According to “Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses”, “stress represents a natural physiologic, psychological, and spiritual response to the presence of a stressor” (Arnold 392). In everyday life there are stressors everywhere whether they are real or in someone’s imagine. But stressors are not necessarily the problem because it is a part of life; the actual problem is how someone deals with the circumstances of a stressor. In the medical field there are stressors present for the patient as well as the nurse and how they handle these stressors can affect the communication between them.
When a patient is in a stressful situation trying to communicate with them just be hinder depending on the person. When …show more content…
Then after thinking about the cancer they may think about the emotional toll it is going to take out on their family as well as financially. Eventually they are going to think about what if they do not beat the cancer. In this situation it is not going to be easy to communicate with someone because their whole life just change in a matter of a second.
There are multiple factors that interfere with the communication with a patient when they are under stress; the stress level, characteristics of the stress, and their coping mechanism. Stress comes in many different levels; mild, moderate, or high. Mild stress can be useful for the patient and help them become more aware of the strength that they possess and figure out what coping mechanisms work best for them (Arnold 393) . In a case of mild stress there would not be that big of an impact on the communication between patient and nurse. The nurse would easily be able to talk …show more content…
This is very important because everyone copes differently and sometime the patient does not cope with the stressor at all. If the patient is not coping with their stressor it is important for the nurse to figure out why so they would be able to better care for the patient as well as communicate with them. First, the nurse needs to observe the causes of ineffective coping such as poor self-concept, grief, and/or lack of support. Next, observe for strengths like the ability to relate the facts to connect it to the cause of the stressor. Then, pay attention to them committing self-harm or suicide. Finally, help them set realistic goals (“Ineffective Coping”, 2013). The nurses have to create rapport with the patient and understand the patient and how they internalize everything that is going on around them. Something that may work with one patient may not work with another
When a patient is in a stressful situation trying to communicate with them just be hinder depending on the person. When …show more content…
Then after thinking about the cancer they may think about the emotional toll it is going to take out on their family as well as financially. Eventually they are going to think about what if they do not beat the cancer. In this situation it is not going to be easy to communicate with someone because their whole life just change in a matter of a second.
There are multiple factors that interfere with the communication with a patient when they are under stress; the stress level, characteristics of the stress, and their coping mechanism. Stress comes in many different levels; mild, moderate, or high. Mild stress can be useful for the patient and help them become more aware of the strength that they possess and figure out what coping mechanisms work best for them (Arnold 393) . In a case of mild stress there would not be that big of an impact on the communication between patient and nurse. The nurse would easily be able to talk …show more content…
This is very important because everyone copes differently and sometime the patient does not cope with the stressor at all. If the patient is not coping with their stressor it is important for the nurse to figure out why so they would be able to better care for the patient as well as communicate with them. First, the nurse needs to observe the causes of ineffective coping such as poor self-concept, grief, and/or lack of support. Next, observe for strengths like the ability to relate the facts to connect it to the cause of the stressor. Then, pay attention to them committing self-harm or suicide. Finally, help them set realistic goals (“Ineffective Coping”, 2013). The nurses have to create rapport with the patient and understand the patient and how they internalize everything that is going on around them. Something that may work with one patient may not work with another