Empathic concern

Communication is an essential part of nursing which allows nurses to provide the best possible care for patients. Good communication means being able to build and maintain positive relationships in order to meet the needs of each patient. It is a two way process and only occurs if the message has been accurately sent to the receiver. To ensure a message is clearly sent one must overcome various communication barriers which can affect the overall understanding of the message being sent. To…

Role Play Reflection Before doing the video, I became somewhat anxious at the thought of being on camera; knowing that I was going to be evaluated did not help my anxiety at all. After all, I am an introvert; even at that I love listening to people talk about their life’s experiences, and love to help them resolve their issues whenever possible. This is one reason I am looking forward to learning more about the social work field. I have always been careful at how much advice I offer a person;…

and also explore the interface between congruence and the other conditions of therapeutic personality change. Rogers (1990a) describes six necessary conditions such as psychological contact, the state of the client, unconditional positive regard. empathic understanding, the client's perception and the characteristic of presence. In conclusion, the author have reconsidered congruence as a way of being in process and as skills which we can practise, particularly through four…

It is an attempt used by the ego to keep undesirable or painful thoughts id impulses from reaching consciousness. Repression occurs entirely on an unconscious level which involves preventing unpleasant experiences that are repulsive to the ego from reaching consciousness. Although it is assumed that most of the painful event from the first five years of live are suppressed they tend to have a big influence in behaviour at the later stage. The person is also not in control of the repressed…

Classroom management is major component when having a functional classroom. “Having an effectively managed classroom is on that runs smoothly, with minimal confusion and downtime, and maximizes opportunities for student learning” (Evertson, Emmer, 2009). Creating a safe environment is necessary for learning to take place. Classroom management is the foundation for a safe environment. It teaches students how to treat one another in and out of the classroom. It also allows for students and…

An example of expressing empathy that I asked was: “what is your biggest concern about quitting smoking”, which focuses on B’s experience of her change. However, I feel I could have acknowledged the magnitude of the change B wanted to make by outwardly offering more empathetic responses such as “this must be a difficult change for you or I can imagine this is not an easy change”. Nevertheless, I did offer an empathic statement at the end by acknowledging her desire for change and her…

Nursing is known as being the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities. It is also acknowledged as being an aid in the prevention of illness and injury, assistance of healing, relief of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human beings, and for advocating for not only the patients, but family members, whole communities, and populations (American Nurses Association, 2016.) Nursing requires ample skill, strength, and compassion in every dimension of the scope of…

I know what type of leader I would like to be, but I never thought about what type of leader I am now. By the time I graduate from Bethel I would except to have learned how to be a great leader not realizing that some leadership traits cannot be taught. Social Motives in the Work Setting, Indicator of Multiple Intelligences, What is Your Leadership Style, and What is Your El at Work are the four self-assessments test that I took. I learned a lot about myself taking these assessments. In the…

He was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder II over forty years ago. I have a client who is taking medication for hypertension, type II diabetes and take 300gm of Depakote for is bipolar disorder and struggles with alcohol abuse he drinks daily. I am concern about how much Sam’s drink and the effects it will have on his heath. As the supportive counselor started to engage Sam to see if he wanted to address the matter. The goal is to reduce or eliminate his alcohol consumption to reduce harm to his…

Today in our society, it is not an overstatement when people say news travels fast. Within seconds of a significant or unusual event happening, we get “Breaking News” headlines all over our TV screens, millions of tweets commenting on what had happened, and the sharing of stories or pictures through Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. However, have you ever noticed that most of the news we see or read from online consists of obscene events? Obscenity comes in many different forms. It can be from…