The Nurse Patient Relationship
Nurse Patient Relationship
Nurse-patient relationship
According Cutliffe and McKenna (2005), research, theoretical and educational literature on interpersonal relations between nurses and patients has proliferated since the 1960s. This has generated a range of divergent accounts of what the nurse-patient relationship (NPR) ought to be, how this should be achieved, and how the NPR is constituted in practice. I have chosen the concept of nurse-patient relationship because this relationship is viewed as the essence of nursing practice (Moyle 2003). This essay’s aim is to demonstrate my understanding of the concept of the nurse-patient relationship through utilising relevant literature and relating this to a specific incident in my practice-experience. I will briefly explain an incident which I was involved in prior to identifying and discussing the significant aspect of the incident. Peplau‘s (1953) interpersonal relationship model and Rogers’ (1951) model of Self-Concept in mental health nursing will be used. I will then reflect on my learning and how this will impact on me as a registered mental health nurse. According to Julia and George (2002) a concept is an idea, thought, or notion conceived in the mind. These ideas or thoughts may be experimental or actual, depending on their ability to be observed in the real world. Meleis (2007), on the other hand, defined a concept as a term used to describe a phenomenon or a group of phenomenon. Nursing theories have been defined as reservoirs in which findings that are related to nursing concepts ,such as comfort, healing ,recovering, mobility rest caring enabling fatigue, and family care are stored ( Pearson 2005 ). I have used the pseudonym, Anna, when referring to the patient in order to protect her confidentiality in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (NMC, 2008). I will start on her mental health background, problems, needs and events that led
Nurse-patient relationship
According Cutliffe and McKenna (2005), research, theoretical and educational literature on interpersonal relations between nurses and patients has proliferated since the 1960s. This has generated a range of divergent accounts of what the nurse-patient relationship (NPR) ought to be, how this should be achieved, and how the NPR is constituted in practice. I have chosen the concept of nurse-patient relationship because this relationship is viewed as the essence of nursing practice (Moyle 2003). This essay’s aim is to demonstrate my understanding of the concept of the nurse-patient relationship through utilising relevant literature and relating this to a specific incident in my practice-experience. I will briefly explain an incident which I was involved in prior to identifying and discussing the significant aspect of the incident. Peplau‘s (1953) interpersonal relationship model and Rogers’ (1951) model of Self-Concept in mental health nursing will be used. I will then reflect on my learning and how this will impact on me as a registered mental health nurse. According to Julia and George (2002) a concept is an idea, thought, or notion conceived in the mind. These ideas or thoughts may be experimental or actual, depending on their ability to be observed in the real world. Meleis (2007), on the other hand, defined a concept as a term used to describe a phenomenon or a group of phenomenon. Nursing theories have been defined as reservoirs in which findings that are related to nursing concepts ,such as comfort, healing ,recovering, mobility rest caring enabling fatigue, and family care are stored ( Pearson 2005 ). I have used the pseudonym, Anna, when referring to the patient in order to protect her confidentiality in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (NMC, 2008). I will start on her mental health background, problems, needs and events that led