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On Wednesday 18th November (8pm-9pm GMT)<\/strong> we are delighted to host our final #ebnjc tweet-chat of the year on person-centred care<\/strong> in nursing and healthcare with Professor Brendan McCormack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account. If you do not already have one you can create an account at\u00a0Twitter<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Once you have an account contributing is straightforward \u2013 follow the discussion by searching links to #ebnjc or @EBNursingBMJ<\/span><\/a>, or better still, create a tweet (tweets are text messages limited to 140 characters) to @EBNursingBMJ <\/span><\/a>and add #ebnjc (the EBN chat hash tag) at the end of your tweet \u2013 this allows everyone taking part to view your tweets.<\/p>\n

For further details on how\u00a0participate in this twitter-chat please click here.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThe concept of \u2018person-centredness\u2019 has become established in approaches to the delivery of healthcare and particularly within nursing. In the United Kingdom, person-centredness is embedded in many policy initiatives. Recent research into person-centredness has attempted to clarify the meaning of the concept, explore the implications of the term in practice and determine the cultural and contextual challenges to implementing a person-centred approach. Evidence from research suggests that adopting this approach to nursing provides more holistic care. In addition, it may increase patient satisfaction with the level of care, reduce anxiety levels among nurses in the long term, and promote team working among staff. Existing evidence is consistent in the view that being person-centred requires the formation of healthful relationships between professionals, service users, families and others significant to them in their lives and that these relationships are built on mutual trust, understanding and a sharing of collective knowledge. This evidence is also consistent with previous nursing literature on therapeutic caring where the concept of \u2018person\u2019 is central. The relationship between person-centredness and caring is strong and focuses on the centrality of concepts that are common to both, such as, relationships, values, caring processes and the environment of care (context). In a three year quasi-experimental research and development project to implement person-centred nursing across eight different clinical settings in an acute hospital setting, McCormack<\/a> and McCance<\/a> developed the \u2018person-centred nursing theoretical framework\u2019 (McCormack & McCance,2006 and 2010) and this has been further developed through a range of research studies into the Person-centred Practice Framework (McCormack & McCance, in press). The framework has been tested through a range of research projects internationally and the findings confirm its content validity, replicability, transferability and usability in practice.<\/p>\n

The figure below is the new version of the Person-centred Practice Framework (McCormack & McCance) which is soon to be published in the 2nd edition of the book – Person-centred Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.<\/p>\n

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\nSince the publication of the person-centred nursing framework in 2008, the field of person-centred nursing and person-centred practice has developed and expanded significantly and has adapted to significant changes in health and social care models of service design and delivery. Particular health and social care advancements that need to be taken account of are:<\/p>\n