Implementing Patient‐Centred Goal‐Setting in Practice: Perspectives of Primary Care Nurses

Our findings contribute valuable insights about how primary care nurses approach goal-setting within a self-management support program. Notably, unlike previous studies where clinicians reported that time-limited appointments and institutional expectations hindered patient-centred goal-setting, our participants practicing in an institutionally supported goal-oriented patient-centred model of care did not report time constraints or pressures to prioritise clinical goals over patient goals. Instead, they described patient-centred goal-setting practices that are associated with positive patient and clinical outcomes. To potentially corroborate and expand upon our findings and inform practice and training, future research should include qualitative and survey studies to explore primary care RNs perspectives about goal-setting and observational research to evaluate nurse-patient goal-setting interactions.