HNN319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Health Literacy, Pain Management, Ketamine
9 Jun 2018
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WEEK SIX: HEALTH LITERACY AND SELF MANAGEMENT.
• Describe the principles of self-management in relation to a person living with
diabetes
• Define the terms health literacy and self- management
• Identify situations where strategies for self- management can be used
• Describe how to use strategies to increase levels of health literacy with patients
• Identify signs of low health literacy in patients
• Describe and document pain management decisions
• Describe, perform and document ketamine and morphine infusions for pain
management
• Perform a nursing handover of the patient care using the ISBAR tool.
HEALTH LITERACY.
• The degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic
health onformation and services needed to make appropriate health related decisions.
• Understand info to maintain good health.
- Oral
- Print
- Numeracy.
• Overwhelmed with complicated info-chronic disease.
• Healthcare providers make assumptions, pt cant understand info- DO NOT assue pts
understanding.
• Assume pt may not understand, remember that feeling scared or overwhelmed, culture or
language barriers.
• Teach back method- use asks pt to suaise ifo youve povided.
HEALTH COMMISSION ON HEALTH LITERACY.
• Health liteacy plays a ipotat ole i enabling effective partnerships. In order for
partnerships to work, everyone involved needs to be able to give and receive, interpret and
act on information such as treatment options and plans. When these conditions exist, there
is the potential to not only improve the safety and quality of health care, but also to reduce
health dispaities ad icease euity. National statement health literacy.
• DEF: Individual health literacy; the skills, knowledge, motivation and capacity of a person to
access, understand, appraise and apply information to make effective decisions about health
and health care and take appropriate action
• DEF: Health literacy environment; the infrastructure, policies, processes, materials, people
and relationships that make up the health system and have an impact on the way that
people access, understand, appraise and apply health-related information and services.
• Only 40% of population have level of understanding to process health needs and services.
• Healthcare providers:
- Recognise the needs and preferences of individual patients and consumers and tailor
thei couicatio style to the pesos situatio
- Assume that most people will have difficulty understanding and applying complex health
information and concepts
- Use a range of interpersonal communication strategies to confirm information has been
delivered and received effectively
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Document Summary
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