Case Study about Nursing Assignment 2022

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Introduction
Developing an operative, compassionate and therapeutic association with the patient
is reflected as the most vital or significant aspect of treatment as the patient can express their
issue and concern to the included healthcare provider and lead to beneficial engagement of
the patient and the healthcare providers (Roberts, Fenton & Barnard, 2015). The patients with
learning disabilities cannot interpret of understand the spoken language that is used by the
healthcare providers to communicate with them therefore, it is very essential for the
healthcare providers to develop an effective and therapeutic relationship with the patient and
identify different strategies to communicate with them. This study will emphasize on the
different psycho-social theories, which will be effective in mounting a therapeutic association
with the patient and in turn helping the nurse or the healthcare providers to improve the
health result of the patient (Razzaque & Wood, 2016). This study will also focus on the
model of communication that is majorly used by the healthcare provider to enhance their
relationship with the patient majorly suffering from the learning disabilities.
Description of therapeutic, compassionate and effective relationships when working
with people with learning disabilities
Learning disability is defined as the neurological disorders that results due to the
difference in an individuals’ brain and their incapability to interprets or process any
information. The nurse’s face major difficulties while handling the patient with learning
disabilities because the patient cannot easily understand what the nurse is trying and say and
sometimes misinterpret their directions. Hence, it is very crucial for the nurse to develop a
healthy, effective, compassionate and therapeutic relationship with the patient, which will
help them to treat the patient efficiently (Small et al., 2018). The learning and physical
disabilities have a negative influence on the psychosocial development of the patient and is

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negatively correlated with the interpersonal relationship, self-esteem and adolescent
delinquency. Hence, the nurses or healthcare providers must adapt a psycho-social theory to
overcome from this issue and enhance the interpersonal association with the patient that will
assist them in managing the patient with ease and create a comfortable and healthy
environment for the patient where they can share their concern with the health care provider
(Cooper & Frearson, 2017). The most commonly applied and practiced psycho-social
theories by the nurses to handle the patients suffering from learning disability and creating an
effective therapeutic relationship is Erik Erickson interpersonal theory.
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
Erik Erikson was the famous stage philosopher who considered the psychosexual
theory of Freud’s and had modified his theory into eight significant stages of psychosocial
developmental theory. According to Erik Erikson, ego plays a crucial role in generating a
positive effect in development by comprising skilled idea and attitude towards each specific
stages of development. This theory had covered the complete lifespan of an individual right
from their infancy to their late adulthood and each individual stage has an emergency that
must be set to develop an effective relationship with the patient suffering from learning
disabilities (Jordan & Tseris, 2018).
The principal stage of the Erikson model of human development states the concept of
trust versus mistrust, which will address the infantile experience of an individual. In case of
an individual suffering from learning disability, the initial recovery stage, trust versus
mistrust takes place during the beginning of their disability condition and they accept their
condition and determine the recovery process that will help them in treating their health
condition (Syed & McLean, 2017). The subsequent stage, autonomy versus shame/doubt, is
considered as the second recovery step where the individual suffering from the learning