NURSE-PATIENT

Nurse-Patient Relationship

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Nurse-Patient Relationship

Introduction

The nurse-patient relationship is a foundation of nursing practice because patients experience improved care when their needs are fully considered. The nurse-patient relationship involves functioning within the limitations of the purpose of the relationship (e.g., purpose, place, and time of meetings/interaction established), therapeutic behaviors (e.g., self-awareness; respectful, genuine warmth; empathy; cultural sensitivity; collaborative goal setting; and responsible, ethical practice), and recognition of the roles of the participants, and appreciation of patient confidentiality and the right to privacy.

The nurse-patient relationship requires that the nurse effectively communicates information to the patient, but it also requires that the nurse listen well to understand the patient's needs and concerns, discern what information is most important and useful to the patient, and provide information in a way that is understandable to the patient. Establishing nurse-patient relationships occurs in all settings in which nurse's care for patients, including inpatient, outpatient, and homecare settings (Sheldon, 2009, pp. 59-63).

Importance of Nurse-Patient Relationship

Establishing a positive nurse-patient relationship promotes high-quality patient care by the following means:

Promoting patient trust, this can reduce the patient's anxiety and improve patient communication and adherence to the plan of care.

Promoting clear communication between the nurse and patient can result in more effective patient teaching and help patient's voice concerns and questions about their care.

Improved communication promotes more effective patient care, potentially reducing patient complications and conserving hospital resources.

Clear post-discharge care instructions promote successful in-home care, which can improve patient outcomes and reduce the rate of hospital readmission.

Communication in Nursing

The most important element that strengthens nurse-patient relationship is nursing communication. The work may become increasingly easier as medical personnel learn to communicate better with patients and their families, staff members and strangers with whom they share everyday circumstances and efforts. To the extent that medical personnel gain experience in establishing a climate conducive to harmony and welfare of the patient, have advanced enough to reduce anxiety and increase confidence. For all that must be taken into account that nursing plays an important part in the communication process. In daily life and practice of nursing, communications can be effective, productive exchanges or cause confusion and dismay (Orlando, 1990, pp. 26-31). The art of communication is an essential component in the lives of health workers. I consider the nurse-patient relationship is fundamental to nursing practice because I feel it is very important to the recovery of the patient's health. I am going to be discussing Peplau's model of nursing as well as using it to talk about an experience I had to practice.

Pepau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations

The assumption of the model focused on the development of the therapeutic relationship as the basic process and sought to provide a relationship that might cause a person to remain healthy. To do this in an orderly manner means that nurses must learn to use the anxiety experienced by a patient or a relative to help them understand what these problems were and how these problems can be solved. Peplau believed that the nurse patient relationship was ...