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Clinical detachment is a means of providing objective, detached medical care while maintaining enough concern for the patient to offer emotional understanding. [16] A close patient-provider relationship threatens objectivity, therefore a social distance is expected to ensure professionalism. [17]
Abuse and neglect are extreme examples. They involve the betrayal of respect and trust within the relationship. This includes withholding communication from a client because it is considered to be an example of neglect. [5] It is the nurse's job to be aware of signs that professional boundaries may be crossed or have been crossed.
In healthcare, Carper's fundamental ways of knowing is a typology that attempts to classify the different sources from which knowledge and beliefs in professional practice (originally specifically nursing) can be or have been derived. It was proposed by Barbara A. Carper, a professor at the College of Nursing at Texas Woman's University, in 1978.
Empathy is generally described as the ability to take on another person's perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience. [1] [2] [3] There are more (sometimes conflicting) definitions of empathy that include but are not limited to social, cognitive, and emotional processes primarily concerned with understanding others.
Accurate empathy on the part of the therapist helps the client believe the therapist's unconditional regard for them. Client perception: That the client perceives, to at least a minimal degree, the therapist's unconditional positive regard and empathic understanding.
Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the appointed position of a nurse that specialises in mental health, and cares for people of all ages experiencing mental illnesses or distress. These include: neurodevelopmental disorders , schizophrenia , schizoaffective disorder , mood disorders , addiction , anxiety disorders , personality ...
The theory of human caring, first developed by Watson in 1979, is patient care that involves a more holistic treatment for patients. As opposed to just using science to care for and heal patients, at the center of the theory of human caring is the idea that being more attentive and conscious during patient interactions allows for more effective and continuous care with a deeper personal ...