Delivering Person-Centred Care in Nursing
Third edition
- Bob Price - Healthcare Education and Training Consultant
March 2025 | 224 pages | Learning Matters
Delivering holistic, person-centred care is at the heart of the nursing role. This book will develop your understanding of what person-centred care actually means and show how to apply it to assessment and the planning, delivery and management of care, enhancing all aspects of your practice.
Key features
• Each chapter is mapped to the NMC Standards (2018)
• Two parts take you from the underpinning theory and philosophy through to practical application and delivering person-centred care in action.
• Work-based case studies and activities - along with a brand new case and accompanying Practice Supervisor notes feature - encourage you to reflect on your own experiences and how the themes of person-centred care are applied in practice.
Key features
• Each chapter is mapped to the NMC Standards (2018)
• Two parts take you from the underpinning theory and philosophy through to practical application and delivering person-centred care in action.
• Work-based case studies and activities - along with a brand new case and accompanying Practice Supervisor notes feature - encourage you to reflect on your own experiences and how the themes of person-centred care are applied in practice.
Part 1: Person-centred care: theory and philosophy
Chapter 1: Person-centred care: concepts, origins and challenges
Chapter 2: Person-centred care and the nursing process
Part 2: How to deliver person-centred care
Chapter 3: Case study one: helping Avril cope with facial disfigurement
Chapter 4: Case study two: helping John cope with surgery
Chapter 5: Case study three: helping Tom learn about diabetes
Chapter 6: Case study four: helping Susan counter depression
Chapter 7: Checking back and looking forward