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Nurses’ and Patients’ Communication and Interactions Report

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Added on  2019-11-20

Nurses’ and Patients’ Communication and Interactions Report

   Added on 2019-11-20

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NURSES’ AND PATIENTS’ COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS 1NURSES’ AND PATIENTS’ COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONSStudent’s NameCourseProfessor’s NameInstitutionDate
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NURSES’ AND PATIENTS’ COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS 2Nurses’ and Patients’ Communication and InteractionsEffective communication and interaction between a nurse and the patient is important in healthcare. It is often linked to desirable outcomes associated with patient compliance with medical advice and patient satisfaction. For this to be achieved, nurses need to understand and assist their patients while demonstrating kindness, courtesy and sincerity. They are also expectedto devote some time to interact and communicate with their patients and meet patients’ communication needs. In mental health, therapeutic communication enables practitioners to establish good relations with their clients, to identify patients’ worries and needs and determine their perceptions (Silverman, Kurtz and Draper 2016).Carl Roger’s Person-Centered ModelThis model uses an approach that considers the individual clients as subjects of their own therapy. According to Roger, a person is endowed with the strength of self-actualization upon using this model. With this personal perception of the power they hold, they can provide a solution for difficult conditions facing them as long as there is an enabling external environment.A conducive atmosphere is created by smooth interactions and communication between practitioners and patients. This implies that each individual has the tendency to develop and reach a particular level of actualization. A conducive and facilitating environment is required to have a person assess their self-defeating characters and level of wisdom they possess as well as having an effective interaction with the therapist. For this to be a success, Rogers identifies three conditions: Congruence, Empathy and Unconditional Positive Regard (Bach and Grant 2015).Congruence
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NURSES’ AND PATIENTS’ COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS 3According to Rogers, a therapist ought to have a genuine attitude towards a client’s thoughts and feelings and should be willing to help under all circumstances. They are expected tobe always transparent and never to hold the idea that they are superior to their clients. In my ownopinion, such an attitude raises a high level of confidence and self-esteem in a patient’s judgmentof self. Consequently, a trusting relationship with the therapist is fostered. Disregarding this would only render the interaction process ineffective (Rogers 2013).Unconditional Positive RegardIn his theory, Rogers said that the therapist should always be non-judgmental and have complete acceptance of the client’s feelings and perception of the world. This should be devoid of whatever differences that could be existing between them socially or culturally. It requires a health practitioner to have unconditional acceptance of a client’s values, behaviors and desires and experience them regardless of their crimes, flaws and moral disparities (McCabe and Timmins 2013).EmpathyThis refers to the ability of a therapist to have some positive sensitivity and appreciation towards a client’s world, their perception of recovery and communicating their feelings to the client. This helps in conveying a special meaning of their relationship to the client and eventuallystrengthening their relationship towards a therapeutic movement.A nurse can apply this model byactively listening to a client through all forms of bodily, verbal and non-verbal communications (Bryan,Lindo, Anderson-Johnson and Weaver 2015).Brief, Ordinary, Effective Model by Crawford, Brown and Boham.
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