Exploring person-centred practice
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Exploring person-centred practice

Deirdre O’Donnell Senior lecturer and senior strategic lead, NMC Competence Test Centre (Ulster), School of Nursing and Paramedic Science, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Neal Cook Professor, School of Nursing and Paramedic Science, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Why you should read this article:
  • To refresh your knowledge of the main principles of person-centred practice

  • To understand how to use person-centred practice to provide a positive care experience for patients

  • To contribute towards revalidation as part of your 35 hours of CPD (UK readers)

  • To contribute towards your professional development and local registration renewal requirements (non-UK readers)

Person-centred practice offers an approach to healthcare provision that prioritises the personhood of individuals. This means that nurses’ ethical and professional values underpin their approaches to care, where each person and their rights, relationships and dignity are respected. For nurses, the primary intention of person-centred practice is to contribute to a positive care experience for the people in their care. This article examines factors and models that influence person-centredness in nursing practice, notably the Person-centred Nursing Framework and the Person-centred Practice Framework. The authors also explore approaches nurses can take, such as values clarification, reflection on practice and engaging and working collaboratively with others, to engage in person-centred practice and create and sustain person-centred cultures.

Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2025.e12341

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

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Correspondence

d.odonnell@ulster.ac.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

O’Donnell D, Cook N (2025) Exploring person-centred practice. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2025.e12341

Published online: 20 January 2025

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