Discussion Post: Patient Preference/Decision Making
You will share your experience (see below for experience) and consider the impact of patient involvement (or lack of involvement). You will also consider the use of a patient decision aid to inform best practices for patient care and healthcare decision making.
• Review the Resources (I attached articles) and reflect on a time when you experienced a patient being brought into (or not being brought into) a decision regarding their treatment plan.
• This is the experience: Treatment is limited for patient with stage 4 cancer and they are considering going on hospice to have better quality life. (you can include any details you would like)
• Review the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute's Decision Aids Inventory.
Choose "For Specific Conditions," then Browse an alphabetical listing of decision aids by health topic. Type in ‘hospice'
The discussion:
• Post a brief description of the situation you experienced and explain how incorporating or not incorporating patient preferences and values impacted the outcome of their treatment plan. Be specific and provide examples.
• Then, explain how including patient preferences and values might impact the trajectory of the situation and how these were reflected in the treatment plan.
• Finally, explain the value of the patient decision aid you selected and how it might contribute to effective decision making, both in general and in the experience you described. Describe how you might use this decision aid inventory in your professional practice or personal life.-you have to reference and use the decision aid site listed above.
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.