Empathic concern

called about her daughter Lauren. The social worker explained the reason for the home visit and to discuss some concerns involving Lauren. The interview purpose was the concerns of Lauren’s child development. Grace said her DSS worker Michelle was worried because Lauren, who is a 4-year old is sill drinking from the bottle and not fully potty trained. Grace also mentioned her worker concern of tooth decay. The interview could have been improved on by not just focusing the interview on Lauren.…

A therapeutic relationship can be defined as a ‘professional, interpersonal alliance in which a nurse and client join together for a defined period to achieve health related treatment goals’. In order for a therapeutic relationship to be successful the nurse must to be able to develop a connection with the patient but as well as maintain a comfortable working distance. An intellectual disability nurse must have the qualities and the ability to be extremely patient, empathetic, genuine,…

Risk Assessment in Mental Health Mental health services can manage risk and safety more effectively by involving service users in planning for safety. However, conventional clinical techniques of risk assessment are obstacles to creating normal and risk-free physical life for admitted and recovering mental health patients (Ratnayake, 2010). It is recommended that mental service givers and patients should work jointly to develop and implement effective risk management plans for mentally ill…

1.2 Yalom’s model of existential psychotherapy Yalom believed life has arisen from random events, we are finite and we are responsible for our own destiny (Yalom, 2008), and he identified “four ultimate concerns” as the key to all human existence; death, freedom, isolation and meaningless, and stated, “The individual’s confrontation with these facts of life constitutes the content of the existential dynamic conflict” (Yalom, 1980 p. 8). Death is the central part of Yalom’s philosophy, as we are…

Nursing as an art and a science in the health care setting , It main focus is to provide medical assistant and healing toward persons who are in need. To execute these practices a nurse must have great scientific knowledge, intrapersonal and intellectual skills and abilities. Therapeutic communication is another essential component in the nursing practice, having good interpersonal communication skills would help build or establish a good rapport or relationship between the patient -nurse and…

responsibilities included teaching clients basic life skills, which could have involved basic budgeting, money and time management skills. Many times my job involved providing companionship; at this point clients would tell me about their different concerns or their social service’s…

The words above come across as simple, and reductive. That sentence written or said anywhere else would be regarded as a cliché self-help mantra. Yet, they have become a mantra I choose to live by. They remind me that every decision I make, no matter how trivial at that moment, is important in the grand scheme of things. The ability to affect such widespread change from little is indispensable to leadership, and the career I have chosen for myself. As a Public health major, I am constantly…

Based on a recent study, “57% of physicians practicing today have received a request for physician-assisted suicide in some form or another” (Back et al). The heated debate has been on whether patients possess the right to die via physician-assisted suicide (PAS). This assisted suicide is for the terminally ill who do not wish to continue their suffering due to their fatal conditions. The debate has very different points of view. One is that suicide should never be the answer despite health…

Leadership Leadership can be defined as the ability to influence others to achieve a common goal. However, it is far more complex than one simple definition. Leadership itself is process of continued growth and development that is achieved through continued learning, life experiences, and the combination of successes and failures as a result of choices and decisions. The underlying concepts of an individual’s ability to lead are based on a wide range of characteristics, personal beliefs,…

Clinical Skill: After taking this counseling class I believe I have learned a lot about how I don’t think I would be the best-fit person to counsel someone and their problems. I don’t think I mastered any particular skills this semester, but I can say my skills got better. The first counseling skill that I got better with is open-ended questions. Like I said before, I don’t think I mastered any skill but when I used open-ended questions I believe my client communicated a lot more with me. I got…