Advanced Health Assessment
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Advanced Health Assessment
The best interview and communication techniques are very important in establishing a better and quality provider-patient health exam. Using the skills marks an improvement in health care outcomes (Berman & Chutka, 2016). Nursing communication skills include much more than having competent medical knowledge and expertise. In addressing the selected patient the nurse needs to have excellent communication techniques. The interview and communication skills are part of the foundation that enhances a more positive patient relationship in the healthcare setting.
When communicating with the selected patient, in the eyes of the patient the interview and communication forms act as a major component in the clinical competence. Communicating with the selected patient effectively will significantly contribute to improved outcomes (Hashim, 2017). Thus, developing a positive relationship with this patient will historically contribute a great deal to the effectiveness and satisfaction in the medication process. The relationship is crucial in ensuring successful treatment. The skills will help in establishing the desired relationship and improve patient treatment compliance.
Apart from active listening using verbal and attentive skills, seeking detailed description and clarification, and empathetic reflection, the other interview, and communication techniques that can be used in this patient include the use of questions that will help in building the conscious and clarify the medical jargons in the patient. The second technique is the use of wait time skills, having sufficient skills will allow the patient to answer each question efficiently before being asked the next question. Giving the patient enough time will enable the nurse to collect full answers from the interview.
Another useful technique is the nurse having a concern for the patient. The demonstration of the interest is important in building a positive relationship. The interviews should be structured in an organized manner, that is not rigid (Slade & Sergent, 2019). The nurse should also establish an information gathering agenda with the patient that should be reviewed to determine whether it is important to discuss all of the concerns with the patient.
While it is important if the patient is interrupted a little, the nurse should use a focus technique that will help in controlling the subtle degree over the directions of the interview. The discussion with this patient should be facilitated other than exerting because of only as much control over the health examination (Ten Hoorn et al, 2016). The other important technique is the awareness of unspoken issues. The often crucial part of communication that nurses use is the ability to grasp what the patient fails to say specifically. The nurse having appropriate closure by gently probing helps unearth the significant medical issues of the patient.
Health-Related Risks
Apart from the mindful self-care scale and the HEEADSS another important tool that can be used for risk assessment for the health-related risks of a patient is the hospital-based risk-assessment tool. The tool is efficient and shows 100 of compliance in the healthcare setting (Abraham, 2016). The individual will have a holistic approach that is reviewed weekly with certain measurable outcomes. The tool is essential in promoting a whole system assessment that prompts nursing staff to discover the needs of the patient and whether the patient requires a referral to another nursing expert for counseling.
The tool is important in giving information that shows whether the patient is ready to go home. The instrument shows the lowest risk score of a patient that shows how fit they are and the kind of nursing care required (Kumar et al., 2020). Conversely, if the patient has the highest score it proves how generally the patient is unwell. The patient that has been assessed with the tool has had positive compliance, and the nurses have argued how less time consuming and user-friendly the instrument functions.
References
Abraham, S. (2016). Looking for a psychiatric fall risk assessment tool. Ann Psychiatry Ment Health, 4(2), 1061.
Berman, A. C., & Chutka, D. S. (2016). Assessing effective physician-patient communication skills: “Are you listening to me, doc?”. Korean Journal of medical education, 28(2), 243.
Hashim, M. J. (2017). Patient-centered communication: basic skills. American family physician, 95(1), 29-34.
Kumar, N., Singh, V., & Mehta, G. (2020). Assessment of common risk factors and validation of the Gail model for breast cancer: A hospital-based study from Western India. Tzu-Chi Medical Journal, 32(4), 362.
Slade, S., & Sergent, S. R. (2019). Interview techniques.
Ten Hoorn, S., Elbers, P. W., Girbes, A. R., & Tuinman, P. R. (2016). Communicating with conscious and mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: a systematic review. Critical Care, 20(1), 333.