Person-Centred Care Flashcards
What does a nurse need to do prior to implementing or curating a patient care plan?
A nurse should assess a patient’s acute/chronic needs and holistically assess the biological, social and psychological factors that impact the individual
What does a clear and accurate care plan allow professionals to do?
> Describe and define the care they have delivered
> Maintain professional integrity
> Provide excellent evidence based care
Why does a patient need to be engaged and involved in their care plan?
A patient-centred care plan that can meet the patient’s needs in conjunction with the individual - this ensures that the plan is aligned with the patient’s best interests and ensures that the care plan is manageable/achievable.
Describe the acronym VIPS
V – VALUE BASE asserts VALUE OF LIFE regardless of age or cognitive ability
I – INDIVIDUAL APPROACH recognising a person’s uniqueness
P – consider the PATIENT’S PERSPECTIVE
S – provide a SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT that SUPPORTS PSYCHOLOGICAL needs
What are some key principle of person/family-centred care
> Enabling patients to make decisions for themselves and have choices
> Enables parents/carers to work in partnership with healthcare staff to care for infants, children and young people
> Involves clinical team having a shared set of values to be effective
> The patient and their families must be at the heart of everything that they do
What are some values to incorporate when dealing with patient care plans
> Emphasis strengths and abilities and not weaknesses and disabilities
> Promote dignity at all times including the patient’s name rather than patronising terms
e.g. sweetie, darling, dearie
(ASK HOW THEY WISH TO BE ADDRESSED)
> Work WITH a person rather than doing TO a person
> Do not use labels (a wanderer, a spitter or call parents Mum or Dad!)
> Consider adaptations when communicating infants, children and young people and their parents
What are the 3 types of specific care plans?
> Surgical
> Medical
> End of life
Describe a surgical care plan
Surgical wards are the area where CORE care plans are used most frequently and most effectively
Core care plans are pre printed care plans outlining the routine care given prior and post common surgical procedures
> Pre operative observations
> Post operative observations
> Pain management
> Wound care
> Pressure area care
> Bladder and bowel management
What are some of the advantages of a surgical care plan?
> Easy and quick to read and document
> More time to focus on patient care
> Time saving
> Provides a comprehensive check list
> Useful tool for new staff members and EBP
> Guaranteed a good quality of evidence based care and safe care – all essentials recorded
> Same care regardless of particular staff
What are some disadvantages of a surgical care plan?
> Restricted with limited ability to record a comprehensive over view of the patient
> Psychological aspects of patient often missing
> Problems when not all patients fitted the model
> Needed to rely on own experience as opposed to solely on the plan
[Jakobsson and Wann-Hansson (2012)]
