International Council of Nurses and person-centered care

Abstract

Person-centered care is of utmost importance to the nursing profession. Nurses focus on the person across multiple settings, such as ambulatory, hospital, and home care, and also in community and public health settings. At any level of care, nurses use the nursing process to structure care delivery as they assess clients, develop nursing diagnoses, plan and carry out interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes. The nurse’s interventions are based on the nursing diagnoses and in support of the medical plan of care. The patient’s outcomes would be in response to the nurse’s interventions and the medical plan of care.