Write a reflection on a mental health theory class and nursing clinical experience. Write about
the following concepts below like therapeutic relationship and therapeutic communication and
how they helped during your clinical rotation at skilled nursing facility working with Dementia
and Alzheimer’s patients as a nursing student.. And also write about what you learned attending
community service, which was attending 6 Alcoholic anonymous AA meetings and the Describe,
the purpose of a 12-step program as it relates to relapse prevention.
Reflects on current theory and clinical class with concepts and theories using the Program
Learning Outcomes
Therapeutic relationship
These are some ideas to include when talking about therapeutic relationships
- Discuss personal qualities of warmth, genuineness, openness, empathy, respect,
autonomy in a nurse-patient relationship. - Identify external factors that can impact communication.
Therapeutic Communication
Write about some of these when communicating with patients - Identify personal and environmental factors that can impede communication.
- Discuss the differences between verbal and nonverbal communication, and identify
examples of nonverbal communication. - Identify attending behaviors the nurse might focus on to increase communication skills
Talk about the following effective communication techniques
Silence allows time for meaningful reflections
Active listening: The nurse is able to hear, observe, and understand what the
client communicates and to provide feedback
Clarifying techniques: This techniques is used to determine if the message
received was accurate.
Restating: uses the client’s exact words
Reflecting- directs the focus back to the client in order for the client to examine
his feelings.
Paraphrasing: restates the client’s feelings and thoughts for the client to confirm
what has been communicated.
Neurocognitive Disorders
Write about all of the following when working with Dementia patients
- Recognize contributing Factors of Dementia.
- Compare and contrast the clinical picture of delirium with that of dementia.
Talk about the of the following:
Confabulation: The client can make up stories when questioned about events or
activities that they do not remember. This can seem like lying, but it is actually an
unconscious attempt to save self- esteem and prevent admitting the inability to remember
the occasion.
Program Learning outcomes
- Support professional nursing practice decisions with concepts and theories from the
biological, physical, and social sciences. - Plan preventative and population-focused interventions with attention to effectiveness,
efficiency, cost, and equity. - Support therapeutic nursing interventions for patients and families in a variety of
healthcare and community settings using evidence-based practice. - Apply nursing process and critical thinking when providing holistic, patient-centered
nursing care to diverse populations. - Design healthcare education for individuals, families, and communities.
- Comply with the professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct in practice.
- Develop an effective communication style to interact with patients, families, and the
interdisciplinary health team. - Model leadership when providing safe, quality nursing care, when coordinating the
healthcare team, and when tasked with oversight and accountability for care delivery. - Use patient care technology and information systems when providing nursing care in a
variety of settings.
Must include: Reflects on current theory class and clinical and how courses support each other
(transfer of knowledge to apply to clinical)- . 2. Synthesizes theories and concepts from liberal
education to build an understanding of the human experience. 3. Uses skills of inquiry and
analysis to address practice issues 4. Applies knowledge of social and cultural factors in the care
of populations encountered in this course.
Develops an effective communication style for interacting with current patients, families, and the
interdisciplinary health team when providing holistic, patient centered nursing care to
populations encountered in this course.
Must include: Reflects on providing holistic patient care to populations encountered in this
course. 2. Describes inter-collaborative involvement (i.e. Interprofessional rounds; consultations
and interaction with CNA’s—describe their role/ contribution.)
Models leadership when providing safe, quality nursing care; coordinating the healthcare team;
and when tasked with oversight and accountability for care delivery.
Must include: Describe an event that demonstrates: • application of leadership concepts, skills
and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, • healthcare team coordination
• the oversight and accountability for care delivery 2. Describe an event that demonstrates
leadership, appropriate teambuilding and collaborative strategies to effectively implement patient
safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team