NUR1 220 Lecture Notes - Dignity, Document Collaboration
11 Nov 2012
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The client is the one who decides if and who will participate in his/her care. Clients are experts for their own lives. Clients" goals coordinate care of the health care team. Continuity and consistency of care and caregiver. Responsiveness and universal access: responsiveness to their wishes, values, priorities, perspectives, and concerns. Initiate discussion or strategies to understand the client"s perspective regarding his/her health and quality of life. How will you know what you will be able to manage on your own: determine hopes - seek to clarify the hopes, wishes, preferences, strengths, needs, and concerns of the client, from his/her perspective (goals): What do you need/expect from your health care team: clarify wishes clarify the client"s wishes and follow his/her lead in determining the involvement of others in their health care: Must be taught in a way that is relevant to the client. To find out what the client thinks = spend time figuring out what their perspectives are.
