What Color is Your Brain

Question 1

List strategies for working with yellow brained adult patients.

Answer 1

Communicate clear instructions.
Provide a healthcare plan.
Explain details about their care.
Offer realistic expectations.
Respect their decisions.

Question 2

List strategies for working with yellow brained pediatric patients.

Answer 2

Offer them detailed info about their care.
Give them structured and step-by-step directions to take care of themselves.
Respect their age and level of understanding.
Understand their feelings of insecurity.
Allow them to talk about their illness without interrupting with your opinion.

Question 3

List strategies for working with blue brained adult patients.

Answer 3

Offer encouragement.
Be an attentive listener.
Validate their feelings.
Be quiet and let them talk about their feelings.
Don’t be afraid of their emotions.

Question 4

List strategies for working with blue brained pediatric patients.

Answer 4

Validate their feelings.
Listen attentively and sincerely.
Reassure them that you and your colleagues are available to help them.
Let them cry if they need to.
Hug the, if appropriate.

Question 5

List strategies for working with green brained adult patients.

Answer 5

Keep the situation objective and unemotional.
Understand that they can be very sensitive.
Do not get frustrated when they do not give you an immediate response. They need time to process.
Ask precise “yes” and “no” questions.
Provide explanations about medical procedures and listen to their perspectives.

Question 6

List strategies for working with green brained pediatric patients.

Answer 6

Respect their privacy.
Do not touch them without asking their permission first.
Do not treat them as a baby.
Do not tell them they are wrong.
Provide explanation about their care and the reason why it is being done.

Question 7

List strategies for working with orange brained adult patients.

Answer 7

Respect their feelings about losing their sense of freedom.
Do not come across as bossy.
Help them to understand the end result.
Explain the consequences.
Keep the conversations easy going.

Question 8

List strategies for working with orange brained pediatric patients.

Answer 8

Use activities and stories to explain information.
Reassure them that you are open minded about their concerns.
During conversations, get to the point quickly.
Use play to help them feel more comfortable.
Foster their need for self-expression.