Review this week’s media presentation, as well as Chapter 6 of the Tharpe et al. text and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services article in the Learning Resources. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2012b). Screening tests and vaccines. Retrieved from http://www.womenshealth.gov/screening-tests-andvaccines/screening-tests-for-women/ Research guidelines on screening procedures for CANCER Consider how the guidelines might support your clinical decision-making. Post an explanation of the guidelines on screening procedures for CANCER. Then, explain how the guidelines might support your clinical decision-making.

The Support of Guidelines on Screening Procedures for Cancer in Clinical Decision-Making

Guidelines on the screening procedure can be essential during clinical decision-making. Clinical decision-making is a balance of general best practices, awareness of the current situation and environment, and patient knowledge (Roodbeen et al., 2020). It is about joining the dots to develop an informed decision. Clinical judgment or decision-making includes conclusions about a patient’s status and needs with a determination of a method to implement to meet the best patient needs, including assessing the patient’s response. Decision-making can also be based on the level at which they occur, and they include strategic decisions that set the course of an organization, while tactical decisions are decisions about how things will get done, and operational decisions are decisions that employees develop each day to run the organization. Genetic testing might display if the person has an increased risk of developing some other cancers (Daly et al., 2021). Understanding the risk factors during the screening of cancer helps a doctor to decide whether one could be a benefit from a cancer screening test such as a mammogram or colonoscopy an earlier screening test which is more often than routine screening, or even one can benefit from surgery or medication to lower their cancer risk. Clinical decision-making supports and gives information on time, usually at the point of care to help inform decisions about a patient’s care, and it can effectively improve patient outcomes and lead to improved quality healthcare.

Conclusion

Health education involves voluntary changes in behavior through awareness, knowledge, skills, beliefs, attitudes, and values. In contrast, health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and also improve their overall health. It moves beyond focusing on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions. Health promotion uses approaches/methods such as advocacy (including lobbying), health education, communication for behavioural change, social marketing, social mobilization, information, education and communication. Guidelines on the screening procedures for cancer are essential to patients as they keep them informed on the screening procedures, and they may include understanding one’s risk factors, regularly getting screened, having knowledge of the potential signs and symptoms, genetic test consideration, and adhering to the recommended guidelines for screening. Overall clinical decision-making supports giving information on time, usually at the point of care to help inform decisions about a patient’s care, and it can effectively improve patient outcomes and lead to improved quality healthcare.