Nursing 1170A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Therapeutic Relationship, Professional Boundaries, Intentionality
2 Mar 2016
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Nature of the nurse-client relationship is unique; differs from social, collegial, and family relationships. The therapeutic nurse-client relationship is a mutual learning experience based on the underlying humanity of nurse and client with mutual respect and acceptance of personal differences: nurse also learns through experiences and learn about themselves as well. It is a partnership that results in the client"s growth. Central to all nursing practice: an expectation for all nurses. A therapeutic relationship is a professional, interpersonal alliance the nurse and client join together for a defined period (set by boundaries) to achieve health-related treatment goals . Proven through health results to have significantly better outcomes. Cno elements of the therapeutic relationship: trust, respect, professional intimacy, empathy, power and empower. Presence: being physically and mentally there must remember to treat the person as a human being, not an object of disease.
