Delivering holistic, person-centred care is at the heart of the nursing role and identity. This book will develop your understanding of what person-centred care actually means and show you how to apply it to assessment and the planning, delivery and management of care, enhancing all aspects of your practice. 

Key features

• Each chapter is mapped to the NMC Standards (2018)    

• Two parts take you from the underpinning theory and philosophy through to practical application and delivering person-centred care in action. 

• Case studies and activities encourage you to reflect on your own experiences and how the themes of person-centred care are applied in practice - now with a brand new chapter-length case and accompanying Practice Supervisor notes feature

Bob Price is a healthcare education and training consultant. Formerly, he was Director, Postgraduate Awards in Advancing Healthcare Practice at the Open University. A passionate educator, Bob has assisted students at every level from pre-registration programmes of study up to and including Doctor of Philosophy. Bob’s doctoral thesis was on the negotiation of learning and strategies used by students and tutors to develop scholarly and professional forms of expression.