The Importance Of Therapeutic Relationships
Relationships are very important in our everyday life; they connect people with one another. These relationships do not happen overnight but they take a lot of time. It is important that in order for a relationship to be healthy it should be based on trust, respect, honesty and integrity (Ezine Articles 2010).
As stated by McCormack (1997), the therapeutic relationship between the nurse and the patient is the core of the nursing profession. Therapeutic relationships are different from social and intimate relationships because they focus more on what the patient needs, on the experiences that the patients passed through and also on the patient’s feelings and ideas. These relationships between the nurse and their patients are goal oriented because …show more content…
When I was admitted as a patient in hospital, I could notice the difference between one nurse and another. I was more rigid and kind of unfriendly to the nurses that used to come near me angry and not smiling to me. On the other hand, I was more open to the other nurses that used to come and sit down near me and with a friendly smile ask me if they can help me with something.
O’Brien (2001), points out that the origins of the therapeutic relationships go back to the beginning of the institutional care. Yet, as MaCabe and Priebe in 2004 stated; more efforts are being put lately in consideration of these …show more content…
Throughout this relationship the nurse and the patient work together in order to accomplish health related targets (Arnold & Underman Boggs, 2011). Each therapeutic relationship is different, it can take only few hours or minutes a day or it can be extended over a span of weeks and months. Whether this relationship is in the beginning, middle or at the end, it should be really substantial and purposeful (Arnold & Underman Boggs, 2011; Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO), 2006). In a research that was carried out by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) in 2006, documented that the therapeutic relationships have a really optimistic influence on the patient’s health outcomes and
As stated by McCormack (1997), the therapeutic relationship between the nurse and the patient is the core of the nursing profession. Therapeutic relationships are different from social and intimate relationships because they focus more on what the patient needs, on the experiences that the patients passed through and also on the patient’s feelings and ideas. These relationships between the nurse and their patients are goal oriented because …show more content…
When I was admitted as a patient in hospital, I could notice the difference between one nurse and another. I was more rigid and kind of unfriendly to the nurses that used to come near me angry and not smiling to me. On the other hand, I was more open to the other nurses that used to come and sit down near me and with a friendly smile ask me if they can help me with something.
O’Brien (2001), points out that the origins of the therapeutic relationships go back to the beginning of the institutional care. Yet, as MaCabe and Priebe in 2004 stated; more efforts are being put lately in consideration of these …show more content…
Throughout this relationship the nurse and the patient work together in order to accomplish health related targets (Arnold & Underman Boggs, 2011). Each therapeutic relationship is different, it can take only few hours or minutes a day or it can be extended over a span of weeks and months. Whether this relationship is in the beginning, middle or at the end, it should be really substantial and purposeful (Arnold & Underman Boggs, 2011; Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO), 2006). In a research that was carried out by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) in 2006, documented that the therapeutic relationships have a really optimistic influence on the patient’s health outcomes and