Keeping the person in the centre of nursing

Nurs Stand. 2000 Aug;14(46):40-4. doi: 10.7748/ns2000.08.14.46.40.c2894.

Abstract

This article presents an overview of what it means to be a person and how this is articulated in person-centred approaches to practice. Nursing assessment is used as an example of a person-centred approach to care.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Clinical Competence / standards
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humanism*
  • Humans
  • Models, Nursing*
  • Nurse's Role
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nursing Assessment / organization & administration
  • Nursing Care / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Care / psychology
  • Nursing Theory
  • Patient-Centered Care / organization & administration*
  • Philosophy, Nursing
  • Power, Psychological