Formal Theory Paper
Relationships consist of deep and personal encounters between two people that incorporate respect and commonality. Nursing encompasses many aspects of relationships including compassion, love, sadness, happiness, and hard work. All of these characteristics assist in starting relationships between nurse and patient. Key components of nursing are seen through Hildegard Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory by exploring nurse-patient relationships (McEwen & Wills, 2014). Peplau explores the nurse-patient relationship through a common goal that feeds the motivation for the therapeutic process in which the nurse and patient respect one another as individuals as they both gain knowledge and mature as the result of the interaction …show more content…
The orientation phase is the initial interaction between nurse and patient. The idea of the orientation phase is for the nurse to better grasp the patient’s situation while creating efforts to cultivate a partnership that centers on the patient’s health anxieties (McNaughton, 2005). The working phase is combined with the exploitation phase. The patient recognizes problems and converses with the nurse. The nurse then suggests interventions to help the patient in meeting their needs (McNaughton, 2005). These phases help identify that the nurse and patient are partners striving for the same goal. The goal is to meet the patient’s health needs. The exploitation phase is where the patient makes full use of the resources available through the relationship with the nurse (McNaughton, 2005). The final phase of the relationship is resolution. During this phase, the nurse and patient create arrangements for ending the relationship. The patient uses new problem solving skills, acquires new goals, depends less on the nurse, and becomes more autonomous (McNaughton, …show more content…
Patients with ESRD are at greater need for nursing care, which allows for a long-term relationship with the nurse (Graham, 2006). This was illustrated through comparing ESRD patient’s relationship with nephrology nurses. This article proved that nephrology nurses could learn to better understand themselves and also developed a more appropriate therapeutic relationship with the patient (Graham, 2006). This article revealed that Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations could be applied to ESRD patients to help improve quality of care for the patient while creating a greater self-awareness for the
Relationships consist of deep and personal encounters between two people that incorporate respect and commonality. Nursing encompasses many aspects of relationships including compassion, love, sadness, happiness, and hard work. All of these characteristics assist in starting relationships between nurse and patient. Key components of nursing are seen through Hildegard Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory by exploring nurse-patient relationships (McEwen & Wills, 2014). Peplau explores the nurse-patient relationship through a common goal that feeds the motivation for the therapeutic process in which the nurse and patient respect one another as individuals as they both gain knowledge and mature as the result of the interaction …show more content…
The orientation phase is the initial interaction between nurse and patient. The idea of the orientation phase is for the nurse to better grasp the patient’s situation while creating efforts to cultivate a partnership that centers on the patient’s health anxieties (McNaughton, 2005). The working phase is combined with the exploitation phase. The patient recognizes problems and converses with the nurse. The nurse then suggests interventions to help the patient in meeting their needs (McNaughton, 2005). These phases help identify that the nurse and patient are partners striving for the same goal. The goal is to meet the patient’s health needs. The exploitation phase is where the patient makes full use of the resources available through the relationship with the nurse (McNaughton, 2005). The final phase of the relationship is resolution. During this phase, the nurse and patient create arrangements for ending the relationship. The patient uses new problem solving skills, acquires new goals, depends less on the nurse, and becomes more autonomous (McNaughton, …show more content…
Patients with ESRD are at greater need for nursing care, which allows for a long-term relationship with the nurse (Graham, 2006). This was illustrated through comparing ESRD patient’s relationship with nephrology nurses. This article proved that nephrology nurses could learn to better understand themselves and also developed a more appropriate therapeutic relationship with the patient (Graham, 2006). This article revealed that Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations could be applied to ESRD patients to help improve quality of care for the patient while creating a greater self-awareness for the