Nurse-Patient Relationship

Question 1

What are the components of nonverbal communication

Answer 1

• Proxemics: personal space
• Kinesics: body language
• Haptics: communication through touch
• Position: how you hold and move your body
• Proximity; distance between people

Question 2

What are the components of para-verbal communication

Answer 2

tone, volume and cadence

Question 3

Name the three stages of nurse patient relationship

Answer 3

orientation, working and termination

Question 4

what happens during the orientation phase

Answer 4

• focusing on the patient’s needs and concerns while specifying the purpose and goal
• delineate nurse’s and patient roles and discussing the different phases, especially the termination phase

Question 5

What happens during the working phase

Answer 5

Change vs. stabilization with in depth data collection looking at the issues that are manageable/changeable

Question 6

What happens during the termination phase

Answer 6

• evaluating the summary of progress
• synthesizing results by reviewing outcomes of the relationship and encouraging future therapeutic relationships
• getting referrals
• discuss termination to include the nurse patient relationship