Nurs 207 - Professional Identity and Relational Practice Flashcards
List the 5 C’s of Relational Inquiry
Compassion Curious Commitment Competence Correspondence
Define Curious
Being inquisitive and interested and open to uncertainty
Define Commitment
Active and conscious assessment of values, ensuring actions are aligned with values
Define Competence
Performing without causing harm, knowing own knowledge and skills
Define Correspondence
Relating to people in a way that is meaningful for them
Define Compassion
To share in suffering and be present
How do nurses engage in compassionate care?
Through their speech and body language and through their efforts to understand and care about others health-care needs
Compassionate definition according to CNA
The ability to recognize and be aware of the suffering and vulnerability of another, coupled with the commitment to respond with competence, knowledge, and skill
Compassionate care results in…
Higher patient care satisfaction
Higher levels of staff satisfaction
Better health outcomes for patients
Define Integrity in Nursing
from Code of Ethics
Adherence to moral norms that is sustained over time. Implicit integrity is soundness, trustworthiness, and the consistency of convictions, actions and emotions
Relational practice is…
a holistic approach to care
Define Relational Inquiry
An approach to nursing practice that allows the nurse the ability to better understand the nurse-patient context beyond the surface
- about nursing competence in its fullest sense
Define Relational Practice
Conscious participation with clients using listening, questioning, empathy, mutuality, reciprocity, self-observation, reflection, and a sensitivity to emotional contexts
- respectful approach to nursing
Relational Inquiry vs Relational Practice
Inquiry - the why/what we need to do
Practice - how we do it
Relational Practice is
the skilled action of respectful, compassionate, and authentically interested inquiry
