Negotiation in Relation to Patient Education

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Negotiation in relation to patient Education
Negotiation is a discussion between two or more people planning to reach an agreement over specific issues. In this case, negotiation involves a patient and a health care professional. Usually, patients would want to understand personal health better and require a medical practitioner to advise them. In the Medical world, practitioners share decision-making with their patients as part of the routine to ensure the patients get well.
Changes in Patient’s Status
Through the years, patient's status has primarily affected patient education. One main issue is the patient's age, whereby most ailments are associated with age; they tend to accept the predicament and therefore do not follow the doctor's education. In addition, most patients tend to overstay in health facilities leading to bad nurses’ experiences, heavy workload, and lack of time.
Pros and Cons of patient Negotiation
Negotiation has its pros and cons. To begin with, the pros include; it encourages patients to seek professional assistance, a patient can express their health worries in regards to preferences and treatment, understand health questions better, and encourage patients to actively participate in discussions (Piras & Miele, 2017). The cons include exposing patients to risky information about their health, which may lead to unnecessary and costly procedures.
Patients’ Contract in a Negotiation
Patient contracts usually contain statements to ensure the patients understand their role and responsibilities concerning treatment. The agreement defines how the client should attend to appointments, patients to observe physical and verbal conduct; maximum privacy from the staff-handling patient's information is paramount. It also lists the responsibilities of a healthcare provider.
Old Age and Baby Boomers
A baby boomer is that population born between 1946 and 1964, after World War II. They lie between the ages of 54 to 74 years of age, a United States Census Bureau report. The healthcare system is likely to be affected due to the anticipated retirement of baby boomers, who make a large population of health care providers. The problem seems to escalate as more nurses are being overworked due to shortage, although more efforts are being put into solving it.
Differences between 30 – Years –Old Health Care Professional and Elderly Patient
There is a vast generational difference between the 30- year old professional and the elderly patients, as they assume the younger care providers are not experien...