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Aims.  This paper reports findings from a large‐scale quasi‐experimental study that used a measure of caring as a means of evaluating person‐centred nursing and aims to illustrate the synergy between the concepts of caring and person‐centredness.

Background.  Evidence would suggest that effective person‐centred nursing requires the formation of therapeutic relationships between professionals, patients and others significant to them in their lives and that these relationships are built on mutual trust, understanding and a sharing of collective knowledge. This correlates with the conceptualisation of caring that is underpinned by humanistic nursing theories.

Design.  A pretest post‐test design was used in this study to evaluate the effect of person‐centred nursing on a range of outcomes, one of which was nurses’ and patients’ perception of caring.

Methods.  The Person‐Centred Nursing Index was the main …