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Chapter 10
Developing Therapeutic Relationships
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Types of Relationships
Social Primarily for friendship or task accomplishment Needs are mutually met Communication
- Often superficial- Techniques: advice, meeting dependency
needs
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Intimate Between two individuals with an emotional
commitment to each other Mutual needs met Communication
- Personal information- Intimate desires- Fantasies shared
Types of Relationships, cont.
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Therapeutic Between nurse and client to enhance client
growth Focus on client issues, problems, and concerns Communication
- Therapeutic techniques used to identify and explore
needs, set goals, assist in development of new coping skills, encourage behavioral change
Types of Relationships, cont.
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GenuinenessCongruence
EmpathyUnderstanding ideas expressed and feelings present in the other
Positive RegardImplies respect: attitudes, actions (attending, suspending value judgments)
Helping Clients Develop ResourcesAwareness, encouragement
Factors Enhancing Growth in Others
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Relationship slips into a social contextNurse behavior meets personal needs at expense of
client: Underhelping Overhelping Controlling Narcissism Transference Countertransference
Boundary Blurring
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Preorientation - Planning for the first interaction with client - Identifying nurse concerns Orientation - Compressed due to short hospitalizations; longer
in community-based care - Issues: trust, parameters of relationship, contract,
confidentiality, termination
Phases of the Nurse-Client Relationship
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Working- Tasks:
Maintain relationship Gather further data Promote client problem-solving skills, self-esteem and
communication Facilitate behavioral change Overcome resistance behaviors Evaluate problems and goals and redefine prn Practice and express alternative adaptive behaviors
Phases of the Nurse-Client Relationship, cont.
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Termination- Deal with intense feelings regarding the experience- Summarize goals and objectives achieved- Review client plans for future- Finalize termination
Phases of the Nurse-Client Relationship, cont.
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Phases of therapeutic and nontherapeutic relationships
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Consistent, regular, and private interactions with client- Consistency in assigned nurse- Regular routine of activities
Being honest and congruent Letting client set the pace Listening to client concerns Positive initial attitudes and preconceptions Promoting client comfort and balancing control Client demonstrating trust and actively participating in
relationship
Factors Beneficial to Relationships
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Lack of nurse availability or lack of contact Lack of nurse self-awareness Nurse negative feelings about client
Factors Hampering Relationships
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