A Patient Rights Module: Maintaining Your Client's Dignity

In the A, B, C, and D of dignity, the "C" stands for:

Communication

Compassion

Connection

Completion

Most healthcare professionals claim dignity is overlooked during routine care because they lack:

Client involvement

Knowledge about client's needs

Time and training

Equipment and supplies

The goal of "Dialogue" that maintains dignity is to:

Put the client at ease

Acknowledge the client as a person

Obtain medical and social history for the medical record

Get the client to reveal secrets that may be delaying their recovery

Advances directives may include all of the following, EXCEPT

DNR order

Living will

Medical Power of Attorney

Financial Power of Attorney

It's possible to feel too much compassion.

True

False

Calling clients, "Honey" is a way to show compassion and maintain their dignity.

True

False

All Americans have the right to request assisted suicide from a physician.

True

False

Giving your clients personal information or intimate details about your life can be damaging to your own dignity.

True

False

Any distressed client, of unknown religion, will benefit from praying to Jesus.

True

False

Making assumptions can lead you to provide care that does not maintain your clients dignity.

True

False

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