Challenges Encountered by Nurses in Interviewing Different Types of Patients.
This is a method by which important health-related information about a patient is obtained in order to provide quality medication for that particular patient by a health professional. During these interviews nurses encounter several challenges.
The silent patient.
Silence does not end up in anything that can be used to help the patient (Jensen, 2011). It may be as a result of hostility towards the nurse. It also makes the nurse feel manipulated for having to talk alone.
The confusing patient.
This patient leaves the nurse confused by speaking out several claims as symptoms. What this type of patient is suffering from is hard to locate. This may cause a mix up of delicate information for the nurse (Petiprin,2016).
The patient with altered mental capacity.
If the nurse is unsuspecting at first glance, the patient may give wrong information (Jensen, 2011). A mentally challenged patient must be accompanied by a family member. If they are left to attend these interviews alone, it becomes frustrating for the nurse.
The crying patient.
If the patient cries throughout the interview, the nurse is not able to obtain any kind of information (Vellone, 2016). Crying may also change completely the way a nurse looks at a patient.
The angry or disruptive patient.
A nurse may avoid asking important questions that may later be useful, be afraid of provoking a patient. Disruptive patients may give nurses difficult times during important interviews.
The patient with a language barrier.
Medical language must be translated as accurately as possible and can be challenging. Interpretation is time consuming for the nurse. If the patient does not understand English or a local dialect then the nurse faces the problem of not being able to get the patient to fill these documents.
The patient with hearing loss.
A patient with hearing loss is not able to hear anything .This requires the nurse to be familiar with this form of communication. Hearing loss requires a third party to do the interpretation which violates doctor-patient confidentiality.
References
Jensen, S. (2011). Nursing health assessment: A best practice approach. Lippincot Williams & Wilkins.
Petiprin, A. (2016). Need Theory. (Alice Petiprin, Producer, & Nursing-Theory.org) Retrieved 04 07, 2019, from Nursing Theory: http://www.nursing-theory.org/theories- and-models/henderson-need-theory.php