title: Options, outcomes, values, likelihoods decision-making guide for patients and their families.
abstract: When family caregivers are faced with making daily decisions, they may feel burdened, frustrated, and even in conflict with other family members. The OOVL Guide is a tool to help people think about the various aspects of a decision situation and combine them to make a decision. The OOVL Guide supports nurses in their advocacy role because it affirms the importance of the clients' values and preferences. The OOVL Guide provides decision-makers, both professionals and lay people, with a structure and procedure for making choices for themselves or others.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis 55455-0342, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hepburn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corcoran-Perry
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lally
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy