Module 1 - Welcome Flashcards
What is Person - Centredness?
An approach to practice established through the formation and fostering of healthful relationships between all care providers, service users and others significant to them in their lives. Underpinned by values of respect for persons (personhood), self determination, mutual respect and understanding.
What are the concepts of a ‘person’?
- Values I consider important
- Expression of beliefs
- How I engage emotionally in relationships
- Dreams, hopes and desire for my life
- The kind of life I want to live
List 4 challenges that a nurse might face when providing person-centred care.
- Treating people as individuals
- Respecting a person’s rights
- Building mutual trust and understanding
- Developing therapeutic relationships.
Patient centred care recognises that patients are…..
…people first and should not be defined by their disease.
What are the benefits of person-centred health system?
- Helps people make informed decisions about managing their own health and care.
- A person’s experience also takes into account their family members, care givers and providers.
- Acknowledges that a person lives with their disease 24/7 and not just the time that they are seeing the health care team.
What are the 3 desires outcomes of a truly person centred health system?
- Better overall experience with the health care system.
- Greater satisfaction with quality of care.
- Greater likelihood of better health outcomes.
Patient experience can be classified into 6 domains.
Name these domains.
1. Respect for patient’s preferences
2. Co-ordination and continuality of care. Did patient know the next step in care and who to ask if they had questions?
3. Emotional Support Did the patient receive info on relationship changes?
4. Physical comfort (Medication andSide effects).
5. Access to care Wait time for treatment
6. Information, Communication and Education Tests explained, etc.
TRUE or FALSE
Patient experience is defined as the sum of all interactions?
TRUE.
What are the 5 points of the Person Centred care Guideline?
These should be applied for every single patient.
- Knowing the patient as individual
- Understanding the essential care requirements.
- Tailoring healthcare to services to the individual
- Continuity of care
- Enabling patients to actively participate.
According to the ABS in a family, at least one person has to be over ___ years or age.
15
What is the role of the family unit?
- Affection,
- Security,
- Acceptance,
- Identity,
- sense of worth ,
- affiliation,
- companionship,
- socialisation.
- Rules and boundaries.
- A gatekeeper to wider society and culture.
What is upstreaming in terms of healthcare?
Making smarter decisions and investigating the cause of a problem rather than just treating the effects.
What is family-centred nursing?
- Places the individual and the family unit at the centre of the care planning.
- Process of consideration, promotion and maintenance of physical, mental, spiritual and social health for the family and each individual family member.
- Aims to empower and develop self-care abilities of the family.
- It recognises and prioritises personal preference of the individual or primary carer.
- Largely an ‘upstream approach’ of health promotion and care.
FAMILY-CENTRED NURSING ASSESSMENT
What area/questions do we ask in terms of family when conducting nursing assessments?
- Structure - Genogram
- Characteristics
- Dynamics - Relationships.
- Socioeconomic status
- Culture
- Current Supports / Support Networks
- Physical health
- Preferences / Attitudes
Why do we perform assessments round the patient and their family?
1. Gain insight into the family’s world (Holistic view)
2. To aid in identifying an area of need or concern.