This essay will explain the importance of ‘Prioritising patients’ from one of the ‘P’s in the Nurses and Midwifery Council Code. The Nurse and Midwifery Council Code (NMC) is a set of standards in which nurses and midwives have to maintain to keep their registration. It is used to guide and support nurses and midwives whilst in practise. Within the code there are a set of four key principles that support the practice of all nurses and midwives, to remind them of their professional responsibilities. The code is structured around four key areas. Prioritise people, practise effectively, preserve safety and promoting professionalism and trust. The Code can be used by nurses and midwives as a way of strengthening their professionalism. If the code is not followed correctly it could bring their fitness to practise into question. http://www.bfwh.nhs.uk/onehr/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Reflection-for-revalidation-May-2015-values.pdf Prioritising patients is an important role in nursing. Putting the person at the heart of care is one of the essential roles in developing person centred care. (Department of health, 2005) …show more content…
Poor care does not only result in bad press and public perception but also break the trust between the patient and nurse. Utilising the theoretical framework developed by Todres et all (2009) which explores eight central aspects of what it is to be human. Todres et al (2009). This model can be used to improve nursing care. Referring to the term ‘being treated as human beings’ not being treated as a number or object. Todres et al (2009) stated the forms of humanisation insiderness treating people with respect recognising the patient’s skills knowledge and experiences rather than treating them as objects problems or diagnosis. Respecting the patient’s ability to make informed choices. Uniqueness treating the patient as a unique individual rather than putting them in a certain patient
The case study will identify a number if strategies to apply supportive approaches using the principals and practices of providing person-centred care, reflected against a real client situation within an organisational perspective. The case study is considering the situation with reflection of the two questions chosen from the Person-centred Care Assessment Tool. In relation to one’s ability to engage and be supported in the facilitation and management of person-centred care directives, within the role of a leisure and health officer.
Y.H.et al. (2012) told that Person centred care models start with education and training of
NMC, 2008. The code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. [online] Available at: [Accessed 13 November 2013].
The aim of this essay is to reflect on the person-centred care I provided to a client in my Practice Learning Environment (PLE). I will demonstrate the practical application of Module 3 (Involving People) of the 10 Essential Share Capabilities and how they influenced my delivery of person-centred care. The Ten Essential Shared Capabilities were established to support the growing importance of person-centred care and values based practice (NHS Education for Scotland (NES), 2012a). The essential shared capabilities, which I will focus on, are working in partnership and person-centred care. I have selected the Gibb’s (1988) framework to guide me through the reflective process. Furthermore, to reinforce the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2011) confidentiality guidelines, I have used the pseudonym “Thomas”.
1. Legal, ethical and professional principle frameworks underpin all fields of nursing, and it is a requirement for all Registered Nurses to be competent and knowledgeable, act with integrity and maintain professional standards set out by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015). Working with multidisciplinary teams within our profession, it is important to acknowledge and recognise the way in which all the professionals are guided by law and their independent regulatory bodies. The needs of the individual patient is to be considered by doctors and nurses alike, who share professional values and are set out in the respective codes of practice, The Code (NMC, 2015) and GMC (2013).
Professional standards of practice and behaviour reflected through the Code, are key values (NMC, 2015), to prioritise people, practise effectively, preserve safety and promote the nursing profession. However, at times the complexity of achieving these principles comes under investigation (Flynn, 2012). Therefore, elements will be discussed throughout this essay relating to ‘David’s Story’ using the humanising framework. It will evaluate the theory of humanised and person-centred care and rationalise the importance of this philosophy.
NMC, 2010. The code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. [online] Available at: [Accessed 13 November 2013]
Although nursing is universally practiced, not all nurses values and morals are the same. Nurses and nursing students are usually put in situations where they must operate within an ethical structure which is either unfamiliar to their cultural criterion or those of the patients for whom they are taking care of. The most prominent values and morals of nurses are based on human dignity and benevolence. Human dignity is the main component that branches off into other values under caring for health and well-being. Trust, integrity, autonomy, and privacy are one of the many sub-values that fall under human dignity. It is important for the nurses to respect and understand the culture and beliefs of the patient without being judgmental or confrontational. The wellbeing of the patient is priority and so the nurses must focus on gaining the patients trust first by tending to their needs and exhibiting
Nursing and midwifery council (2008) The Code: standard of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. London: Nursing and Midwifery council
This essay will explain what patient centred care is, how nurses use it in practice, the benefits of using it, and the barriers that need to be overcome to be able to use it, and the key principles of patient centred care. It will explain how patient centred care enables nurses to communicate and engage with the patients in a more effective way, and how it helps understand the uniqueness of each patient, which helps professionals avoid ‘warehousing’ patients (treating them all the same). It will also demonstrate how this type of care can help maintain the dignity of patients when nurses carry out tasks such as personal care. The Health Foundation describes patient centred care as being a type of health system where patients take control of their own care.
In 2012, the Department of Health (DoH) presented the ‘6 Cs’, a set of six core values which underpin everything that nursing, midwifery and care staff do. They include care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. However more recently there have been calls on the NHS to add a seventh C: collaboration. As Wiltjer (2017) argues, “current best practice in nursing is rooted in person-centred care, shared decision-making and multidisciplinary teamwork” and that care based on these principles “requires extensive collaboration between professionals, as well as between professionals, patients and relatives”. Gluyas (2014) also advocates a collaborative approach, explaining that “teams comprise individuals who must work together
Based on the elements of my philosophy, it is apparent that I will uphold the professionalism required of nurses. I will develop the relevant communication skills to facilitate the development of good rapports with patients from different cultural backgrounds. The patient-nurse relationship must be effective in influencing the patient to give self-reports on matters such as pain and personal preferences during their stay in the hospital. This is the core of individual-based care; hence, I will strive to portray a character that fosters trust from the patients. I will also be keen on the requirements of the patients with reference to the environment (Macintyre & Schug, 2014).
Every person’s needs must be recognized, respected, and filled if he or she must attain wholeness. The environment must attuned to that wholeness for healing to occur. Healing must be total or holistic if health must be restored or maintained. And a nurse-patient relationship is the very foundation of nursing (Conway et al 2011; Johnson, 2011). The Theory recognizes a person’s needs above all. It sets up the conducive environment to healing. It addresses and works on the restoration and maintenance of total health rather than only specific parts or aspect of the patient’s body or personality. And these are possible only through a positive healing relationship between the patient and the nurse (Conway et al, Johnson).
...Council, M., & Federation, A. N. (2008). Codes of Professional Conduct & Ethics for Nurses & Midwives, 2008: Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council.
One of the goals of nursing is to respect the human rights, values and costumes of a patient and his or her family and with the community as a whole. The International Council of Nurses states that nursing practice can be defined generally as a dynamic, caring, helping relationship in which the nurse assists the client to achieve and maintain optimal health. As health care providers, we have some fundamental responsibilities such as to promote health, to prevent illnes...