Without doubt, providing holistic or person centred health practice is the primary concern of health care practitioners. The Buford NDU person-centred model is the 30th anniversary review and development of a holistic model that enables practitioners, organisations, and educators to unleash their therapeutic potential to deliver patient-centered care. This model gives structure and guidance to enable holistic or person-centred practice to be a lived reality in any practice setting. The book sets out Guidance to enable practitioners to construct a valid holistic vision to give meaning to and guide everyday practice Systems for tuning practitioners into the holistic vision, communicating holistic practice, and organising delivery of holistic practice Systems for enabling practitioners to realise holistic practice and to live and ensure holistic quality Reflections from primary and associate nurses on using this holistic model at Burford and the Oxford Community Hospital Reflections on implementing the model in an acute medical unit, community setting and hospice setting Establishing a learning culture to support holistic practice through holistic leadership Contributions from professors Jean Watson and Brendan McCormack highlighting the essential significance of holistic practice in the modern world. Providing key insight from practitioners of the Burford NDU model, Implementing Person-centered Practice is an essential resource for all nurses and healthcare professionals looking to become holistic practitioners.
Holistic Practice in Healthcare : The Burford NDU Person-Centred Model