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NUR 201
Chapter 6
Question | Answer |
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Therapeutic use of self | The ability to use one's personality consciously and in full awareness in an attempt to establish relatedness and to structure nursing intervention. |
Therapeutic interpersonal relationship | The process by which nurses provide care for clients in need of psychosocial intervention. Goal oriented |
Interpersonal communication techniques | The tools of psychosocial intervention |
Human-to-Human Relationship | "mutually significant experience" |
Rapport | Special feelings on the part of both the client and the nurse based on acceptance, warmth, friendliness, common interest, a sense of trust, and a nonjudgmental attitude. |
Trust | To trust another, one must feel confidence in that person's presence, reliability, integrity, veracity, and sincere desire to provide assistance when requested. |
Concrete Thinking | Thinking that is focused on specifics rather than generalities and immediate issues rather than eventual outcomes. |
Respect | Unconditional positive regard |
Genuineness | The ability to be open, honest and, "real" |
Empathy | A process wherein an individual is able to see beyond outward behavior and sense accurately another's inner experience at a given point in time. Focused on relieving personal distress. |
Sympathy | The process of actually "sharing" what another person is feeling and experiencing a need to alleviate distress. Allows the client to achieve personal resolution. |
Preorientation Phase | Explore self-perceptions |
Orientaion (Introductory) Phase | The nurse and client become acquainted. |
Working Phase | Promote client change |
Termination | Evaluate goal attainment and ensure therapeutic closure. |
Transference | When the client unconsciously attributes (or "transfers") Feelings and behavioral predispositions formed toward a person from his or her past. |
Countertransference | The nurse's behavioral and emotional response to the client. |
Meterial Boundaries | Physical properties that can be seen |
Social Boundaries | Esatablished within a culture and define how individuals are expected to behave in social situations. |
Personal Boundaries | Boundaries that individuals define for themselves. |
Profesional Boundaries | Boundaries that limit and outline expectations for appropriate professional relationships with clients |
Territoriality | The innate tendancy to own space |
Density | The number of people within a given environmental space |
Intimate Distance | Reserved for interactions that are intimate in nature. 0-18 inches |
Personal Distance | Reserved for interactions that are personal in nature. 18-40 inches |
Social Distance | Conversations with strangers or acquaintences. 4-12 feet |
Public Distance | Speaking in public or yelling to someone some distance away. Exceeds 12 feet |
Paralanguage | Vocal cues, or, the gestural component of the spoken word. |
Functional-Professional Touch | Impersonal and businesslike |
Social-Polite Touch | Rather impersonal, but conveys a sesne of acceptance or affirmation of another person. |
Friendship-Warmth Touch | Indicates a strong liking for the other person-a feeling that he or she is a friend. |
Love-Intimacy Touch | Conveys an emotional attachement or attraction for another person. |
Sexual Arousal Touch | An expression of physical attraction only. |
Accepting | "Yes, I understand what you said." |
Giving recognition | "I see you made your bed" |
Offering self | "I'll stay with you awhile" |
Giving Broad Openings | "What would you like to talk about today" |
Placing the event in time or sequence | "Was this before or after" "When did this happen" |
Making Observations | "I notice you are pacing alot" |
Encouraging description of perceptions | "Tell me what is happening now" |
Restating | Client: "I can't study. My mind keeps racing" Nurse: "You have trouble concentrating." |
Reflecting | Client: "What do you think I should do?" Nurse: "What do YOU think you should do" |
Focusing | "This point seems point seems worth looking at more closely. Perhaps you and I can discuss it tgether" |
Seeking clarification and validation | "I'm not sure that I understand. Would you please explain." |
Presenting reality | "I understand that the voices seem real to you, but I do not hear any voices." |
Voicing doubt | I understand that you believe that to be true, but I find it hard to accept." |
Verbalizing the implied | Client: "I can't talk to anyone" Nurse: "Are you feeling that no one understands" |
Attempting to translate words into feelings | Client: "I'm way out in the ocean" Nurse: "You must be feeling very lonely right now" |
Formulating a plan of action | "What could you do to let your anger out harmlessly?" |
Giving reassurance | "Everything will be alright" |
Rejecting | "Lets not discuss....." |
Agreeing or Disagreeing | "I aggree" or "I disagree" |
Giving advice | "I think you should..." |
Probing | "Tell me how your mother abused you when you were a child" |
Defending | "No one here would lie to you" |
Requesting an explanation | "Why" |
Indicating the excistance of an external source of power | "What made you do that" |
Belittling Feelings Expressed | "Everybody gets down in the dumps sometimes. I feel that way myself sometimes" |
Making stereotyped comments | "Keep your chin up" Emtpy conversation |
Using denial | Client: "I'm nothing" Nurse: "Of course you're something. Everybody is something |
Interpreting | "What you really mean is...." |
Introducing an unrealated topic" | Client: "I don't have anything to live for" Nurse: "Did you have visitors this weekend?" |