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NCOMM 1001
Unit 2
Question | Answer |
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Therapeutic Nurse/Patient Relationship | purposeful, goal orientated, beneficial to patient |
Best Practice Nursing Behaviours | -professional intimacy -power -empathy -trust -respect |
Halldorstottir- characteristics of nurse/patient relationship? | -caring -transforming potential of caring -core of nursing |
3 nursing prerequisites from patients view? | -Caring -competent -wisdom |
Stages in the Nursing relationship? | 1. Reaching out 2. Removing masks of anonymity 3. Acknowledgement of connection 4. Reaching a level of truthfulness 5. Reaching a level of solidarity 6. True negotiation of care |
Concepts of therapeutic relationship? | -solicit feedback -observe body language -Assess appearance -Respond to real message |
Life Fields theory | Easier to work with someone you have similar culure, beleifs, etc... |
Self Awareness | Know who you are |
Self Knowledge | knowledge derived from many sources and people, purposeful and intentional, gives ability to consider many options in relating to others |
Communication Failure | -Gaps -Misinterpretation -Failure to use critical thinking |
Occasion | timing inapprpriate to be useful |
Content | relevant info missing or inaccurate |
Purpose | not knowing or finding out when info is missing |
Audience | necessary person not in attendance |
2009 WHO study | 1/10 of patients harmed while in hospital care |
2004 Canadian study | 9000-24000 die from adverse events -1/2 deemed preventable |
How to prevent errors? | -documentation -validation -clarification |
Common barriers in communication? | dont allow patients to express their feelings, belittle, shame, and shut down communication |
Cultural imposition? | everyone is like us and should act as we do |
Literacy in Canada | 42% of Canadians lack sufficient literacy skills to cope with work and life demands |
Health literacy in America | 43% of Americans unable to read and understand and act on basic health information. |
Why is health literacy a threat to patient safety? | -less compliance -failure to seek preventative care -remain in hospital longer -additional care required |
Behaviour/Signs of illiteracy | -take material home to read -miss important info and make excuses -embarrasment/shame -coping mechanisms -uncompliant/discontinuing treatments |
Best practice with iliteracy? | Teachback |
Patient questions to ask? | -what is the main problem -what do I need to do? -why is it important for me to do this? |
English as a Second Language | -face them -5 words, 5 letters -normal tone of voice -learn phrases in other languages |
Strongest predictor of a clients health? | Literacy skills |
Who has the majority of iliteracy problems? | White Canadians |
Errors related to fatigue? | -med errors -car accidents -chronic sleep deprivation= risk for cancer |
Short term memory | -7 items -error prone -interruptions cause errors |
Frequency of interruptions | 30% of all communication |
Interruptions for nurses? | 42% |
Physician interruptions? | 58% |
More errors occur after how many hours? | 8.5 |
How much info does a patient forget? | 80% |
of infor remembered, how much is remembered correctly? | 50% |
Learning process? | -Assessment -planning -implementation -evaluation -documentation |
Learning styles? | -cognitive -affective -psychomotor |
Assessing readiness to learn? | -energy level -stress level -motivation -is it important? -does caregiver need info as well (cognitive) |
Sick roles? | face life without shield of illness |