Therapeutic Communication and Barriers in Communication

Assessment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Identifybarriers in communication..............................................................................................3
Impact of barriers on communication..........................................................................................4
Therapeutic communication and the principles of effective communication to overcome
barriers.........................................................................................................................................4
Psychosocial and socio political influence on daily lives............................................................5
Health and social care provision..................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The brief study of the report helps to understand about a patient whose name is Edna. She
is 79-year-old who lives in a two bed roomed bungalow on the south coast. Edna is religious type
lady but has faced several difficulties in last 18 months because sheets venous leg ulcers in her
both legs. She has been sociable and independent type lady because still she prepares meals for
herself without taking helps of others but becomes highly dependent on her family and friends
for shopping purpose that shows she often feel loneliness. A month ago, she unable to move
normally due to her left leg ulcer which has inflamed and infected? So, community nurses are
used to visit her for twice weekly so that they can do dressing on her left leg. She has been
socially isolated due because she unable to listen community nurse talks and can’t vision them
properly due to deterioration. She starts to feel socially isolated that causes miss her
independence. Even community nurses resent her to enhance her dependence on her family and
friends. This report helps to understand of therapeutic communication which takes place between
the nurse and the individual patient (Brownie, Scottand Rossiter, 2016).
Identify barriers in communication
On the basis of scenario can understand that Edna is old lady who is used to be
independent but in around 18 months she became dependent on their family and friends for
shopping and other works. It shows has visual problem that is the main reason to dependent on
family. For example, she aged lady so vision deterioration is quite common in this age. That’s
why whenever she goes for shopping and other work then has to dependent on family and
friends. In addition she faces some difficulties while moving here and there because she has got
venous leg ulcer in both sides which make it tends her towards family and friends. When her left
leg ulcer is inflamed and infected in that situation, she unable to go for treatment. Community
nurses are being visited her for twice weekly dressing. That time she felt herself socially isolated
and wants to see community nurses visit because several nurses appears quite communicative
and interested to talk to her but Edna unable to listen them properly. It shows she suffers from
hear deterioration that’s why she can’t her community nurses’ gossips. She always misses her
independence that shows she has stress as well because she wants to independent but to physical
internal and external barriers she become dependent to other. it leads high stress in her mind to
think about family dependence. Due to hear, visual deterioration she used to feel socially isolated