Patient Centered Care

Patient Centered Care
Lewis Blackman
Watch the following videos on YouTube for your final presentation and paper:
• QSEN: The Lewis Blackman Story (Part One)
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElE_hRucpo
• QSEN: The Lewis Blackman Story (Part Two)
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OofpjxReEgM
• QSEN: The Lewis Blackman Story (Part Three)
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQUcXvEReAk
• QSEN: The Lewis Blackman Story (Part Four)
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpg7FyWcXSM
• QSEN: The Lewis Blackman Story (Part Five)
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKk96qoN5Qs
Lewis Blackman Paper
• Write a paper in APA format (a minimum of 1200 words) and address the following:
1. What factors in this hospital’s “teamwork” culture might have contributed to the lack of response to Lewis’s parents’ concerns?
2. How might this story have changed if patients and families were considered part of the health care team?
3. Do you believe the Lewis Blackman received patient-centered care?
4. When Helen Haskell says she saw almost no evidence of teamwork, would you agree or not, and why?
5. Do you agree that it was significant that Lewis’s crises developed on the weekend? Explain why or why not.
6. What can health care professionals do to create a hospital culture that supports effective teamwork and patient-centered care?
7. What did you learn and how did it make you feel (using first person in this section is acceptable).
• Utilize a minimum of three evidence based articles for this paper.
• Be sure to include a title and reference page.