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Discussion: Patient centered care and communication.
Discussion: Patient centered care and communication.Discussion: Patient centered care and
communication.At least 2 citations. APA 7th edition.Throughout my nursing practice there
is several situations that come to mind in reference to patient centered care and
communication. Communication is the biggest barrier to people due to many obstacles from
education level to their ability to be receptive in their moment of crisis (The Eight Principles
of Patient-Centered Care · Oneview 2019). Typically in the Emergency Department,
situations can escalate quickly, having support and someone to guide you through
uncharted territory is super beneficial. Unfortunately, the pressure is usually placed on a
loved one who is doing their best to just hold it together in that moment. Nursing advocates
always encourage patients and families to fill out advanced directives to assist in a situation
such as an emergency.My experience brings me to a 44 y/o female brought into the
Emergency Department as an unresponsive related to an overdose. The physician
immediately came in and started asking questions to the boyfriend and the mother, while
explaining what was going to be done to maintain her airway. The provider spoke so fast
and did not attempt to make sure the family was understanding the procedures to come.
The family immediately started asking questions in reference to intubation and before we
could intubate the patient we had a code gray in the room while trying to maintain her
airway. This required even more resources and was very stressful trying to manage both
situations in a professional manner. In this scenario, I think this could have been prevented
if the provider took a little more time to make sure the family was understanding what he
was saying. The provider also should have been using more appropriate language the family
could understand versus the medical terminology. In this scenario the outcome for the
patient and family was great but it did leave a lasting negative experience for the family in
their time of need. Emergency Medicine and nursing is really about meeting the patient
where they are in terms of physical health, emotional and mental health.In healthcare,
person centered care is where the patients actively participate in their treatment in close
cooperation with the health care professionals (N. Mead et al., 1970).ReferencesN. Mead, P.,
M. Stewart, J., K. Cooper, B., Cott, C., P. Little, H., F. Gzil, C., . . . KL. Wanyonyi, M. (1970,
January 01). Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare. Retrieved
July 23, 2020, from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1472-6963-14-271The Eight
Principles of Patient-Centered Care · Oneview. (2019, June 04). Retrieved July 23, 2020,
from https://www.oneviewhealthcare.com/the-eight-principles-of-patient-centered-
care/ORDER NOW FOR ORIGINAL, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou must proofread your
paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker;
failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to
suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will
be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and
make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your
paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected
mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or
compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is
better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress
it into fewer pages.Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing,
increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any
other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable,
wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.The paper must be neatly formatted,
double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When
submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to
read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

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  • 1. Discussion: Patient centered care and communication. Discussion: Patient centered care and communication.Discussion: Patient centered care and communication.At least 2 citations. APA 7th edition.Throughout my nursing practice there is several situations that come to mind in reference to patient centered care and communication. Communication is the biggest barrier to people due to many obstacles from education level to their ability to be receptive in their moment of crisis (The Eight Principles of Patient-Centered Care · Oneview 2019). Typically in the Emergency Department, situations can escalate quickly, having support and someone to guide you through uncharted territory is super beneficial. Unfortunately, the pressure is usually placed on a loved one who is doing their best to just hold it together in that moment. Nursing advocates always encourage patients and families to fill out advanced directives to assist in a situation such as an emergency.My experience brings me to a 44 y/o female brought into the Emergency Department as an unresponsive related to an overdose. The physician immediately came in and started asking questions to the boyfriend and the mother, while explaining what was going to be done to maintain her airway. The provider spoke so fast and did not attempt to make sure the family was understanding the procedures to come. The family immediately started asking questions in reference to intubation and before we could intubate the patient we had a code gray in the room while trying to maintain her airway. This required even more resources and was very stressful trying to manage both situations in a professional manner. In this scenario, I think this could have been prevented if the provider took a little more time to make sure the family was understanding what he was saying. The provider also should have been using more appropriate language the family could understand versus the medical terminology. In this scenario the outcome for the patient and family was great but it did leave a lasting negative experience for the family in their time of need. Emergency Medicine and nursing is really about meeting the patient where they are in terms of physical health, emotional and mental health.In healthcare, person centered care is where the patients actively participate in their treatment in close cooperation with the health care professionals (N. Mead et al., 1970).ReferencesN. Mead, P., M. Stewart, J., K. Cooper, B., Cott, C., P. Little, H., F. Gzil, C., . . . KL. Wanyonyi, M. (1970, January 01). Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare. Retrieved July 23, 2020, from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1472-6963-14-271The Eight Principles of Patient-Centered Care · Oneview. (2019, June 04). Retrieved July 23, 2020, from https://www.oneviewhealthcare.com/the-eight-principles-of-patient-centered- care/ORDER NOW FOR ORIGINAL, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou must proofread your
  • 2. paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.