Chapter 40: Introduction to the global context of nursing

Activity 40.1: Health beliefs

There is no template answer for points one and two as these are an individual reflection.

You can ensure that the care you deliver to a patient always respects their health beliefs by asking the patient questions, listening to their views and developing their prescription for care based upon this. So, following an APIE approach:

  • When assessing a patient’s needs ask them about their health beliefs just as you would do if you wanted to find information about any other issue.
  • When planning a patient’s care involve them in deciding the goals they wish to achieve and how these are going to be achieved.
  • When implementing a patient’s care enable them to be an active partner in the process, so they are as fully involved as possible and understand all actions.
  • When evaluating a patient’s care ask the patient for their views upon how successful their prescription for care has been.