged as a return to the holistic roots of health care, it was swiftly dismissed by all but the most philosophically progressive providers as trivial, superficial, or unrealistic. Its defining characteristics of partnering with patients and families, of welcoming―even encouraging―their

As health care providers, professionalism, respect and empathy should play an essential role in our daily routine. These core values allow us as health care providers to demonstrate understanding, compassion, and appreciation for our patients and their experiences. Utilizing these virtues will allow for an experience that will make the patient feel respected, valued and wanting to return.

Although leaders in the health professions have advocated incorporating patient /consumer centeredness in the curriculum of health professionals, there remain several educational, practice and regulatory barriers to implementing a patient-centred vision. The following are some of the most important barriers

The healthcare industry has intensely advanced throughout the world, in turn changing the principles that incorporate the practice and culture of nursing practice. Altering the model of care to a patient-centered mode signifies an organizational culture shift and requires the participation of executives at the senior level (Cliff, 2012). To practice this care to provide the best care possible, it goes beyond the nurse to all healthcare professionals and senior leadership. The days of patients and nurses following a physician’s order without favor to care has now loaned themselves to more of an interdisciplinary approach to practice. Though, it is encouraged that the patient makes decisions for themselves, after receiving the proper education and information on their condition. Part of the patient-centered care is to be the patients’ advocate, by letting them know you are there for them when they are unable to speak and advocate for themselves and what is in their best interest. That goes in hand with educating them on “self-management of care, health literacy, patient, and family education through nurse-patient communication and interaction (Finkelman & Kenner, 2016, p. 271).”

In my current position as a CNA at Princeton Medical Center, I have come to appreciate the core values associated with patient centered humanistic care. I have seen the importance of this approach not only in my current clinical interactions, but in my own previous experiences as a patient. These values are ingrained deep within me and I feel very strongly that these values are clearly represented in the mission statement of Penn State PA program. I believe it is important to attend to the patient's medical needs in addition to their emotional/psychological needs as they go through treatment. This humanistic approach enables the patient to trust their healthcare providers resulting in a greater adherence to their treatment plans. I believe

Providing patient centered care each and every time I am in the hospital is something that I hold to a very high esteem for myself and everyone I work with. My preceptor and I both think it is very important to treat patients like they are our own family member or friend, so there are many examples I could give for how I exhibited patient centered care while I completed my senior practicum on 5200/5300. Perhaps the most memorable from my time on this floor was when I had a patient who had been in the hospital for more than 30 days. This patient was getting restless, had been in restraints, was unable to really communicate due to a tracheostomy, and had also been NPO for multiple days while waiting for surgery to insert a PEG tube and fix an elbow fracture. Although this patient was in isolation and many team members were worn down with him constantly trying to get out of bed, I was a fresh face and spent hours upon hours by his side trying to understand why he was acting the way he was.

“Genuine care and compassion for the health and well-being of patients, families, and the communities we are

Making patient the center of care by putting them first ,making sure their needs and support are met.

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?

If a patient is afraid of blanking out when in the exam room, that patient can show up to their doctor appointment with questions and/or concerns written down on a piece of paper. The physician’s role in promoting patient-centered care differs from that of the patient and the leader in management. The role of the physician is to listen always, act when possible and educate when needed. The physician provides patient-centered care by listening to the concerns of their patient and understanding the patient’s narrative as to why that patient is there that day. After providing the treatment options that are available for their patient, the physician should listen to see what the patient’s preference is for treatment and to see if the patient understood what was said about their condition and treatment options available (if treatment is appropriate). If the patient does not understand a point made at any time, the physician should take the time to educate the patient. Based on the physician’s encounter with the patient, the physician should use their best medical judgment in deciding how to act. This action may be prescribing the patient with a medication, a procedure, or by not having to act at all. When care is needed, “simple and inexpensive interventions” should be used if possible (Lancet, 2017, 3). The goal of patient-center care (as I argue), is to promote trust, honesty and transparency within the doctor-patient relationship and to provide appropriate care when necessary. Physicians, patients and leaders within organizations all play a vital role in creating patient-centered

I have a vast knowledge of the medical field already. I Know that I have a long road ahead of me for wanting to go to medical school and wanting to be a surgeon. I want to be the best I can be and your institution has been

A man walks into an emergency room with an intense pain in his abdomen. He is hoping to find a doctor who knows how to treat him. The doctor enters his room and begins robotically palpating his abdomen, showing no hint of recognition for the pain he is in. The man begins to ask himself, “Does this doctor care that I am in extreme pain?” He then wonders, “If he doesn’t care that I am in pain, how motivated can he be to ease my pain?” This might seem like a silly question. If the physician didn’t care about healing people, why would he become a doctor? Modern technology has caused doctors to become complacent and emotionally detached from their patients. Doctors must be empathetic towards their

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.