Engaging With Patients and Carers: Alibasher D. Macalnas, RN
Engaging With Patients and Carers: Alibasher D. Macalnas, RN
Engaging With Patients and Carers: Alibasher D. Macalnas, RN
PATIENTS AND
CARERS
ALIBASHER D. MACALNAS, RN
WHY ENGAGING
WITH PATIENTS AND
FAMILIES IS
IMPORTANT?
OPEN DISCLOSURE
Is a term used to describe honest
communication with patients and
carers after they have suffered harm.
INFORMED CONSENT
Enables the patient (or their carers) to
consider all the options they have in
relation to their care and treatment,
including alternatives to the course of
treatment proposed.
CULTURE
Is a broad term that includes
language and customs, as well as
values, beliefs, behaviors, practices,
institutions and the ways in which
people communicates.
OPEN DISCLOSURE
Is a term used to describe the process of
informing patients and their families bad
outcomes of treatment, as distinguished
from bad outcomes that are expected from
a disease or injury being treated.
S.P.I.K.E.S.
A communication tool used to
assist health professionals to
communicate bad news in
situations where the patients are
at the end of their life.
Setting:
Privacy
Involves Significant Others
Sit down
Listening Mode
Perception
Information
Knowledge
Empathy
Strategy and Summary