Introduction
Patient collaboration and outcome are central elements, which dictate the overall success of the nursing practice. In order to advance patient-centered care, nurses should always consider the importance of coordination and involvement as two critical components of health interview and assessment process. Coordination is vital because it utilizes a multidisciplinary approach of team cooperation in order to improve the collaborative process between a nurse and patient, and other healthcare specialists. Involvement is also relevant because family and friends can assist the patient in comprehending the situation and selecting the correct course of action.
Coordination
Coordinated actions are more precise and deliberate in determining the patient’s needs and treatment processes. By having a wide range of specialists, which are nurses, doctors, nutritionists, and social service workers, cooperating in an efficiently designed fashion, the credibility levels perceived by patient increases. This type of fully functioning system will inevitably improve the patient-nurse collaborative process due to the increased degree of trust. It is stated that the collaborative actions of multiple professionals can lead to innovative solutions, such as referral calls (King, 2020). Thus, patient-centered care can implement coordination among specialists to improve patient collaboration and outcomes during assessments.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the nurse not only performs the actual nursing manipulations but also is the coordinator of the activities of other specialists and performs social and rehabilitation functions. The team members jointly draw up a treatment plan, create an environment adequate for the patient, train relatives, evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures. The implementation of these diverse tasks requires appropriate skills and training from nurses.
Involvement
Another dimension that can be integrated into patient-centered care is involvement. The latter refers to the overall engagement process of family members and friends in a patient’s assessment and interview. The family is a very complex social and psychological system. The purpose of a general practitioner in the study of the family is to establish a specific diagnosis, that is, to identify violations in the life of a particular family. They can participate in determining the sources of occurrence, the development of a disorder in one or more of its members. In addition, it is possible to identify those psychological characteristics of the family and its members, on which the correction of certain disorders depends.
These individuals will act as a source of information and partial decision-makers regarding a patient’s treatment procedures. The main logic behind such involvement is the fact that a patient might not be fully aware of the intricacies of the situation. In addition, he or she might also lack full comprehension of his or her condition. The research suggests that therapeutic conversations conducted between nurses and family members can vastly improve the satisfaction levels in both parties (Bell, 2018). Therefore, it important to involve friends and members of a patient’s family in the assessment and to interview process in order to improve the overall quality of work.
Conclusion
In conclusion, both coordination and involvement can be effective at improving patient-centered care during assessment and interviews. Coordination among various healthcare specialists can significantly boost the confidence and trust in a patent regarding the treatment. The latter makes the patient more collaborative and open to the suggestions and recommendations of the professionals. The involvement of the family members and friends expands the availability of a multitude of sources of information in order to increase comprehension during assessments. In addition, they act as a support network when a patient is unable to grasp the scope of the situation fully.
References
Bell, J. M. (2018). Using deliberate practice in family nursing to achieve clinical excellence. Journal of Family Nursing, 24(4), 503-507.
King, T. (2020). Call handlers for community nursing referrals: Importance of collaborative working. British Journal of Community Nursing, 25(3), 126-130.