title: Exploring person-centredness in emergency departments: A literature review.
abstract: Person-centred approaches to care delivery have been increasingly promoted in international policy and strategy, but despite this there is evidence of failings within healthcare systems that negatively impact on the care experience for patients and staff. This paper explores the international literature on person-centredness within emergency departments (EDs). The Person-centred Practice Framework was used as the underpinning theoretical framework. This theory contends that staff must possess certain attributes to manage the care environment appropriately to deliver effective care processes in order to achieve effective person-centred outcomes for patients and staff. An initial search of the literature identified no relevant papers that discussed person-centredness as a concept within EDs. A further search using terms drawn from a definition of person-centredness revealed literature that reflected components of person-centredness. Themes that emerged included medical-technical intervention, a culture of worthiness, managing the patient journey, nurse/doctor relationships, patients' and relatives' experience of care, and ED as a stressful environment. The themes can be mapped onto the Person-centred Practice Framework, suggesting that components of person-centred practice have emerged from studies in a fragmented fashion, without consideration of person-centredness as a whole within an ED context.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 0QB, UK. Electronic address: d.mcconnell@ulster.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nursing and Health Research, School of Nursing, University of Ulster, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 0QB, UK.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McCance
authors.affiliation: University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Northland Road, Londonderry, BT48 7JL, UK.
authors.forename: Vidar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Melby
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care
keywords: Care experience; Culture of worthiness patient journey; Emergency department; Medical-technical; Nurse/doctor relationships; Person-centred; Values and beliefs