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NUR 2488 Week 2 discussion :Discuss nurse-client relationship and the use of therapeutic communication as an important part of that relationship
NUR 2488 Week 2 discussion Discuss nurse-client relationship and the use of therapeutic communication as an important part of that relationship
Week 2 discussion
The Nurse-Client
Relationship
In this discussion, we’ll talk about the nurse-client
relationship and the use of therapeutic communication as an important part of
that relationship. Please answer the following questions:
What are your concerns or fears about mental health nursing
in general? Are you interested in mental health nursing, or do you approach the
topic with some anxiety?
What do you feel are essential aspects of a good
nurse-client relationship?
Please include an example of how you established good
rapport and a good professional relationship with a patient in the work or
clinical setting. What nonverbal and verbal techniques did you use in this
relationship?
Ethics, the principles and moral norms that control human behavior and decision making, is a basic requirement in today’s modern world which has many benefits in our social and professional life (1). Adhering to ethical codes is essential to healthcare providers because they care for different patients with unique characteristics and needs (2). Therefore, nurses, as the largest branch of healthcare providers, are required to have regard to ethical standards for delivering care professionally in various fields (3). Furthermore, the Medical Ethics Committee of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as the Nursing Organization revised ethical codes during two years and considered ethical codes as an educational credit in the nursing curriculum (4). One of the most significant sections of ethical behavior is communication (2, 4). Communication is a complicated phenomenon with different types that plays an important role in providing ethical care (5, 6). The main type of communication, therapeutic communication between healthcare provider and patient, is an important subject in nursing literature (7–9). Although this subject is an old one, recent advances in the field of healthcare and patient centered care approach, has increased therapeutic communication importance (10, 11). Furthermore, this concept is considered in the charter of patients’ rights to gain patient cooperation (11). Nursing students who will become future nurses should establish effective interactions with patients to deliver holistic and quality care (12). But, many studies in Asian countries like Iran and china and some European countries such as the United Kingdom and even the USA have shown the inadequacy of therapeutic communication between nursing students and patients (13–22). The short period of time that nurses and nursing students spend during their superficial relationship with the patient is often limited to decreasing physical problems and not providing psychological care (21, 23). Nursing students considered therapeutic communication as one of the most stressful tasks in replacements (24, 25). Moreover, bachelor nursing students declared the decreasing level of therapeutic communication during their study course and they consider it as one of the least important components of nursing (20, 26, 30).
Nursing student-patient interaction failure leads to misinterpretation of information and patient damage which reduces nursing care quality as well as patient satisfaction, and creates a negative attitude in patients (27, 30, 31). Furthermore, poor nursing student-patient encounters are associated with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and lack of success in nursing students (25, 32). In different studies regarding nursing student and patient relations, some authors didn’t provide a clear definition of therapeutic communication in nursing students and confined their work to explain its outcomes in patients or healthcare provider (32, 33). Also, researches regarding nursing student therapeutic communication with patients are limited (34). As therapeutic communication is a vague and multifactorial concept which has lots of benefits for both parties (12, 35, 36), it is important that nursing educators search for ways to promote deep understanding of therapeutic communication in nursing students, and ensure that the nursing students are capable of establishing communication effectively with patients at the clinical rotations and after graduation (37–39). Therefore, the researchers decided to elucidate this concept by a proper concept development approach for answering research question: What is the definition of nursing student-patient therapeutic communication in various studies?
NUR 2488 Week 2 discussion Discuss nurse-client relationship and the use of therapeutic communication as an important part of that relationship Grading Rubric Guidelines
Performance Category | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
Scholarliness
Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic decisions. |
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Performance Category | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
Application of Course Knowledge –
Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations |
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Performance Category | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Interactive Dialogue
Replies to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week, and posts a minimum of two times in each graded thread, on separate days. (5 points possible per graded thread) |
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Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week. |
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Grammar, Syntax, APA
Note: if there are only a few errors in these criteria, please note this for the student in as an area for improvement. If the student does not make the needed corrections in upcoming weeks, then points should be deducted. Points deducted for improper grammar, syntax and APA style of writing. The source of information is the APA Manual 6th Edition |
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Total Participation Requirements
per discussion thread |
The student answers the threaded discussion question or topic on one day and posts a second response on another day. | The student does not meet the minimum requirement of two postings on two different days | |||
Early Participation Requirement
per discussion thread |
The student must provide a substantive answer to the graded discussion question(s) or topic(s), posted by the course instructor (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week. | The student does not meet the requirement of a substantive response to the stated question or topic by Wednesday at 11:59 pm MT. |