Abstract

UGARTE GURRUTXAGA, María Idoia. Responsibility in nursing care: placing the patient at the centre. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2018, vol.serIV, n.17, pp.161-169. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV17108.

Background: The essence of nursing is care. Although we can find different definitions of Nursing, all of them share this idea. Even though, they all don't agree in the meaning of care. Objective: Reflect on responsibility in nursing care by placing the person in the center. Main topics under analysis: A narrative review was carried out in relation to the evolution of Nursing paradigms, the reality of the assistance in the current hegemonic model of health care, the nurse-patient relationship in the care encounter and the proposals for improvement for quality meetings. Conclusion: Nursing care is not an isolated act. It takes place in certain social and institutional contexts as well as in networks of relationships that confer meaning on it. We should not, we can not neglect the care. We have to preserve the responsibility in nursing care, placing at the center the person.

Keywords : nursing care; patient-centered care; professional competence.

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