Deck 13: Patient, Service User, Family and Carer Perspectives

Question 1

Within healthcare terminology can

A) Imply or lead to an imbalance in power
B) Give a message about how those to who the term is applied are viewed by others
C) Influence how those to whom the term is applied see themselves
D) All the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Each year more than ….. million people become a carer for someone close to them.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Person centred care is an approach where the person is at the centre of

A) The decision making process
B) The design of their care needs
C) Their nursing care and treatment plan
D) All the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Carer is a term

A) Nurses should not use
B) Used to cover a wide range of people
C) Used only to refer to those who are paid
D) Used only to refer to those who are not paid

Question 5

It is fundamentally important for nurses to work in partnership with

A) Individual patients
B) The families of individual patients
C) The carers of individual patients
D) All the above

Question 6

We don't always appreciate the effect some of the words and terminology we use every day in healthcare might have for service users. What messages or impact might some phrases and terms have?

Question 7

The new NMC Standards for Pre-registration Nurse Education (NMC, 2017) use what term to refer to those for whom nurses provide support and care.

Question 8

What are the three main themes highlighted as being the essential elements of patient centred care in the research conducted by Kvåle and Bondevik (2008)?

Question 9

What roles might an informal carer undertake?

Question 10

How might you ensure a service user feels fully involved in the planning of their individualised care package?