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The Importance Of Delivering Person Centered Care

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Person Centred is often used throughout healthcare, however, how it is put into practice. There are manty fundamentals which help ensure person centred care is delivered. Eaton et al., (2015) states that to ensure person centred care is used appropriately then we must ensure that all patients are at the core front of their care. Delivering person centred care is important, as making individuals feel involved in the decision making of their care is now seen as a key component in ensuring high quality care is delivered (Ashby and Dowding, 2011). To ensure Person centred Care can be delivered, it is essential that all nursing staff and health professional attend relevant and up to date training. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015) have put into place policies and procedures to ensure that the expectation, of professionalism is upheld. McCormack and McCance (2010) have developed a framework in which they believed will help nursing staff promote person centred care. This frame work looks at a wide range of factors such as prerequisites, care environment, care process and person centred outcomes to ensure the care process is delivered with respect for the patient and their families, the patients’ rights are protected and trusting relationships are built with patients to ensure that all individuals can confide in nursing staff if they have any queries about their care. It is believed by Olsson (2013) that the health professional a patient feels most comfortable around

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