NURS FPX 8008 Assessment 2 Supporting Person-Centered Collaborative Care With Nursing Theory

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Supporting Person-Centered Collaborative Care With Nursing Theory

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Hi everyone. I am _______, and in this presentation, I would like to discuss person-centered collaborative care and the place of the nursing theory.

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Current healthcare models need to be based on detailed models that will lead to effective patient interactions and care provision. Nursing theories can be used to offer important platforms to apply person-centered care by developing systematic methods of offering care to patients that respect their dignity, foster therapeutic relationships, and facilitate ethical decision-making practices (Gronek et al., 2025). The theoretical frameworks help the healthcare teams to go beyond task-oriented care to meaningful co-operations that consider individual values, cultural beliefs, and individual preferences within the continuum of care. Finally, collaborative care due to the use of theory improves patient outcomes and bolsters the professional integrity of nursing practice.

Applying Nursing Theory to Support Person-Centered Care

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To implement effective healthcare, sound theoretical premises are needed to inform professional practice and interactions with patients. The human caring theory by Watson offers a great concept of patient-centered care by offering ten caring processes that transform the ordinary clinical encounters into significant healing relationships. True presence, compassion, and spiritual connection between the nurses and the patients form the basis of care relationships (Watson, 2024). This theory emphasizes the necessity of developing a special healing space, the need to treat patients as a whole person and not merely as a symptom, and to value each individual’s story in their lives and cultural background. They are practicing loving-kindness, promoting faith and hope, authentic presence, building helping-trusting relationships, and providing healing environments conducive to physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being (Afra et al., 2022). In the interdependent processes, the theory by Watson gives nurses an all-encompassing method of giving holistic, individualized care that is sensitive to the medical and the rich experience of the human being. Nursing standards of practice are still influenced by theoretical frameworks.

Ethical Decision Making Through Watson’s Caring Theory

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Modern healthcare is more intricate than ever before, with moral dilemmas that demand formalities in their thinking and decision-making. The theory of human caring offered by Watson supports the ethical decision-making process, which focuses on the moral basis of the nursing profession since every caritas process is a way to overcome the complex ethical dilemma and respect the human dignity and autonomy of patients (Afra et al., 2022). The focus on authentic presence and deep listening in the theory makes sure that nurses recognize the values, beliefs, and preferences of patients prior to making decisions regarding care provision, which is why the principle of autonomy and informed consent is met. The type of caring relationship established in the framework of Watson encourages beneficence, as all the actions are aimed at the highest good of the patient, and the theory of cultural sensitivity and respect of the personality supports the value of justice because people receive equal care irrespective of their background (Curcio et al., 2024). Moreover, non-maleficence is also evident in the theory as nurses are expected to establish healing environments. Ethical practice is still one of the core elements of the healthcare relationship.

Theoretical Connections to Patient Support and Collaboration

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Patient engagement strategies must be informed by evidence-based theoretical strategies to improve the effectiveness of the therapeutic relationships and practices. Human caring theory also has direct links with the support of the patient since one of the focuses of the theory lies in the formation of the helping-trusting relationships. The relationships give the patients a feeling of psychological safety in such a way that they can discuss the issues, fears, and preferences without being evaluated by the healthcare specialists (Bagheri et al., 2023). The focus of the theory on the concept of authentic presence allows nurses to build emotional support in the case of vulnerability, and the problem-solving process through caritas by means of engagement allows thinking in collaboration in the development of care plans. The theory of the emphasis on teaching-learning is why the empowerment of patients is achieved, because the theory allows the work in the context of the existing knowledge of patients and provides education to help them make informed decisions regarding care (Curcio et al., 2024). The collaborative aspect is increased by the fact that the theory must consider to subjective experience of patients and incorporate perceptions into the overall treatment programs, which are designed by nurses. The plan welcomes the development of efficient modes of partnerships rather than the traditional model of paternalism regarding healthcare delivery processes.

Evidence-Based Person-Centered Care Initiative Design

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The healthcare organizations are becoming more aware of the necessity to seek systematic ways of applying person-centered care by means of organized teamwork and evidence-based practices. A new initiative of person-centered care that focuses on multidisciplinary bedside rounds shows how Watson’s theory of caring can be embodied in an organized teamwork and ethical decision-making procedures that involve patients as equal participants (Wei, 2022). The evidence-based program also has daily joint rounds wherein physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and patients will participate in the process of shared decision-making, which is motivated by caritas processes of Watson’s theory. The strategy provides all patients with a voice and integrates patient preferences into the treatment plans. The project incorporates a collection of structured communication cases: situation, background, assessment, and recommendation (SBAR) applied and caring presence techniques to allow the team members and patients to engage in an effective conversation (Haddeland et al., 2022). The decision-making patterns where the ethical decision-making process is incorporated include consideration of patient values, cultural beliefs, and preferences in the quality of life and in complex medical decision-making circumstances that involve the contribution of different disciplines. The evidence-based healthcare programs turn out to be more efficient in terms of employing a full theoretical framework.

Training Teams and Patients as Care Collaborators

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Theoretical underpinnings need to be included in the professional development programs to promote the consistency and the high-quality implementation of the person-centered care approaches in different healthcare environments. The Watson theory of human caring training programs is created to develop the team skills of forming real caring relationships with patients and educate them to be active agents of the educational process by the way of organizing the educational process in which the respect and support of the shared responsibility are considered. Another aspect of team training modules is also steered by experiential learning activities to train the processes and role-play the situation to learn genuine presence and intensive listening (Elendu et al., 2024). Besides, the communication trainings inform the healthcare providers on how to engage the patients as equal partners in the care planning process and decision-making (Keshmiri et al., 2020). Elements of patient education include the roles and responsibilities of an individual and a family member, and care providers. Patient education equips patients to achieve extensive communication with care providers and, in care cases, learn to communicate their preferences (Eduarda et al., 2023). The training focuses on cultural competence, where the patients are viewed as specialists in their lived experiences and healthcare providers offer clinical expertise. Extensive training programmes will guarantee a long-term introduction of person-centered care programs.

Anticipated Patient Outcomes and Data Measures

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Enhancing quality healthcare demands that there are holistic approaches to measurement that not only identify objective clinical indicators, but also patient experience of care in more than one dimension. The quantitative measures that are expected following the implementation of the Watson theory of caring will involve lower readmission rates, shorter time of stay, better medication adherence scores, better patient satisfaction rates on hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems (HCAHPS) surveys, and fewer healthcare-associated complications such as falls and pressure injuries (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2025). Qualitative outcomes consider the customer experience of care, e.g., the increased patient feeling heard and listened to, building trust within the care team, and improving their emotional condition during hospitalization (Jang et al., 2022). The indicators are also the self-care confidence upon discharge and the therapeutic relationships levels of the teams in the care during the treatment. The themes of the maintenance of dignity, cultural respect, and meaningful contribution to the care decision-making process and improved communication and engagement in the processes of care, respectively, demonstrate the data received as a result of conducting structural interviews among the patients (Wong et al., 2020). Further, the indicators of employee satisfaction show that there is increased job satisfaction and reduced burnout in the implementation of the caring theory principles. Person-centered care practices that are based on theory are supported by extensive outcome measurement.

Conclusion

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One of the innovative solutions to the delivery of healthcare is the introduction of the theory of human caring, which was developed by Watson, into the system of person-centered collaborative care. Through operationalisation of the ten caritas processes, the healthcare teams establish actual therapeutic alliances where they uphold the dignity of the patient and provide a way to make ethical decisions. The strategies that are driven by the theory establish a considerable difference in quantifiable results and quality measures, such as greater trust. Correct training will ensure that the implementation is long-term and that providers and patients become active players in the process. The plan ultimately does not underestimate the power of the nursing theory on health care excellence.