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  • Nursing
  • Palliative Care
  • Bioethics

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  • Person-centered care is crucial in serious illness and palliative care, focusing on patient values and personhood.
  • Nurses play a vital role in delivering person-centered care and supporting patients' communication of needs and goals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the significance of assessing and understanding patients' health-related values in nursing practice.
  • To highlight how understanding patient values enables nurses to better advocate for patients and promote shared decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • This study emphasizes the role of nurses in assessing and understanding patient values.
  • It highlights the importance of communication skills in exploring health-related values.

Main Results:

  • Assessing patient values empowers nurses to fulfill responsibilities, advocate effectively, and encourage shared decision-making.
  • Nurses possess strong communication skills but may require further education in empathic value exploration.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding patient values is essential for high-quality, person-centered care in serious illness and palliative settings.
  • Enhanced interpersonal skills training can equip nurses to better explore and integrate patient values into care.