Introduction Nursing practitioners need to closely with patients, their families, and other relevant parties to deliver patient-centered care. In my nursing practice, I have experienced an episode that required the development of a care plan in partnership with patients and their families. In 2009, Mary, a 79-year-old patient living in London in the company of her daughter and two sons came seeking health care services. After diagnosis and examination of her medical history, she had hypertension, obesity, and high cholesterol levels. As a member of a team of three clinical nursing professionals, I was appointed to help in the development of her care plan that is addressed in detail in this paper. Professional Skills and Values Necessary in Maintaining Partnerships Partnerships only work when practitioners comply with a set of professional skills and values, among them respect for others, empathy, honesty, common goals, power-sharing and negotiation, communication, and understanding others in the context of their world views (Baille & Black, 2015). The argument that a care plan is essential, especially to persons with long-term ailments, influenced the decision to help Mary (Betancourt & Daniel, 2015). Under a care plan, a healthcare professional and a client agree to the provision of health care services daily (Giger, 2016). Processes such as the reduction of hypertension and cholesterol to acceptable levels and dealing with obesity demanded Mary to have frequent checkups, monitoring, and evaluation of the realized results by health professionals. Unfortunately, the patient did not accept to seek such attention for not less than six months. Therefore, it became paramount to enhance the adaptability of the patient to illness. This way, she could learn to accept that she had a clinical condition that required intervention. On achieving this goal, medication and therapeutic interventions were deployed with optimal anticipation that they would work as part of the care plan. The patient needed to develop a positive perception of the need to comply with a developed care plan, failure of which could greatly impair the control and evaluation of the necessary medical and therapeutic interventions. This goal was only possible with the establishment of effective partnerships with her, the clinical nurses, and her family. Developing and maintaining partnerships between nursing professionals, patients, and their families requires empathy. This value involves listening to patients, caregivers, and the patient’s family to understand their health concerns, medical history, and/or acquire any information that can help to enhance the diagnosis and treatment process. When medical practitioners put themselves in the patients, their (patients) families, or caregivers’ shoes, an environment of trust is created. Hence, it becomes possible to share confidential information such as passwords necessary to access medical records (Fullbrook, 2007). This atmosphere ensures the sufficiency of information necessary in the development of a care plan in collaboration with the patients, their families, and/or carers. In my practice, the importance of empathy as a professional value was approached in the formation of Mary’s nursing care plan. After listening and analyzing her condition from her perspective and bringing her two sons and daughter on board, a commitment to the care plan was developed. Consequently, Mary never missed any visits to the hospital. This cooperation incredibly helped in the management of her condition. Arguably, the outcome was possible since she and