2) Compassion and
Caring for Nurses
(Camber and Ryder,
2009, Pg.2)
3) Link to
perspective
of a
healthcare
professional
Topic 1: NHS
Constitution
P: important as the
values, such as
compassion are
central to the care
provided
E: NHS
Constitution
(Values)
E: Impact of
Compassion in
empathy in giving
treatment, meets the
needs of the patient
L: Empowers
the patient
P: Holistic, patient
centred care is best
way to take care of
patient
E: Strives to highlight
holistic vision of Psych+
Understanding of
person (Rana+Upton,
2009, pg.56)
E: Explain person
centred + holistic
L: Enables the patient to
feel more comfortable
with the adult
nurse+increases
empowerment
Topic 2: Francis
Report & Lack of
compassion
P: Consequence
of a lack of
compassion
E: Francis
Report
L: Compassion is simple
but if there is
overwhelming factors
such as financial targets
then it can be seen as
second, but it needs to be
first
E: Explain what
happened and how
lack of compassion
caused the deaths
and malpractice there
Topic 3: NMC Code of
Conduct
P: Lack of
compassion caused
malpractice, break
the NMC Code of
Conduct
E: The Nursing
and Midwifery
Council (2015,
pg.3) examples
of providing for
the individual
needs
E: State their
values+ beliefs and
how compassion
can help with help
with empowering
them and
respecting their
wishes
L: The importance
of respecting
their belief's and
personal choice
are what lead to
them
co-operating,
leads to rapport
Topic 4:
Communication
Theory
P: Communication in
tone + voice
considerate of their
feelings is important
E: Arnold + Boggs (2015, pg.6)
Effective
Communication-foundation of
effective care, can help assist with
how to manage
conditions+example in practice
E: Important as used to provide
clarity, helping them
understand their situation,
prevent further problems
L: Ensure that the service user can
accurately manage for themselves
without assistance, going the extra
mile to ensure
Topic
5: 6 C's
P: Compassion influences
the way practice is
carried+ 6 C's of care
E: 6 C's in
social care,
pg.2)
E: Influence to create patient
centred plan which takes into
account all of the patient's
problems and be considerate of
their opinions and preferences
L: This is important as it allows
care to maximise the benefits
towards patients
Topic 6:
Ethical
Issues
P: Define
ethical
issues
E: Hippocratic Oath
(Miles, 2005) Nurse
considering how her
words affect the
patient.
E: Being able
to treat
patient's
ethically will
ensure that
care is at a
standard
where it
does not
deteriorate
L: Ethical issues
are a major cause
of problems,
being
compassionate
can help prevent
that in the first
place