Human Life Development

Human Life Development 0
Title: Human Life Development
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Human Life Development 1
Contents
Identification of Four Errors and its Significance......................................................................2
Identification of the Correct Actions for Each Error.................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................6

Human Life Development 2
Identification of Four Errors and its Significance
Therapeutic communication is a form of communication that is used by nurses all
around the world to communicate with the patients and help them in the healing of diseases.
Its aim is to heal the physical and emotional being of the patients. The nurses are committed
and they take care of the patient. There has to be a certain code in which the nurses
communicate and treat their patients. This is called the professional boundaries which the
nurses should not violate. It protects the space and the formal partnership between the nurses
and the clients.
In the given video, the therapeutic communication between the nurse and the patient can
be analyzed and said that the nurse is violating the professional boundaries. There is over-
involvement on the part of the nurse towards the therapeutic treatment that is being given to
the patient. The four errors that can be identified from the video are:
1. There are excessive personal involvement and personal disclosure by the nurse. She is
seen sharing a lot of personal information with the patient irrespective of the fact that
the patient is in what condition of health. It is important for the nurse in therapeutic
communication to show care and respect for the patient. The significance of such an
error is very de-motivating for any patient to recover (Kreps, 2012).
2. Her behavior caused much of the stress to the patient as seen in the video. The patient
was not even able to understand how the nurse was behaving and it was an
unwelcome behavior on the part of the nurse. She talked too quickly on every other
topic that it did not even give time to the patient to respond or ask any questions to
her. It did not even give time to the patient to show that she is going off the topic and
should refrain from doing so. The patient was older in age than the nurse and