NURS 3554 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Therapeutic Relationship, Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing, Bipolar Disorder
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Basis of all psychiatric nursing treatment approaches. Therapeutic use of self completely mirror a nurse. Help individual identify themselves and stressful feelings that they can. You bring all of you to the relationship not for your needs but to actually promote forward growth for pts (help project them for continuing well being) Meaning: you are going to take your experiences and yourself you have a unique way of being you (how you view world, talent, gift, skills) so you"re not going to be able to. If you have a positive therapeutic relationship with pt then that is one of the best. Facilitate communication of distressing thoughts and feelings. Help patient examine self-defeating behaviors and test alternatives. Boundaries = look at relationship is therapeutic not social. Help them come to determine what might help themselves. What have you tried in the past what might help you try now predictions of your pts outcome.
