Psychiatric Nursing Flashcards
Refresher Course
Goal of nurse-client relationship
Positive behavioral change
when does therapeutic relationsip begin?
Orientation phase
The only tool available for the nurse?
Self
therapeutic behaviors: with sincerity and honety
Genuineness
therapeutic behaviors: ability to identify client’s feelings
Concreteness
therapeutic behaviors: consideration of px as unique being
Respect
Elements of Therapeutic relationship
“TRUST”
Trust
Rapport
Unconditional positive regard
Set limit
Therapeutic use of selfq
When is trust established?
Sharing
No contact, secondary source of informations are used and practice of self awareness is done
Pre-interaction phase
Orientation phase
Establish trust
Assessment of client
Establish mutual agreement
Inform about termination
Longest phase, Achieve goals and resolve problems
Working phase
Termination phase
Moving towards independence
What to observe in termination phase?
Observe for regressive behaviors
and repeat reassess, remodify
dynamic process of exchanging information
Therapeutic comm
factors that inhibits communication process
barriers: Noise, environment
let me sit here with you for 5 mins
Offering self
“ah huh, yes, and?”
Active listening
“You said its the best, can you describe her?”
Exploring
“Where would you like to begin?”
Broad openings
I noticed you combed your hair?
Making observations
to know illusion and hallucination
Encouraging description of Perception
with stimuli
Illusions
Without stimuli and senses are affected
Hallucinations
Most dangerous hallucination
Auditory and hearing as it can command
“What are these voices telling you?”
Encouraging description of perception
“I know that voices are real, but there are no voices here”
Presenting reality
Do you mean….
Seeking clarification
“will I leave my wife?”
“Will it help you? If you leave your wife?”
Reflecting
“I am down”
“Are you depressed?”
Restating
Tell me more
General leads
Let us look at it more closely
Focusing
Physical distance between nurse and client
3-6 feet or 1 arm and a half
proxemics
body movements like gestures, facial expression
Kinetics
intimate physical contact that needs CONSENT
conveys empathy
touch
non verbal comm, touch is contraindicated with?
Rape clients, aggressive clients
Conveys listening, interest and encourages the pt to talk
Silence
how the message is delivered
voice quality
Paralanguage
Non thera
Giving advice
Talking about self
Telling the client what is WRONG
False reasssurance
Asking “why”
Non thera comm that loses the trust of the pt
False reasssurance
Exception of the word why
Suicidal patients