Salpingo-Oophorectomy: A Case Study

Communication in the healthcare field may be a little different for some people. Healthcare requires the communication to have a purpose, and that purpose is revolved around a person’s needs. A patient with good staff communication during

Emotional Support and encouraging involvement of family and friends- Listening to patient with undivided attention .Providing clear, timely and meaningful information regarding the illness. Providing enough information regarding the patient’s illness. Respecting and acknowledging the family and friends’ support in patient care and providing supportive environment.

A few therapeutic techniques that a health care professional can use to communicate better are: 1. Justify the patient’s response to clearly understand their perception and beliefs. 2. Always be accepting of the patient even if you do not fully understand their background; be open. 3. Learn how to transform the patient’s feelings into thoughts and vice versa. If individuals in the health care field do not use this technique then they can create difficulties by using non-therapeutic communication; there are various ways to avoid non-therapeutic communication. A few examples to help improve non-therapeutic communication are avoid questions that are irrelevant to personal life, giving the patient your personal opinion or showing criticism towards the patients opinion. Another way to avoid therapeutic communication is using the term “why”. This will give off reassurance to the patient from the health care provider the patient will then become defensive. Make sure that you fully understand the patient’s feelings instead of jumping to conclusions on how the patient must feel; steer clear of the comments that you may make to the patient that could reveal your feelings because these do not matter to the patient and you do not want to lose the

When I was given this ancestry project I automatically knew I wanted to figure out my family genetics and why I got cancer in the first place. I am the only child out of four in my family to get cancer. After digging into some history I found out that my mom, grandma, and uncle had cancer. It's weird how genetics work but I was basically doomed from the beginning. My grandma had breast cancer and had both her breasts removed. My uncle had stage four lung cancer and passed away shortly after diagnosis. And my mom had thyroid cancer only a few years ago and is a survivor. Since there is history of breast cancer in my family I had to get tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene, which is a mutated gene that is inherited from your family. This gene increases your risk of developing breast cancer to 50%, a one in two

Communication is key to effective healthcare practices. According to American Journal Of Critical Care (2014), Patient-centered care starts with “effective communication, being empathetic and available, avoiding personal prejudges, and listening therapeutically are integral parts of patient-centered care” (Riley, White, Graham, Alexandrov, 2014, p. 320). This will improve communication; promote patient involvement in care, which creates a positive relationship with the healthcare provider and medical team. This results in improved adherence to treatment plan. Clinical practice guidelines need to be implemented for the patient and family members to be able to be involved in informed decision-making regarding healthcare needs. The fundamental core of nursing is to have a partnership with the patient and their family regarding the patient’s outcome.

family when I am educating my patient. I urge everyone to ask questions. I offer encourage-

The proband is a 34-year-old African American female that was born in Virginia. She currently lives in Richmond, VA. The proband’s maternal grandmother 's side of the family is from Powhatan, VA. Both her maternal grandparents are of African American, Caucasian American, and Native American (American Indian) descent. The proband’s maternal grandfather was adopted as a young child and not much is known about his family background. The proband’s African American paternal grandparents are from Cumberland County, VA. One of the proband’s maternal aunts and her two daughters (proband’s maternal cousins) have type 2 diabetes mellitus. The proband’s maternal grandmother had type 1 diabetes mellitus. Both of the proband’s maternal aunts are cancer survivors. One aunt had Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the other had breast cancer. One of the proband’s paternal aunts (at age 52) and her daughter (at age 32) both died of cancer. Proband’s paternal grandmother and great aunt are twins and her mother and one of her maternal aunts are monozygotic twins.

Develop an alliance by using caring gestures to the family. Asking caring, sensitive and perceptive questions convey sincere concern for the patient and will help develop trust with the family

As a patient educator it would be important to know the audience you’re speaking to so that you can speak at the level the patient can understand the information that you are giving them. It is vital that patient educators, whether primary care physician, nurse, or health care provider, understand their patients’ health beliefs, values, and level of understanding (i.e. you wouldn’t speak to a child the same way you would speak to an adult to inform them about the treatment medication they’re on. So avoid speaking gaffes and talk to them in a way, using language they understand, so that they follow doctors’ orders, understand what’s happening to them, what they are taking, etc.). The more one understands their patient audience, the better compliance

Personal and/or significant family history (First- or second-degree relatives) of breast and/or ovarian cancer, or atypia noted on prior biopsies 21

“Extensive research has shown that no matter how knowledgeable a clinician might be, if he or she is not able to open good communication with the patient, he or she may be of no help” (Asnani, MR. 2009). Effective communication plays a big role in healthcare and contributes to the quality of patient care and teamwork.

Providing the patient and family with one on one discussion time allows them to ask questions for clarification and it provides the nurse or healthcare team information in terms of the patient’s comprehension of information presented and identifies further educational needs.

Asking the patient what they have understood and encouraging them to verbalise this can help.Using communication tools such as situation–background–assessment–recommendation (SBAR) communication ensures that messages are clear and unambiguous even in stressful situations. Leonard M, et al. The human factor: the critical importance of effective teamwork and communication in providing safe care. Qual Saf Health Care 2004;13 Suppl 1:i85–i90.

In a total hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy,the uterus plus one ovary and Fallopian tubes are removed surgically.

It was just another Tuesday night. Cheryl Bovard was getting ready for bed when her hand brushed against her breast and she noticed a lump. “That’s not right,” she said to her husband, Mark. A mammogram seven months earlier hadn’t found any areas of concern and Cheryl wasn’t looking for anything unusual. But based on an experience from over a decade in the past, she knew the next steps to take.