Patient-Centered Care Planning Flashcards
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A community paramedic uses motivational interviewing during care planning. Which statement BEST reflects this approach?
Answer: 'Tell me what concerns you most about making changes to your diet.'
Motivational interviewing uses open-ended, reflective questions to elicit the patient's own motivation for change.
During care plan review, a patient with COPD states his top priority is attending his grandson's baseball games, not pulmonary rehab. The paramedic should:
Answer: Explore how improving his respiratory function could help him achieve his goal of attending games
Connecting clinical interventions to what the patient values creates intrinsic motivation and improves engagement.
Which tool is commonly used by community paramedics to assess a patient's readiness to change a health behavior?
Answer: Stages of Change (Transtheoretical) Model
The Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change) helps clinicians tailor interventions to the patient's current readiness level.
A community paramedic is completing a comprehensive needs assessment for a newly enrolled patient. Which domain should NOT be excluded from the assessment?
Answer: Social support, mental health, functional status, and environmental safety in addition to physical health
Comprehensive community paramedic assessments address physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains to create holistic care plans.
A care plan for a post-discharge heart failure patient should PRIMARILY aim to:
Answer: Prevent readmission by addressing both clinical needs and the patient's ability to self-manage at home
Reducing readmissions through clinical support and self-management education is the core goal of post-discharge community paramedic care plans.
Shared decision-making in care planning requires that the community paramedic:
Answer: Present evidence-based options, explain risks and benefits, and incorporate patient preferences into the final decision
Shared decision-making is a collaborative process that respects patient autonomy while providing evidence-based guidance.
A community paramedic finds that a patient's care plan has not been updated in 6 months despite significant changes in his condition. This BEST illustrates a failure of:
Answer: Care plan reassessment and dynamic updating processes
Care plans must be regularly reassessed and updated to reflect changes in the patient's condition, goals, and circumstances.