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Perspectives of person-centred care
Eva Elisabeth Steenbergen1, Roos-Marie van der Steen, Stephen Smith
1Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands. e.e.stenbergen@rgu.ac.uk
Aim:
To ascertain and compare the perspectives of students and lecturers at Edinburgh Napier University and Hanze University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, regarding person-centred care.
Method:
Data were collected using face-to-face, structured interviews and analysed using a person-centred nursing framework.
Findings:
Participants believed that person-centred care should be incorporated within pre-registration nursing education.
Conclusion:
The way person-centred care is taught varied between the two universities. With the focus on high quality, compassionate care, it is important to identify how nursing curricula can promote these qualities.
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