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Final Care Coordination Plan
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Capella University
NURS-FPX4050: Coordinating Patient-Centered Care
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Final Care Coordination Plan
Care coordination is significant in improving patient outcomes. Patient centered care also
helps improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. It is important to note that care coordination
focuses on collaboration with other professionals in providing care to patients, while patient
centered care focuses on collaboration with the patients during care. They both affect the
efficacy of intervention among mental health patients. in this paper a discussion of patient
centered interventions on patients with mental illnesses are discussed.
Patient-Centered Health Interventions and Timelines
Patient centered health interventions are very important for in health care. Patient
centered care entails offering care that responds to the individual patient’s needs, values and
preferences. This is very important for development of collaboration and partnership between the
healthcare professionals and the patients. The three health issues in focus include depression,
anxiety and alcohol use disorder. These are all mental health disorders that are common and
affect a significant number of people around the world. For the alcohol use disorder,
motivational interviewing is the selected intervention. Systematic reviews conducted found and
considered motivational interviewing a cornerstone of the patient centered care psychosocial
intervention (Barrio & Gual, 2016). This intervention encourages the patients to be involved in
the process of care or intervention. It recognizes that effecting behavioral changes in an
individual is difficult and persuading the patients to change would often be met with a lot of
resistance (Elwyn et al., 2014). Therefore, patient centered care is embraced and helps the patient
change behavior, including alcohol consumption. When it comes to depression and anxiety
health issues, the identified intervention is person centered therapy, also known as supportive or
client-centered therapy (CCT). This approach originates from humanistic psychology. The
Final Care Coordination Plan
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Capella University
NURS-FPX4050: Coordinating Patient-Centered Care
, 2
Final Care Coordination Plan
Care coordination is significant in improving patient outcomes. Patient centered care also
helps improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. It is important to note that care coordination
focuses on collaboration with other professionals in providing care to patients, while patient
centered care focuses on collaboration with the patients during care. They both affect the
efficacy of intervention among mental health patients. in this paper a discussion of patient
centered interventions on patients with mental illnesses are discussed.
Patient-Centered Health Interventions and Timelines
Patient centered health interventions are very important for in health care. Patient
centered care entails offering care that responds to the individual patient’s needs, values and
preferences. This is very important for development of collaboration and partnership between the
healthcare professionals and the patients. The three health issues in focus include depression,
anxiety and alcohol use disorder. These are all mental health disorders that are common and
affect a significant number of people around the world. For the alcohol use disorder,
motivational interviewing is the selected intervention. Systematic reviews conducted found and
considered motivational interviewing a cornerstone of the patient centered care psychosocial
intervention (Barrio & Gual, 2016). This intervention encourages the patients to be involved in
the process of care or intervention. It recognizes that effecting behavioral changes in an
individual is difficult and persuading the patients to change would often be met with a lot of
resistance (Elwyn et al., 2014). Therefore, patient centered care is embraced and helps the patient
change behavior, including alcohol consumption. When it comes to depression and anxiety
health issues, the identified intervention is person centered therapy, also known as supportive or
client-centered therapy (CCT). This approach originates from humanistic psychology. The
