Week 3 - Patient Communication and Visits Flashcards
What does ICM mean for a patient visit?
- Introductions
- Comfort
- Make yourself comfortable
What is Step 1 for the visit? How long?
Set the stage for the interview (30-60 seconds)
4 things with Step 1
- Welcome (is that how you’d like to be addressed?)
- Introduce yourself and role
- Ensure pt readiness, comfort, and privace
- Remove communication barriers (sit down)
What is Step 2 for the visit? How long?
Elicit CC and set agenda (1-2 minutes)
2 things with step 2
- Indicate time available
2. Agenda negotiation
Is what is most troublesome always what is most serious?
No
What is step 3 of the visit? How long?
Begin interview w/ non-focusing skills to help pt express themselves (30-60 seconds)
2 things with Step 3
- Start w/ open-ended request/question
2. Using non-focusing open-ended skills (attentive listening)
Should we attemp to corroborate history with non-verbal sources?
Yes
Step 4 of visit? How long?
Use focusing skills to learn 3 things:
- Symptom story
- Personal context
- Emotional context
3-10 minutes
4 things with Step 4
- Elicit personal context (pt beliefs/attributions)
- Elicit emotional context (direct or indirect emotion seeking skills)
- Respond to feelings/emotions (NURS)
- Elicit symptom story (echoes, requests, summaries - opened ended skills)
Exam of direct emotional questions
- How are you doing with this?
2. How does this make you feel?
Example of indirect emotional questions
- How has this affected your life? (impact)
2. What made you decide to come in now? (triggers)
NURS. Part of which step?
Name
Understand
Respect
Support
4
Step 5. How long?
Transition to clinician-centered phase of interview (30-60 seconds)
3 things with Step 5
- Brief summary
- Check accuracy
- Indicated that both content and style of inquiry will change (switch gears now to better understand)
Step 6 (last step)
- Orient pt to end of interview
- Explain how diagnosis/prognosis was reach’ incorporate pt’s informative needs
- Explain testing and/or treatment options; incorporate pt preferences
- Acknowledge support before saying goodbye
What 2 things do we do to monitor our relationship with our patients?
- Inquire how things are going between the two of you
2. Observe pt’s body language, behaviors, etc
Should we consider patient and physician personality?
Yes
What are 2 potential issues on the clinician’s side of relationship?
- What I am FEELING
2. What I am DOING
How do we identify an issue?
- Which people trouble me?
- What happens?
- Why does that happen?
2 things to change the behavior
- Acknowledge the problem
2. Set specific, healthier behavior to maifest