NURS 6052 DISCUSSION: PATIENT PREFERENCES AND DECISION MAKING

The patient decision aid is a way of assisting individuals in coming up with informed selections concerning healthcare that put into consideration their individual preferences plus values. Decision aids are a portion of a collective decision-making procedure, inspiring vibrant engagement by ailing individuals in healthcare verdicts (Opperman et al., 2016). The patient decision aids are intended to complement, unlike swapping counseling from a healthcare specialist. This discussion addresses my personal experience with ailing individuals’ healthcare verdicts and treatment.  

The ailing individual ought to be encompassed in the treatment strategy, with reference to my personal experience as a healthcare specialist (Hoffman, Montori & Del Ma, 2014). As the ailing individual and his household ought to agree to the medication. You might then encompass them in the medication strategy minus any challenges. 

When I encompass the ailing individual or their household in the medication strategy in my medical performance, I have comprehended that the ailing individual or their household turns out to be quite compliant throughout the therapy. This channels to the desired result. The deficiency of ailing individual participation in the medication strategy can have a number of undesired outcomes, varying from approval to treatment result (Schroy, Mylvaganam & Davidson, 2014). In nowadays world, ailing individuals arrive at health facilities with predetermined mentalities gleaned from the online sphere or a number of other information sources. In their points of view, they have a slew of questions relating to the therapy technique. Therefore, it is desirable to disperse fears and encompass them in the medication strategy.   

In conclusion, patient decision aids are proficient in turning out to be reinforcement tools to enhance collective decision making. More application studies are needed to changeover ailing individual decision-making into scientific practice allowing proof and ailing individuals’ choices to be part of their treatment.  

References 

Hoffman, T. C., Montori, V. M., & Del Mar, C. (2014). The connection between evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making. Journal of the American Medical Association, 312(13), 1295–1296. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.10186  

Opperman, C., Liebig, D., Bowling, J., & Johnson, C. S., & Harper, M. (2016). Measuring return on investment for professional development activities: Implications for practice. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 32(4), 176–184. doi:10.1097/NND.0000000000000483  

Schroy, P. C., Mylvaganam, S., & Davidson, P. (2014). Provider perspectives on the utility of a colorectal cancer screening decision aid facilitate shared decision-making. Health Expectations, 17(1), 27–35. doi:10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011. 00730.x