There is a lot of talk in nursing and health and social care journals about person-centred care (PCC) and how it is the responsibility of the nurse to ensure they provide it. What is not always so clear is what this means, how nurses can be person-centred in their care and how we might know this has been achieved. There is also limited understanding about how to get PCC into practice settings and deal with some of the berries to its adoption.
That said, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2018a) require nurses to be able to be person-centred in all aspects of care delivery from assessment, through the planning, delivery and evaluation of care regardless of the complexity of the care and any other characteristics of the person in receipt of nursing care. It is necessary therefore nurses give PCC some consideration both in terms of what it is
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