Hi, and welcome back to the course vigilance during the hospital stay have loved one. We are in the outline for part three which has to do with intuition patience, cooperation and communication. intuition. One aspect of managing and caring for a loved one is simple intuition. According to the well known Indian philosopher jiddu Krishnamurti, intuition is the whisper of the soul. And intuition can be the patient's own intuition or that of a relative friend or visitor that comes to visit the patient, or even that of the medical staff attending the patient.

Intuition is of course, a gut feeling of something good or bad. That is about to happen it may have to do also with the past or present. By this definition, intuition cannot be taught or learned. It is either present or not present intuition may probably be existing but we may not give it much of importance. Now, patient cooperation, cooperation from part of the patient with the medical staff is essential for his or her well being. One minute aspect of patient cooperation is compliance with treatment.

Mean compliant to the therapy regimen is better accomplished in the hospital setting than in the outpatient setting. The reason simply being that nurses are always aware and make sure that they are present when our while the patient takes the medication that the nurses administer whether it is oral, IV or other forms of administration, dealing with diagnosis, especially for those with terminally ill patients or those diagnosed with the cancer aggressive form of illness is challenging. It may be the cause of non cooperation towards the treatment. This may be a sensitive topic as the patient's comfort and choices and rights of freedom have to be taken into consideration since many times this treatment is not a fun process. And that times it's actually painful or uncomfortable or with side effects such as loss of hair, loss of weight and loss of voice. No cooperation with physical therapy and occupational therapy.

Also play plays a great role in the recovery of the patient if not completely back to what we call normal, but at least to a new normal or a new balance. cooperation is also essential for the sake of diet for a fast recovery. Now, procedures that help with diagnosis also need the cooperation of patients so as to not to move or to remain in a certain position and to follow directions during the procedure or test. Since clear images. Accurate reserves are aspects that will help with an accurate diagnosis. Now let's get to communication.

Communication brings about information that has been unknown to the patient. To the medical staff. This extra bit of information or new information may lead to a positive change in the outcome of the patient's prognosis, diagnosis or treatment. It never hurts to ask. The worst that could happen is getting a no for an answer. And thus, surprisingly, that too may just be what one needs to hear even if one does not want to hear it.

George Bernard Shaw once said that the single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. Communication also deals with attitudes. We all have our days when it is rough, or when we lose our patience. These are the times where we have to keep our attitudes in check. With the right attitude, agreements or disagreements about a certain procedure or treatment can take place. There will be times that patient signatures are required for certain decisions such as opting out of a treatment plan directed by medical staff, the patients have the right to an informed decision.

Communication also allows for discussion to happen with doctors about his or her expertise, abilities and experience along with qualifications. Finally, it all comes down to decisions that are made as a result of those communications. And with this, we end the third part in the course