Delivering the highest quality of care of our patient is the ultimate goal of every nurse in this profession. Effective nurse-patient communication and the whole health team are essential in ensuring that this goal being met. Miscommunication or failure to communicate the patient information effectively among the health team can result in poor care, medical mistake and can even be harmful to the patient. (Paget, L., Han, P., Nedza, S., Kurtz, P., Racine, E., Russell, S., Santa, J., Schumann, M., Simha, J. and Von Kohorn, I. 2011, June). Nurses need to have a clear understanding of their ethical obligation and how it can impact the patient care. Their professional duties in regard in ensuring patient needs are met. The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of the principles associate with effective patient-clinician communication, methods that have utilized by clinicians that have been proven to be effective. How these principles can be applied to our daily nursing and their relation to my personal experiences. There are seven basic principles that can be applied systemically in the delivery of care among the interdisciplinary medical team that help in the effectiveness of the communication.
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The first principle is one that is based Mutual Respect, patients information is often collected through various methods, patient interviews, assessment, reviewed of patient medical records, family or patient’s agent interviewed. This information is vital in designing the patient plan of treatment, therefore each member of the health care needs to have respect and regards to each other in respect what they are able to contribute since gathering this information required a team effort. Secondly is the Harmonized Goals principle, the idea of working in harmony is essential when drafting the plan of care, members of the health care team need to work toward a common goal. And, that required a well coordinate system among them. The patient involvement in designing of the care plan is vital to the effectiveness of the plan. They are more likely to be in compliance with the treatment plan when their inputs are being considered in the development of the plan. Other factors clinician needs to put into consideration our patient social, psychological and cultural needs as they can have significant impact on the outcomes of the treatment plan. The Supportive Environment principle is in part related to the harmonized goals principle in many ways. This principle echoes the importance of integrating the patient culture, perception and environment during the designer of the treatment plan. Providing a secure and personalized climate for the patient can help enhance patient better decision-making encouraged patient involvement therefore help ensuring desired outcomes. The Appropriate Decision Partners principle brings to light the necessity of having skilled clinicians relevant to the patient medical available to them. Establishing channels of communication between the patient and these team members can help solving complex problem that otherwise wouldn’t address effectively. Patient finds comfort through good partnership with clinicians involved in their care by cultivating and nurturing professional relation with the patient, providing needed information to the patient about their care, options as well as risks and benefits associating with procedures, this approach can promote patient confidence thus lessen anxiety among patient and family members. However, for that to happen, we must also implement
The first principle is one that is based Mutual Respect, patients information is often collected through various methods, patient interviews, assessment, reviewed of patient medical records, family or patient’s agent interviewed. This information is vital in designing the patient plan of treatment, therefore each member of the health care needs to have respect and regards to each other in respect what they are able to contribute since gathering this information required a team effort. Secondly is the Harmonized Goals principle, the idea of working in harmony is essential when drafting the plan of care, members of the health care team need to work toward a common goal. And, that required a well coordinate system among them. The patient involvement in designing of the care plan is vital to the effectiveness of the plan. They are more likely to be in compliance with the treatment plan when their inputs are being considered in the development of the plan. Other factors clinician needs to put into consideration our patient social, psychological and cultural needs as they can have significant impact on the outcomes of the treatment plan. The Supportive Environment principle is in part related to the harmonized goals principle in many ways. This principle echoes the importance of integrating the patient culture, perception and environment during the designer of the treatment plan. Providing a secure and personalized climate for the patient can help enhance patient better decision-making encouraged patient involvement therefore help ensuring desired outcomes. The Appropriate Decision Partners principle brings to light the necessity of having skilled clinicians relevant to the patient medical available to them. Establishing channels of communication between the patient and these team members can help solving complex problem that otherwise wouldn’t address effectively. Patient finds comfort through good partnership with clinicians involved in their care by cultivating and nurturing professional relation with the patient, providing needed information to the patient about their care, options as well as risks and benefits associating with procedures, this approach can promote patient confidence thus lessen anxiety among patient and family members. However, for that to happen, we must also implement