Nursing/healthcare Providers Moral Obligation

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Do you think that healthcare providers have a moral obligation to engage in history building with their patients? Do you think its necessary?

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

I'm not sure I understand your question -- do you mean getting a medical/surgical history?

Could you elaborate?

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I mean like medical interviewing.. drawing out a patient's concerns

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I think maybe make yourself present, be available, but don't intrude.

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Specializes in Day Surgery/Infusion/ED.

Is this some sort of class project?

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

I still don't get the question: "moral obligation" and "history building" do not go together.

(If this is a school assignment, could someone tell the instructor to speak standard english that one will actually use as a nurse and not MSN'ese? If I were to go up to a patient and say, " Sorry to disturb you while you are writhing in pain and bleeding, but I have a moral obligation as a healthcare practitioner to engage in history building with you", I would get kicked out of the room.)

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Specializes in Peds, Home Care, Cardiology, Pulmonology.

caroladybelle;

LOVED the 'speak MSNese' comment. It and you ar so correct in your comment about approaching the patient.

Thanks gave me a chuckle this am!!!!

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Do you think that healthcare providers have a moral obligation to engage in history building with their patients? Do you think its necessary?

I'm not clear on this either . . .

Of course you take a history when you interact with patients. And then if you continue to see these patients, you have a history with them so you can interact in their best interests in the future.

steph

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