The study investigated professional nurses’ awareness and practice of Patient-Centered Care Approach to nursing care at Jericho Specialist Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted using questionnaires to elicit response from respondents. The study population was all professional nurses working presently in the hospital. Purposive sampling was employed in the study. Total enumeration was used in the study meaning all nurses who were on duty as at the time of data collection were included in the study. A structured questionnaire was used to explore their opinions as regard the nurses’ awareness and practice of Patient Centered Care. The instrument for data collection was subjected to face and content validity technique. The questionnaire was given to an expert in nursing management and practice and statistical analyst for critiquing, suggestions and amendments. The instrument was administered to the respondents on the day approved by the selected hospital authority for the exercise. The data collected from the study was analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) Analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study revealed that the awareness of nurses on Patient Centred Care was good which means nurses were very much aware of Patient Centred Care approach, while practice was below average, which showed that nurses’ awareness of Patient Centred Care does influence their practice of Patient Centred Care. It was recommended that nurse administrator should ensure utilization of Patient Centred Care approach in their facility for effective, efficient and quality healthcare delivery so as to improve patients’ health outcome and thereby produce nurses’ satisfaction.

Keywords: Awareness, Practice, Patient-Centered Care Approach, Nursing Care,

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