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Negotiation in Patient Education

Patient education is an effective way to increase patient awareness and promote healthy behaviors. It provides patients with the knowledge and skills to make informed healthcare decisions as part of the patient-provider partnership. While patient education is common, negotiating with patients may seem unusual but plays an important role. Negotiation during patient education can help engage patients in difficult lifestyle changes like adopting healthy habits for diabetes or agreeing to cancer treatments. It is a key part of resolving conflicts and introducing new care approaches.

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Negotiation in Patient Education

Patient education is an effective way to increase patient awareness and promote healthy behaviors. It provides patients with the knowledge and skills to make informed healthcare decisions as part of the patient-provider partnership. While patient education is common, negotiating with patients may seem unusual but plays an important role. Negotiation during patient education can help engage patients in difficult lifestyle changes like adopting healthy habits for diabetes or agreeing to cancer treatments. It is a key part of resolving conflicts and introducing new care approaches.

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Negotiation in Patient Education

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Negotiation in Patient Education

Patent education has been identified as one of the most effective ways of creating

awareness among patients on specific topics. Patient education is the process of positively

impacting patient behaviors and promoting the desired attitudes, knowledge, and skills

essential in enhancing and maintaining health. Patericket al. (2017) describes the patient-

provider partnership as essential in supporting patient education to improve health outcomes.

With patients being part of the decision-making team, ensuring their capacity for informed

decision-making is important, and this depends on the level of knowledge base on specific

topics. Patient education addresses this need as it provides patients with the knowledge,

skills, and competencies that enable them to make informed decisions.

While patient education is common, the idea of negotiating with patients may seem

off-putting or odd to patients and providers. However, it is an important part of patient

education. According to Yelovich (2020), negotiation is essential in clinical interactions and

in resolving key patient and provider conflicts. When introducing a new care modality to a

patient, negotiation plays an important role. For instance, for a patient that has been

diagnosed with type II diabetes and who has lived a sedentary life, a provider must negotiate

with the patient on lifestyle changes and the adoption of healthy lifestyle practices. Lifestyle

alterations are difficult to change, but negotiation during patient education may help the

patient actively engage in such alterations. Negotiation may also be used to improve a

patient’s commitment and willingness to participate in a procedure that will help address or

improve a health issue. For instance, patients with cancer may at times refuse chemotherapy

or surgery. Nurses must educate and negotiate with the patient to ensure their participation.
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References

Holmes, L., Cresswell, K., Williams, S., Parsons, S., Keane, A., Wilson, C., ... & Starling, B.

(2019). Innovating public engagement and patient involvement through strategic

collaboration and practice. Research involvement and engagement, 5(1), 1-12.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-019-0160-4

Yelovich, M. C. (2020). Acknowledging patient expertise and the negotiation of meanings in

the clinical encounter. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 8(3), 336-

344. http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v8i3.1862

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