An Essay Analysing and Evaluating the Applicability of Person Centred Planning Within a Hospital Setting
An essay analysing and evaluating the applicability of person centred planning within a hospital setting
In this essay I will analysis and evaluate the applicability of Person Centred Planning (PCP) tools within a hospital setting particularly in my area of work, paediatric day surgery. I will examine the individual PCP tools commonly used paying particular attention to the one tool currently available for use on the ward I work “The children’s passport”. I will discuss barriers that can inhibit use of PCP tools and will question whether these tools can really be considered person centred. I will maintain confidentiality at all times using pseudonyms. Working within the nursing and midwifery code of conduct. (2008)
In the1950’s psychologist Carl Rogers was the first person to use the term ‘person centred’ He pioneered the concept of personhood believing ‘The organism has one basic tendency and striving to actualize, maintain and enhance the experiencing organism’ (Rogers, 1951 p.401) He believed that individuals are” experts of themselves and given the right conditions and environment are able to flourish”. He named three important values as key in achieving self-actualization. ‘Empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard’ (Rogers, 1951) The 1960’s was a time of great change socially, the civil rights movement was growing alongside the awareness of the rights and needs of individuals ‘social care was identified and defined in the late 1960’s with the formation of social services’ (Thompson et al 2008) In 1969 the report into the conditions at the Ely hospital (HMSO 1969) opened the eyes of many to the appalling conditions and serious lack of care in all institutions, hospitals, prisons and care homes alike. A flurry of policy reviews were to follow including ‘Better services for the mentally handicapped’ (Department of health 1971). The paper focused on the rights of individuals to be a part their community and treated as individual citizens as
In this essay I will analysis and evaluate the applicability of Person Centred Planning (PCP) tools within a hospital setting particularly in my area of work, paediatric day surgery. I will examine the individual PCP tools commonly used paying particular attention to the one tool currently available for use on the ward I work “The children’s passport”. I will discuss barriers that can inhibit use of PCP tools and will question whether these tools can really be considered person centred. I will maintain confidentiality at all times using pseudonyms. Working within the nursing and midwifery code of conduct. (2008)
In the1950’s psychologist Carl Rogers was the first person to use the term ‘person centred’ He pioneered the concept of personhood believing ‘The organism has one basic tendency and striving to actualize, maintain and enhance the experiencing organism’ (Rogers, 1951 p.401) He believed that individuals are” experts of themselves and given the right conditions and environment are able to flourish”. He named three important values as key in achieving self-actualization. ‘Empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard’ (Rogers, 1951) The 1960’s was a time of great change socially, the civil rights movement was growing alongside the awareness of the rights and needs of individuals ‘social care was identified and defined in the late 1960’s with the formation of social services’ (Thompson et al 2008) In 1969 the report into the conditions at the Ely hospital (HMSO 1969) opened the eyes of many to the appalling conditions and serious lack of care in all institutions, hospitals, prisons and care homes alike. A flurry of policy reviews were to follow including ‘Better services for the mentally handicapped’ (Department of health 1971). The paper focused on the rights of individuals to be a part their community and treated as individual citizens as
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