Case Study Of A Psycological Patient

Running head: psychology
Case Study of a psychological patient
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Authors Note

Case Study of a psycological patient1
Response of the question 1
Therapeutic approach is one of the most appropriate methods for curing the patient
with psychiatric disorders and creating rapport between nurses and patient. According to case
study, nurses must proceed with the talk therapy. Jane’s relationships with her family and her
friends should be taken care of as she is at her adolescence. Nurses should try to make a
reliable as well as professional relationship with the patient. Nurses should take care of her
privacy and basics of treatment. For analysing her condition, they can take help of various
tools or questionnaires such as primary care version of Global Mental Health Assessment
tool. Effective therapeutic communication is the best medium for communicating with the
patient (Arnold & Boggs, 2019). Therapeutic communication includes non-verbal
communication, integration of culture and personal beliefs. Nurses should give time to the
clients for building better communication between them.
Response to question 2
Nurse: Hello, Jane how are you?
Patient: I am fine.
Nurse: Ok. I am Christina and I will take care of you for next few days. So...
Patient: (interrupting her) can you give me a glass of water?
Nurse: Yes. Sure (Passes the glass of water). So can you tell me what do you like to do in
your pass-time?
Patient: (Busy in drinking water and gives no answer)
Nurse: Jane! Can you tell me what your favourite hobby is?
Patient: I like to watch T.V. series.

Case Study of a psycological patient2
Nurse: OK. Do you always watch those series alone or with someone else?
Patient: Yes. I love to watch web series.
Nurse: With whom do you watch those series?
Patient: I like to binge watch with my best friend Natalie.
Nurse: Do you ever visit her place?
Patient:No. I don’t think so that she invited me ever.
Nurse: Are you sure?
Patient: yes (replying with disgust).
Intention of the nurse was to assess her memory and relationship with friends. The
outcome of the conversation was that Jane has lack of mindfulness and difficulties to relate
the immediate past. She denied the fact that she visited Natalie’s houses multiple times.
Response to question 3
Care planfor first 72 hours:
 Nurse should assess the mental condition of health of the patient after making a good
relationship with the patient.
 With the help of talk therapy, nurses can gain the confidence of the client. Showing
empathy can be part of care, as this will make the participant comfortable(N’zi et al.,
2017). She should try to collect all the details of the patient by memory and physical
assessment.
 Nurse can assess the condition of mental health by using diagnostic and statistical
manual for mental disorder (DSM-5). MMSE questionnaires or Folstein test can be