Patient Centered Care Paper

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Patient-centered care is one of the key aspects of quality nursing care. Patient-centered care can make all the difference in a patient’s experience in the hospital, doctor’s office, or home. Pt-centered care includes delivering quality medical care while also focusing on the individual’s personal needs, values, and goals, involving them as a partner in their care. I think that caring for the patient as an individual is so important. Too often patients are just another name on a list, but showing people that they are cared for in more than just the physical sense is vital to their healing process. Unfortunately this week, I didn't have too much one-on-one patient interaction, but I was able to observe quality patient-centered care. For example,