Nursing 2230A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Malcolm Gladwell, Health Promotion, Informed Consent
23 Mar 2017
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Informed consent: define, principles, role of the nurse, application. Informed decisions, informed consent, accurate, complete, and relevant information: can form new ways to work brain, form new neural connections throughout life, positive reinforcement, learn by making mistakes, expert territory, benner novice to expert, neuroplasticity. Application: an elderly client is admitted to emergency, accompanied by her daughter. The daughter states that she is the power for attorney (poa) for her mother, and can answer all questions on her mother(cid:495)s behalf. Goals of client education: improving health literacy/ promoting health/ prevent disease, restore health, improve qol, promoting independence. What are the biggies: heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. Why: age, a client who takes an active role in care participation/motivated, cognition, language, you ask your client if you can do some teaching about insulin and diabetes with him, as he is hypoglycemic. Communication: effective teaching depends on effective communication, good teacher = listening empathetically, observe astutely, speak clearly.
