Therapeutic Communication in Healthcare

Running head: DISCUSSION POST
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DISCUSSION POST
Discussion post 1:
Therapeutic communication is one of the crucial skills of health professionals in order to
serve individuals in the community. I believe the author is accurate in stating that a nurse can
gather experience the pain and suffering of the patient by communicating with them regarding
their needs and priorities. As discussed by Martin and Chanda (2016), when a health professional
engages patient in the therapeutic communications before proceeding with the treatment, the
patients feel empowered and safe because of the empathy and transparency health professionals
offer.
In the second part, the author highlighted that therapeutic communications with patients
and families who admitted to the hospital for physical or mental health issues is crucial for the
health professionals. As discussed by O'Leary-Barrett, Pihl and Conrod (2017), alcohol
consumption is influenced by biological environmental and social factors of the individuals,
indicating the issue is deep routed. In that case, the nurse is required to provide education
regarding side effects of alcohol such as liver damage cirrhosis and support family members who
are exposed to high psychological distress.
Discussion post 2:
The author is accurate in suggesting that cardiovascular disease. The author suggested
with the support of the evidence that 1 in 4 deaths in the United States is associated with
cardiovascular disease. However, the sedentary lifestyle highlighted by the author is not only the
reason behind cardiovascular disease. Sidney et al. (2016), stated that being overweight and
unhealthy diet consumptions involving high fat and carb foods and excessive habit of smoking
leads to cardiovascular disease. Therefore, apart from the treatment regarding sedentary

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DISCUSSION POST
lifestyle, as a registered nurse, it is required to focus on the unhealthy food habits of the
individuals over 50 years and supporting the individuals with nutritional strategies and education
with the assistance of government agency.
Discussion post 3:
Qualitative research is one of the most suitable research design in gaining individuals
regarding certain issues (McCusker and Gunaydin, 2015). The author is accurate in stating that
qualitative study helps healthcare professionals to determine the reason behind certain problem
since this research design helps to gain the understanding of values and beliefs of the individuals.
The authors stated that with an article which is quite accurate. However, the author failed to
highlight the potential bias associated with the research. As discussed by Leung (2015), although
the researchers are able to obtain emotional data from the participants, some participants may not
be comfortable to provide accurate answers to the questions which further leads to the
inappropriate result. Moreover, the method is time-consuming and requires skilled individuals to
analyze the result of the collected data (McCusker & Gunaydin, 2015). Therefore, apart from
qualitative research, it is suitable to use a mixed research design involving quantitative and
qualitative both. It will facilitates the method of gaining understanding of the values of the
individuals along with provide the opportunity to justify the knowledge with numerical values.
Discussion post 4:
The author is accurate in stating that in order to implement evidence based practice, both
the qualitative and the quantitative evidence has to collect and appraise. The author stated with
the support of the evidence that qualitative valuable source of knowledge used to make informed
clinical decisions and providing relevant information about healthcare interventions and it is a