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 am going to discuss collaborative care of persons centered and the use of nursing theory today.

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The current healthcare systems mandate holistic structures to direct successful patient interactions and team-based care provision. Nursing theories are the keys to the successful application of person-centered care because they lay down systematic principles and respect the dignity of patients, facilitate therapeutic relationships, and foster the moral decision-making process (Gronek et al., 2025). The theoretical frameworks help the healthcare teams to transcend the task-focused care to relevant interactions that honor the values of the individual, cultural beliefs, and personal preferences across the continuum of care. Finally, collaborative care that is supported by theory positively impacts the results of patient care and supports professional integrity of nursing practice.

Applying Nursing Theory to Support Person-Centered Care

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The successful provision of care necessitates strong theoretical roots through which professional practice and interaction with patients can be based. The theory of human caring by Watson gives an excellent scope of patient-centered care in ten caring processes that can transform normal clinical encounters to significant healing relationships. Relationships of care are based on true presence, love, and spiritual closeness between patients and nurses (Watson, 2024). The theory emphasizes the necessity of establishing special healing environments, treating patients as a whole person and not only considering symptoms, respecting individual life story and cultural identity of a person. These are the development of loving-kindness, faithfulness and hope, authentic presence, building helping-trusting relationships, and healing environments that enhance the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being (Afra et al., 2022). The theory created by Watson has a holistic methodology of offering nurses a compassionate, patient-centered care that meets the medical needs and human experiences. The nursing practice standards are still influenced by theoretical frameworks.

Ethical Decision Making Through Watson’s Caring Theory

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Modern medical practice encounters more complex ethical dilemmas that need to take organizational approaches to ethical thinking and decision-making procedures. The theory of human caring by Watson supports the ethical decision-making because it focuses on the moral premise of the nursing practice and a caritas process is used to address the problematic ethical dilemmas respecting the human dignity and autonomy of a patient (Afra et al., 2022). The presence and extensive listening focus of the theory is one that guarantees that nurses can perceive the values, beliefs and preferences of patients prior to making care decisions hence promoting the principle of autonomy and informed consent. The caring relationship facilitated with the help of Watson framework encourages the principle of beneficence since all actions are performed as part of the greatest good of the patient, and the concept of cultural sensitivity and the apprehension of an individual in the theory give place to the principle of justice (Curcio et al., 2024). Also, the theory of non-maleficence is present in the fact that it needs nurses to provide healing environments. Healthcare relationships are still based on ethical practice.

Theoretical Connections to Patient Support and Collaboration

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The patient engagement strategies should be informed by evidence-based theoretical strategies to promote the effectiveness of therapeutic relationships and practices. The theory of human caring also has a direct relevance to the support of the patient since the development of helping-trusting relationships is one of the focuses of the theory. The relationships give the patients a feeling of psychological safety in such a way that they can discuss issues, worries, and preferences without judging them by healthcare professionals (Bagheri et al., 2023). The focus of the theory on authentic presence allows nurses to develop emotional support in frail circumstances, and the caritas-based process of problem-solving allows collaborative thinking when developing plans of care. The theory of concentrating on teaching-learning helps to reach the patient empowerment as it works with the current knowledge of patients and provides them with education to make informed decisions in care (Curcio et al., 2024). The collaborative aspect is strengthened by the fact that the theory needs to honor the subjective experience of patients and incorporate the perceptions into the entire treatment programs, which are developed by nurses. The plan accepts the development of effective models of partnerships in lieu of the traditional paternalistic approach to the healthcare delivery processes.

Evidence-Based Person-Centered Care Initiative Design

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The healthcare organizations are becoming more aware of the necessity of systematic approaches to the implementation of person-centered care by systematic collaboration in a team and evidence-based methodologies. This innovative person-centered care program based on multidisciplinary bedside rounds proves the possibility to implement the caring theory of Watson in practice and structure the team interaction and ethical decision-making process and make patients equal participants (Wei, 2022). The evidence-based program also incorporates the daily collaborative rounds wherein physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and patients take part in a shared decision-making approach fuelled by caritas processes in the Watson theory. The model enables each patient to have a voice and involves patient preferences in the care plan. The program combines a system of properly structured communication cases: situation, background, assessment, and recommendation (SBAR) employed and the techniques of caring presence to allow the team members and patients to engage in an effective conversation (Haddeland et al., 2022). The systematic frameworks where ethical decision-making is incorporated entail bearing in mind the patient values, cultural beliefs, and preferences concerning the quality of life, and in instances where complex medical decisions are involved in an input of different disciplines. Healthcare programs that can be implemented based on evidence are more effective through the implementation of in-depth theoretical frameworks.

Training Teams and Patients as Care Collaborators

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The applications of professional development programs should be based on the theoretical frontiers so that the delivery of person-centered care methods within the healthcare environment can be uniform and of superior quality. The Watson theory of human caring training programs is created in such a way that it can foster the team skills of building actual caring relationships with the patients, as well as, educate them to become active participants in the educational process by organizing the educational process that respects and supports the shared responsibility. The team-training modules are also facilitated using experiential learning exercises to rehearse the processes and the role-playing of the situation to learn genuine presence and deep listening (Elendu et al., 2024). In addition, the communication workshops also teach the healthcare givers how to engage the patients as equal partners in the care planning and decision-making process (Keshmiri et al., 2020). The patient education components define the roles and responsibilities of an individual and a family member, and care providers to prepare patients to effectively communicate with care providers, and teach them to convey preferences regarding care instances (Eduarda et al., 2023). The training focuses on cultural humility whereby patients are considered specialists in their lived experiences with healthcare providers offering clinical knowledge. The implementation of person-centered care initiatives is sustainable due to comprehensive training programs.

Anticipated Patient Outcomes and Data Measures

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The quality of healthcare improvement needs to be measured using complete measurement plans that not only describe objective clinical measures but also reflect the subjective experience of the patients in various aspects of care. The quantitative indicators expected as a result of the implementation of the Watson caring theory are a decrease in the rate of hospital readmission, the decrease in the length of stay, the increase in medication adherence scores, the higher scores in patient satisfaction with the healthcare provider and systems on hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems (HCAHPS) surveys, and the decrease in the number of healthcare-associated complications like falls and pressure injuries (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2025). Qualitative outcomes focus on the subjective experiences of care by patients, including acquiring a more positive sense of being heard and listened to, building of trust within the care team, and improvement in the emotional state at the time of hospitalization (Jang et al., 2022). The indicators are also an augmented self-care confidence upon leave-treatment and heightened periods of therapeutic links in care teams during therapy. The information gained through the structural interviewing of the patients suggests the topics of maintaining dignity, cultural respect, and value-added participation in the process of care decision-making, and the family contentment surveys demonstrate the improved involvement in the process of care and enhanced communication (Wong et al., 2020). Further, employee satisfaction indicators depict job satisfaction and reduced burnout in implementing the actor of the caring theory. Person-centered care practices based on the theory are confirmed with the help of extensive outcome measurement.

Conclusion

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Considering the fact that the theory of human caring was developed by Watson as a result of which the system of person-centered collaborative care with the incorporated theory of human caring is an innovative solution to delivering healthcare. Through appropriate operationalisation of the ten caritas processes, the healthcare teams devise actual therapeutic alliances within which they do not undermine the dignity of the patient and provide way to ethical decision-making. The theory-directed approaches generate great advancements in both quantifiable measures and quality indicators such as development of trust. The adequate training will ensure the long-term implementation and allow the providers and patients to become active participants of the process. The approach ultimately confirms the sheer power of the nursing theory in health care excellence.