Essay On Non Therapeutic Communication
What I have learned about therapeutic communication is that if you listen and interact with the patient in a way that is not threatening to them, they are more likely going to share more information and be more open to answering your questions. What I have learned about non therapeutic communication is that your nonverbal behaviors play a big part in the patient and nurse relationship. What I mean by that is your nonverbal behaviors tell the patient something about you and how you’re feeling when in reality you may or may not feel that way. If the patient sees your nonverbal behaviors and interprets them in a wrong way you and the patient are going to have a hard time communicating with each other. Some ways I can improve upon my nurse- patient
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I saw that summarizing was helpful to the patients because it validate their feelings that they were having and it help the patients know that the nurse understood what was said. Restating seems to be helpful that I saw because it if the patient seem to be having a hard time understanding what the nurse had just asked the nurse would ask the same question in a different way so that the patient can understand. One non therapeutic technique that I saw over and over again was the nurses talking about the patient and laughing some of the time when the patient was right there in the room. I thought this was non therapeutic because the patient may feel like they are being made fun of and in return maybe they will not share as much or not share at all with the nurse. Maybe the nurses don’t mean to be laughing or maybe they are not even laughing about the patient but they should watch their nonverbal behaviors. A way I can advocate for a patient who is the recipient of non-therapeutic communication techniques is that if I see a nurse or a doctor or any health care personnel talking to a patient is to talk to the individual that I saw and pull them aside and let them know what they are portraying to the patient so that the patient can get the best help
I saw that summarizing was helpful to the patients because it validate their feelings that they were having and it help the patients know that the nurse understood what was said. Restating seems to be helpful that I saw because it if the patient seem to be having a hard time understanding what the nurse had just asked the nurse would ask the same question in a different way so that the patient can understand. One non therapeutic technique that I saw over and over again was the nurses talking about the patient and laughing some of the time when the patient was right there in the room. I thought this was non therapeutic because the patient may feel like they are being made fun of and in return maybe they will not share as much or not share at all with the nurse. Maybe the nurses don’t mean to be laughing or maybe they are not even laughing about the patient but they should watch their nonverbal behaviors. A way I can advocate for a patient who is the recipient of non-therapeutic communication techniques is that if I see a nurse or a doctor or any health care personnel talking to a patient is to talk to the individual that I saw and pull them aside and let them know what they are portraying to the patient so that the patient can get the best help