HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care

HLT 306V Full Course Discussions GCU

HLT 306V Topic 1 DQ 1

Alma Faulkenberger is an 85-year-old female outpatient sitting in the waiting room awaiting an invasive pelvic procedure. The health care professional who will assist in her procedure enters the room and calls “Alma.” There is no reply so the professional retreats to the work area HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care .

Fifteen minutes later the professional returns and calls “Alma Frankenberg.” Still no reply, so he leaves again. Another 15 minutes pass and the professional approaches Alma and shouts in her ear, “Are you Alma Frankenberg?” She replies, “No I am not, and I am not deaf either, and when you get my name correct I will answer you.” HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care

Using the topic 1 materials, develop a plan to help Alma be compliant with the procedure and post-treatment medication. Also, describe the approach you would take to patient education in this case.

HLT 306V Topic 1 DQ 2

How would you use collaboration to assist in compliance with a patient as difficult as Alma?

HLT 306V Topic 2 DQ 1

Sister Mary is a patient in Level 2 Emergency Department. She must have a neural examination, physical assessment, radiographs of her facial bones, and a computed tomography scan of the head. Taking into consideration that she is a Roman Catholic nun, what would be the ideal course of patient education as this woman progresses from department to department? HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care

HLT 306V Topic 2 DQ 2

What possible reservations could a health care professional have in working with Sister Mary? (Discuss the psychosocial responses the professional might have.)

HLT 306V Topic 3 DQ 1

Discuss a patient of another culture. How can the health care professional communicate in presenting patient education? Consider language, family, cultural differences, and method of communication.

HLT 306V Topic 3 DQ 2

Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.

HLT 306V Topic 4 DQ 1

How has the patient’s control over his own health care changed?

HLT 306V Topic 4 DQ 2

What part does negotiation play in patient education?

HLT 306V Topic 5 DQ 1

Using the NIH website, how would you describe CAM and the typical person who uses CAM?

HLT 306V Topic 5 DQ 2

What are the percentages of people using CAM with prayer and those who do not?

HLT 306V Full Course Assignments GCU

HLT 306V Topic 1 Homework GCU

Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

Define patient compliance and explain its importance in your field. HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care
Identify the health care professionals’ role in compliance and give examples of ways in which the health care professional may actually contribute to noncompliance.
Compare compliance and collaboration.
Compare and contrast patient education in the past with that practiced today.
Explain the importance of professional commitment in developing patient education as a clinical skill. HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care
Explain the three categories of learning and how they can be used in patient education.
List three problems that may arise in patient education and how they would be solved?
List some methods of documentation of patient education. HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care

HLT 306V Topic 2 Stages of Life Essay and Interview

Write a 500‐750‐word essay on the Stages‐of‐Life and the influence of age in health care from a patient’s perspective. Interview a friend or family member about that person’s experiences with the health care system. You may develop your own list of questions. HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care

HLT 306V Topic 2 Homework GCU

Write a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the health care professional and the effect those factors could have on patient education.
Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the patient and the effect those factors could have on patient education.
Explain what is meant by personality styles and give examples of approaches that could be used to help the patient. Include self-perception as a factor. HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care
List the steps in adjustment to illness and how the patient copes with each step.
Explain the health professional’s role in teaching the patient at different life stages.
Define the role of the family in patient education.
How might the family influence the compliance of the patient and what measures can the health care professional use in communication with the family? HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care

HLT 306V Topic 3 Homework GCU

Write a 650-1300 word response to the following questions:

Explain multicultural communication and its origins.
Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation.
Explain how cultural and religious differences affect the health care professional and the issues that can arise in cross-cultural communications.
Discuss family culture and its effect on patient education.
List some approaches the health care professional can use to address religious and cultural diversity.
List the types of illiteracy.
Discuss illiteracy as a disability. HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care
Give examples of some myths about illiteracy.
Explain how to assess literacy skills and evaluate written material for readability.
Identify ways a health care professional may establish effective communication.
Suggest ways the health care professional can help a patient remember instructions.

This assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

HLT 306V Advanced Patient Care