Ethical Principles Of Person Centered Care
In healthcare there are three key ethical principles.
Autonomy, this applies to the freedom to one's choice and for this reason the right to self-determination;
Nonmaleficence means no harm is to be made to patients intentionally or unintentionally and;
Beneficence, this implies doing good for patients. In case of an emergency, treatments may have to started without consent, e.g., in a traffic incident when the patient had a cardiac arrest, this complies with the ethical principle of beneficence.
Obtaining a therapeutic relationship with a person is important in the aspect of PCC. The development of a therapeutic relationship is about knowing and understanding the patient and their family. 'A therapeutic nurse-patient relationship is defined …show more content…
Every patient has the right to make their own decisions to treatments and procedures. When the patient and the nurse come to an effective decision this allows a better patient care outcome. By allowing the patient to be more in control of their treatments this encourages them to continue on with their treatment. When discussing treatments with patients this allows them to know all the information about the treatments and what are the benefits and drawbacks to that condition, it allows them to analyze all the information. ‘Shared decision-making refers to a process of health care delivery in which practitioners and clients seeking help for problems or disorders collaborate to access relevant information and to enable client-centered selection of health care resources’ (Adam and Drake 2006). The nursing process of decision-making can be divided into four sub-processes of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation. To guide the patient to make an appropriate decision the professional needs to get to know the patient. they need to find out their experiences with the illness, their current situation or care needs and also what is normal for them in terms of level of mobility and observation. As a professional we expect every patient to be able to make a decision on their own health. Many patients believe that shared decision-making is necessary because they and only they know the context of their own lives, the relationships they have and their
Autonomy, this applies to the freedom to one's choice and for this reason the right to self-determination;
Nonmaleficence means no harm is to be made to patients intentionally or unintentionally and;
Beneficence, this implies doing good for patients. In case of an emergency, treatments may have to started without consent, e.g., in a traffic incident when the patient had a cardiac arrest, this complies with the ethical principle of beneficence.
Obtaining a therapeutic relationship with a person is important in the aspect of PCC. The development of a therapeutic relationship is about knowing and understanding the patient and their family. 'A therapeutic nurse-patient relationship is defined …show more content…
Every patient has the right to make their own decisions to treatments and procedures. When the patient and the nurse come to an effective decision this allows a better patient care outcome. By allowing the patient to be more in control of their treatments this encourages them to continue on with their treatment. When discussing treatments with patients this allows them to know all the information about the treatments and what are the benefits and drawbacks to that condition, it allows them to analyze all the information. ‘Shared decision-making refers to a process of health care delivery in which practitioners and clients seeking help for problems or disorders collaborate to access relevant information and to enable client-centered selection of health care resources’ (Adam and Drake 2006). The nursing process of decision-making can be divided into four sub-processes of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation. To guide the patient to make an appropriate decision the professional needs to get to know the patient. they need to find out their experiences with the illness, their current situation or care needs and also what is normal for them in terms of level of mobility and observation. As a professional we expect every patient to be able to make a decision on their own health. Many patients believe that shared decision-making is necessary because they and only they know the context of their own lives, the relationships they have and their