Compassionate Patient Care
1. Go to https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/ Explore the site.
2. Read the article written by Mr. Schwartz, called “A Patient’s Story”: https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/patients_story.pdf
3. Read about Virtual Schwartz Center Rounds: https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/programs/schwartz-rounds/virtual-schwartz-rounds/
4. Write a brief reflection addressing your impressions of the site and what you read.
5. Watch “A Culture of Safety is a Culture of Compassion” webinar: https://www.theschwartzcenter.org/webinar/a-culture-of-safety-is-a-culture-of-compassion/
6. Write a reflection about the webinar experience. You can include your personal feelings, but be sure to include your thoughts about whether the experience changed your view of health care/providers. If so, how? How will it affect your practice in the years to come?
7. Explore the role of the pediatric nurse and why compassionate care is vital in this role. Explain how compassionate care may be different to a pediatric patient as compared to an adult patient.
8. Do you see this experience as valuable for students? Why or why not?
9. Describe strengths that various health professions bring to patient care. How can various health professions work together within the team to achieve improvement? Can you give an example of this from your experience?
10. Review the article about integrating compassionate and collaborative care. Please give a summary of the article and how this could potentially be applied to your clinical practice. https://bucksbauminstitute.uchicago.edu/library/images/Lown-McIntosh-Gaines-McGuinn-Hatem.pdf
