In: Nursing
Individualized nursing care is the key element in quality of nursing care. In fact, it changes all standardized nursing procedures and activities. In addition, it tailored nursing activities with unique peculiarity of each patient. Focusing on patient during care process is one main reason for supporting individualized care. Individual differences among patients in terms of their health, illness and needs which emphasize on providing individualized care.Individualized nursing care is an important indicator for quality of nursing care.that it can increase patient satisfaction,greater awareness about health and illness, increases autonomy and health- related quality of life. There is a lot of evidence emphasizing the positive effects of this type of care,which led to more appropriate treatment and better outcomes for patients, could increase self-help, reduced patient's dependency and length of hospitalization.