Alma Faulkenberger is an 85-year-old female outpatient sitting in the waiting room awaiting an invasive pelvic procedure. The healthcare 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. 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

Alma Faulkenberger is an 85-year-old female outpatient sitting in the waiting room awaiting an invasive pelvic procedure. The healthcare 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. 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

Alma Faulkenberger is an 85-year-old female outpatient sitting in the waiting room awaiting an invasive pelvic procedure. The healthcare 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. 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

Week 1: Treatment and Medication Adherence

            Patients’ non-adherence to recommendations by their healthcare providers is one of the major stumbling blocks toward the achievement of patient positive treatment outcomes and better disease prognosis.  Poor adherence to recommendations has individual, financial, societal and healthcare system implications (Espinosa & Kadić-Maglajlić, 2019).  For example, non-adherence to medications for an acute infection that can be treated with a short course of antimicrobials can lead to the patient having complications or increased cost of treatment because of infection spread and progression.  Therefore, there is a need to find strategies for increasing treatment adherence.

ORDER A PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPER HERE ON;Alma Faulkenberger is an 85-year-old female outpatient sitting in the waiting room awaiting an invasive pelvic procedure. The healthcare 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. 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

            To improve post-treatment adherence of the patient, I will explain to them the rationale behind the intended treatment.  I will also empower my patient on their condition through education regarding their condition which according to Medjedovic et al. (2019) will enable them to make informed choices based on their needs, situation and expectations (Falvo, 2004).  The same will build a rapport between the patient and the physician. I will enquire from the patient if the recommended treatment regimen might interfere with their lifestyle.  Therefore, I will prioritize proper communication with the patient. There is evidence in research that the physician-patient relationship and the communication that ensures are correlated with patient satisfaction and adherence to the set recommendations(Schwartz et al., 2017). 

            Proper communication will foster collaboration between the patient and the physician making sure that patients make  choices concerning their treatment options (Linetzky et al., 2017).  The same will ensure that patients choose a treatment regimen that they are more likely to follow to the latter (Schwartz et al., 2017).  Therefore, Alma has to be fully engaged in discussing her treatment options so that she feels responsible for her treatment and owns the consequences of her choices.  I will make sure that all her concerns are addressed as much as possible.

References

Espinosa, A., & Kadić-Maglajlić, S. (2019). The role of health consciousness, patient-physician trust, and perceived physician’s emotional appraisal on medical adherence. Health Education & Behavior, 46(6), 991–1000.

Falvo, D. R. (2004). Effective Patient Education: A Guide to Increased Compliance. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Linetzky, B., Jiang, D., Funnell, M. M., Curtis, B. H., & Polonsky, W. H. (2017). Exploring the role of the patient-physician relationship on insulin adherence and clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes: Insights from the MOSAIc study: 在 2 型糖尿病患者中调查患者-医生关系对胰岛素依从性以及临床结局的影响: MOSAIc 研究见解. Journal of Diabetes, 9(6), 596–605.

Medjedovic, R., Aligrudic, S., Bogojevic, M., Miketic, N., Bulatovic, A., & Tepavcevic, D. K. (2019). AB0428 PATIENT-PHYSICIAN INTERACTION AS A PREDICTOR OF METHOTREXATE ADHERENCE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Schwartz, D. D., Stewart, S. D., Aikens, J. E., Bussell, J. K., Osborn, C. Y., & Safford, M. M. (2017). Seeing the person, not the illness: Promoting diabetes medication adherence through patient-centred collaboration. Clinical Diabetes, 35(1), 35–42.

1. Assessment Description
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. 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.”

Using the Topic 1 Resources, 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.
(Falvo, D. R. (2011). Effective patient education: A guide to increased adherence (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett. ISBN: 9780763766252)

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