A literature-based study of patient-centered care and communication in nurse-patient interactions: barriers, facilitators, and the way forward

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Providing healthcare services that respect and meet patients' and caregivers' needs are essential in promoting positive care outcomes and perceptions of quality of care, thereby fulfilling a significant aspect of patient-centered care requirement. To promote patient-centered care, healthcare professionals must identify these barriers and facitators of both patient-centered care and communication, given their interconnections in clinical interactions.

🔑 Key Findings

• Effective communication between patients and healthcare providers is crucial for the provision of patient care and recovery.
• Hence, patient-centered communication is fundamental to ensuring optimal health outcomes, reflecting long-held nursing values that care must be individualized and responsive to patient health concerns, beliefs, and contextual variables.
• Achieving patient-centered care and communication in nurse-patient clinical interactions is complex as there are always institutional, communication, environmental, and personal/behavioural related barriers.

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