Patient-centered care and engagement: nurse leaders' imperative for health reform

J Nurs Adm. 2014 Sep;44(9):473-80. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000102.

Abstract

Although there is agreement about the importance of patient-centered care (PCC) to ensure optimal outcomes for patients, there is a lack of focused instruments to measure PCC. The aims of this article were to synthesize literature related to the concepts PCC and to provide concrete attributes, definitions, and a conceptual model for the concept of PCC.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Health Care Reform / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Leadership*
  • Models, Nursing
  • Nurse Administrators
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Organizational Culture
  • Patient Participation
  • Patient-Centered Care / organization & administration*
  • Quality of Health Care