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    of patient and family-centered care has been catapulted to the forefront of the health care system due to the demand of high-quality medical care (Schwarzkopf et al, 2013). Family-centered care identifies that patients exist within a wider social networking of family members and friends (Huffiness et al., 2013). In 2001, the Institute of Medicine published its seminal report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, which depicted the involvement and support of family and friends as a dimension of patient-centeredness

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    The healthcare system faces a myriad of challenges, one of which is how to blend patient-centered care with a competitive edge. However, a healthcare organization can realize this goal by utilizing any of the four generic marketing strategies: market penetration, product development, market development, or diversification. Each of the four strategies can be applied to either competitor-centered or patient-centered marketing. For instance, market penetration is based on mass marketing, built on a

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    Patient Centered Care(PCC)-a model to deliver high quality patient care, enhance cost effectiveness of the service, and maximize patient satisfaction. Along with patient care, the education and research informations are fundamental aspects of the model supporting creativity and innovation. Technological developments, social pressures, government norms and policies all have observed changes that have contributed to a part of success from clinical skills and political perspective, however little has

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    by providing billions of dollars to aid in implementation throughout the health care industry. HIT has allowed for improved patient-centered care secondary to improvement in communication channels, allowing for greater access of protected health information (PHI) for healthcare providers, which in turns, has improved the efficiency of patient care. Patient centered communication has been achieved through means of patient portals and electronic health records (EHR). EHR connects various disciplines

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    at the clinical site for free medical services, I pre-examined a number of patients whom other medical personnel and I were expected to care for that day. Outside the tent, I was taken aback by the tremendous amount of people that were waiting at the entrance. Each of these patients was given the opportunity to receive health screenings, vital readings, medications, and

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    The model of care I observed at the hospital was the patient centered care model. The nurses worked with the patients, typically on a one-to-one nurse-patient ratio. The nurse helped and tended to the patient’s needs, drew her blood, inserted a catheter, and watched the monitors on the baby to ensure everything was going smoothly. It surprised me that a number of the patients I saw were being induced, and according to the nurses, a lot of patients have planned C-Sections. The two soon-to-be mothers

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    SMART Goal: Patient-Centered Care Introduction Nurses need to maintain a goal-orientated attitude to finish all the tasks during their shift. Many obstacles may stand in their way, but by keeping their goal in mind will help them make decisions to help accomplish their objectives in a timely manner. A good way to accomplish a task is by creating a SMART goal. A SMART goal for patient-centered care is education. Many times patients are labeled as noncompliant or unruly, but are they? As a healthcare

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    One aspect that helps to enhance the process of communication is patient-centered care. This type of care ensures that staff communicates in a respectful manner that is responsive to the preferences of the patient (Adams et al., 2014). Another way is to identify the way staff attitudes, and behaviors, lead to conflict. Health professionals have approach patients with empathy as this encourages these patients to tell the health professionals about any concerns (West & Lyubovnika, 2013). Some of the

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    The team’s goals appear to focus on patient centered care. As a whole, the team is attempting to meet the clients basic and advance needs. For example, the patient was in distress about losing a vital limb and the team came together to try and make this major life change event an easier transition for him. Not only did they focus on his overall physical health and recovery, but they focused on things that would help him maintain some of his independence. Just a few examples include using physical

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    Curriculum Outcome: Patient-Centered Care Definition: Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. On the labor and delivery unit and mother baby, we meet all different kinds of ethnic groups with their own set of values and needs. The first week I was in the mother baby unit, I cared for a Hispanic mother that was recuperating from a vaginal birth. She was

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