Finals Flashcards
What Does Compassion in Nursing Practice Exactly Mean?
The broad definition of compassion is….
“sympathetic pity or concern for the sufferings or misfortune of others.”
Being compassionate in nursing means developing?
Trusting relationship
What are the 6 key skills A Nurse must have for Delivering compassionate Care?
Resilience
Confidence
Cultural Awareness
Critical Thinking
Excellent Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Nurses who participate in activities to explore others’ perspectives and their personal values become capable of maintaining resilience.
• This makes it possible to harness emotions and intentionally pursue compassionate practices.
RESILIENCE
• Therapeutic communication is an excellent tool for demonstrating compassion in nursing.
• Nurses who learn how to effectively communicate with patients and their loved ones can have a significant impact on their patients’ well-being and play an integral role in improving patient outcomes.
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION
• When you develop an awareness of your emotions and the emotions of others, you can provide more compassionate nursing care.
• Nurses with this typically find it easier to handle interpersonal relationships with patients and coworkers.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
CONFIDENCE
Nurses who are confident in their abilities and feel like what they do matters feel comfortable showing compassion.
Confident nurses create caring environments within healthcare organizations conducive to improved nurse-patient relationships and patient outcomes.
Confidence
• One of the most important but often underappreciated classes nursing students take is Cultural Competencies.
• Nurses who take the time to get to know their patients and approach care with compassionate consideration of their cultural beliefs and preferences can augment positive nurse-patient relationships.
CULTURAL AWARENESS
When you think of compassionate care in nursing, critical thinking may not be the first thing to come to mind.
However, nurses who demonstrate the ability to solve problems quickly and think critically find ways to deliver compassionate nursing care to patients and their families.
Patients who receive care from nurses they feel are capable of making critical decisions often leave positive reviews when asked about patient satisfaction and care.
CRITICAL THINKING
Give all Effective Communication skills that is important to nursing
Effective Communication Skills
- Verbal Communication
- Nonverbal Communication
- Active Listening
- Written Communication
- Presentation Skills
- Making Personal Connections
- Patient Education
- Trust
Therapeutic Communication
✓ Active Listening
✓ Using Silence
✓ Accepting
✓ Giving recognition
✓ Offering Self
✓ Giving Broad Openings/Open-Ended Questions
✓ Seeking Clarification
✓ Placing the Event in Time or Sequence
✓ Making Observations
✓ Encouraging description perception
✓ Encouraging Comparison
Statement based on observed facts that explains or characterizes a process, an occurrence, or an events by cannot be proved directly or absolutely as a fact.
Theory
what theory did Abraham Maslow make?
- Abraham Maslow’s theory states that certain internal, external, physical, and psychological needs are common to all people.
- Common needs are arranged in a hierarchy.
- Unmet needs create tension, which motivates the person to react to meet the need.
- When needs are met, the person is no longer aware of the need, and the need (now met) no longer motivates them.
Human needs theory
Give the Moslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Self-actualization
Esteem
Love/belongings
Safety
Physiological
Interpersonal Relations Theory
• Nurses who work with adult or child psychiatric patients are more likely to use Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory as a basis for developing a therapeutic relationship with the patient.
• The relationship that is developed has certain parameters and is the major part of the treatment.
Hildegard peplau, Interpersonal Relations Theory