NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

Nurse-Patient Relationship

Nurse-Patient Relationship

Introduction

This is an account focusing on exploring and examining patient centred communication and the development of a positive nurse patient relationship. The context is focused on the process of informed consent prior to patient receiving a blood transfusion. This is a reflective process that took place on a joint replacement ward. This particular area is chosen because of a common usage of blood products where many patients become anaemic surgery.

Discussion

The nursing process is unique, as is the nurse - patient relationship. Nursing offers a framework for nurses to be able to ensure that individuality is taken into account when undertaking nursing care. In order to ensure that all aspects of an individual's life are integrated into an effective plan of care uses a problem solving approach and the nursing process in conjunction with their model for nursing. The nursing process is a systematic approach to planning and delivering nursing care (Corwin, 2004, pp 39-52).

The nurse-patient relationship stands at the core of health nursing. Through the establishment of this relationship, nurses are ideally lead patients toward accomplishing their health goals. Relationships between patients and nurses are formed in the majority of situations. In this type of relationships nurse's perspective is primarily that the patient is a patient, but there is also recognition and understanding of the patient as the person. There are few similarities between nurse-patient relationship and friendship. It's important to both to have worth, friendliness, trust, care, honesty and respect. Some differences in values and attitudes can hinder both as well as poor communication strategies. A feeling of satisfaction is important to both and also transference can occur in both (Claridge et al, 2002, pp 566-572).

Case Study

In the upcoming sections the discussion will focus on the significance of nurse patient relationship especially in the scenario of informed consent of blood transfusion of a patient in joint replacement ward the patient had became anemic prior to a surgery.

Nurse Relationship with Patient of Transfusion

It is crucial that the nurse that is involved in requesting, processing and administering blood transfusions is appropriately trained and aware of the importance of their individual contribution to ensuring patient safety. The first key decision is whether a transfusion is clinically indicated and if the benefits for that patient outweigh the potential risks. Once a decision has been made to transfuse blood or blood components it is essential to ensure that the right patient gets the right blood, at the right time and the patient is efficiently communicated prior to the transfusion (Marik, 1993, pp 1499-1507).

Nurse Relationship with Transfusion Patient requires that the helper strives to be objective, and to act in patient's best interests. Objectivity is mostly impossible in friendships due to the fact that self interest is largely paramount (Gladys, Husted and Husted 2001) Acceptance. The helper tries to accept the patient in therapeutic relationship thereby is able to understand the behavior of imposing value and judgments. On the other hand friendships usually terminate when differences in values or interests become ...