Person-Centred Care
The quality of the relationship between nurses and people accessing care is integral to ensuring a safe and effective care experience for both parties. Person-centred care is care that is compassionate and respectful, where the person being cared for is at the centre of everything that is done. Person-centred care aims to meet individual's greater healthcare needs by allowing people to have a say in how they want to be cared for and what is important to them.
The Study
This research study aims to examine how authentic engagement between nurses and patients can support person-centred care in the hospital setting. Engaging authentically is part of a person-centred nursing framework, and more could be understood about its significance in the nurse-patient relationship.
As it is important to hear from both nurses and the people they care for, we are seeking both nurses and people who have previously been in care to be interviewed for this study. We hope to gain a greater understanding of what engaging authentically means to nurses and patients, and gauge its perceived importance in healthcare. We also want to explore the barriers and promoting factors that enable or inhibit authentic engagement in the nurse-patient relationship.
Get Involved
We would like to hear from Registered and Enrolled Nurses currently working in clinical roles in wards and units in the South East Regional Hospital, Southern New South Wales Local Health District, and any adult who has recently (within the last three months) experienced being in care in any healthcare facility in Southern New South Wales Local Health District.
Would you like to support this important research by getting involved? More information is available on the Participant Information Sheets and Consent Forms, available here:
More Information
More information can be found in the Resources page, or by contacting Helen directly: