Week 6

Question 1

What is a therapeutic relationship?

Answer 1

It is a professional, interpersonal alliance in which the nurse and client join together for a defined period to achieve health-related treatment goals

It requires planning

The goals of a therapeutic relationship vary, but they are always client focused.

Question 2

What is the goal of a client-nurse relationship?

Answer 2

It is to help the client achieve and maintain optimal health

Question 3

What are the 5 main components of the nurse client relationship?

Answer 3

Trust

Respect

Professional intimacy

Empathy

Power

Question 4

What are the 4 CNO standard statements? Explain them

Answer 4

Therapeutic communication-> using a wide range of effective communication strategies and interpersonal skills to appropriately establish, maintain, re-establish, and terminate the nurse-client relationship

client centered care- nurses work with client to ensure that all professional behaviours and actions meet the therapeutic needs of the client

protecting the client from abuse - nurses protect the client from harm by ensuring that the abuse is prevented, or stopped and reported

Maintaining boundaries- nurses are responsible for effectively establishing and maintaining the limits of boundaries in the therapeutic nurse-client relationship

Question 5

What are the different forms of abuse characterized by the CNO

Answer 5

Neglect

Physical

Verbal/emotional

Financial

Sexual

Question 6

Define professional boundaries

Answer 6

It represents invisible structures and limitations imposed by legal, ethical and professional standards that respects both nurse and client rights.

It guides professional behaviour

Question 7

What standard from the CNO would you use to avoid crossing boundaries?

Answer 7

The decision tree