Mental Health Nursing

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Therapeutic Communication in Psychiatric Nursing

INTRODUCTION

 THERAPEUTIC NURSE-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

Therapeutic Use of Self

Requirements for Therapeutic Relationship

Phases of a Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

CONTEXT OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION

Values, attitudes, and beliefs.

 Culture or religion

Social status

 Gender

Age or developmental level

The environment

Proxemics: Use of Space

Nonverbal Communication: Body Language

Components of nonverbal communication

THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES

THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING

Goals are often achieved through use of the problem-solving model:

LISTENING TO THE PATIENT

Several nonverbal behaviors have been designed to facilitate attentive listening.

Process Recordings

Feedback is useful when it

Nontherapeutic Communication Techniques

CONCLUSION

References

  1. Stuart GW, Lararia MT. Principles and practices of psychiatric nursing (8th edn) Mosby publications; Missouri, 2005.
  2. Epstein RM, Borrell F, Caterina M . Communication and mental health in primary care. In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (Edrs. Gelder MG, López-Ibor JJ, Andreasen NC), Oxford University Press, 2000.

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