Chapter 6 Therapeutic communication Flashcards
Berlo’s model
sender
message
channel
reciever
The therapeutic interpersonal relationship
nurses provide care for clients in need of psychosocial intervention
Therapeutic use of self
ability to use personality consciously to try to establish relatedness and add structure to nursing interventions
Conditions needed for a therapeutic relationship
rapport
trust
genuineness
empathy
Phases of the therapeutic nurse client relationship
pre-orientation
orientation
working
termination
orientation phase
establish a contract gather data create nursing diagnosis set goals develop a plan
transferance
transfers feelings about another person from their past onto the nurse
Countertransferance
emotional behavior of the nurse in response to the client
Intimate distance
0-18 in
personal distance
18-40 in
social distance
4-12 feet
public distance
> 12 feet
nonverbal communication %
70-80% of all communication
“contact” cultures
france, latin america, italy
“non-contact” cultures
germany, USA, Canada