9 Principles In The NCA Credo
I applied the 9 principles in the NCA Credo for ethical communication between the healthcare provider and the patient. I am a paramedic so I also applied the principles to emergency medical services. It is very important to use good communication skills when communicating with your patients.
You should always be truthful to your patients. It is important to be honest or your patients will not trust you to treat them. This is the same for the patient, they need to be truthful to the healthcare provider, so that the patient is given the correct care for the problem they are experiencing.
The patient has the right to disagree with your treatment choices and to refuse care based on those choices. “Generally speaking, the patient is the ultimate …show more content…
“You are an advocate, the person who speaks up for your patients and pleads his cause. It is your responsibility to address the patients’ needs and to bring any concerns to the attention of the hospital staff” (Limmer & O'Keefe, 2012).
When we transfer of care, we need to do this in a confidential atmosphere, away from lay people that can hear personal and private information on the patient. This is a privacy issue but is also against the law according to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
It is our responsibility to communicate every treatment to the patient before we perform it. The patient should give informed consent of every treatment that is performed. “Expressed consent must be informed consent. That is, the patient must understand the risks associated with the care they will receive” (Limmer & O'Keefe, 2012).
Communication is very important when treating patients. We need to have good listening skills as well as being able to explain procedures and provide comfort to them. “As potentially harmful as no communication can be, if we express the wrong thing, or in the wrong way, we might be much better off not communicating at all” (Wrench, McCroskey, & Richmond,
You should always be truthful to your patients. It is important to be honest or your patients will not trust you to treat them. This is the same for the patient, they need to be truthful to the healthcare provider, so that the patient is given the correct care for the problem they are experiencing.
The patient has the right to disagree with your treatment choices and to refuse care based on those choices. “Generally speaking, the patient is the ultimate …show more content…
“You are an advocate, the person who speaks up for your patients and pleads his cause. It is your responsibility to address the patients’ needs and to bring any concerns to the attention of the hospital staff” (Limmer & O'Keefe, 2012).
When we transfer of care, we need to do this in a confidential atmosphere, away from lay people that can hear personal and private information on the patient. This is a privacy issue but is also against the law according to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
It is our responsibility to communicate every treatment to the patient before we perform it. The patient should give informed consent of every treatment that is performed. “Expressed consent must be informed consent. That is, the patient must understand the risks associated with the care they will receive” (Limmer & O'Keefe, 2012).
Communication is very important when treating patients. We need to have good listening skills as well as being able to explain procedures and provide comfort to them. “As potentially harmful as no communication can be, if we express the wrong thing, or in the wrong way, we might be much better off not communicating at all” (Wrench, McCroskey, & Richmond,