Therapeutic Relationship: An interaction between two people (usually a caregiver and a care receiver) in which input from both participants contributes to a climate of healing, growth promotion, and/or illness prevention o Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationships ▪ Goal-oriented, Facilitates communication ▪ Use the problem-solving model to bring about some type of change in the pts life • Roles of the Psychiatric Nurse o Peplau (1991) identified several subroles within the role of the RN: ▪ Stranger: RN is at first a stranger to the pt ▪ Resource: RN explains, in a language the pt can understand, information r/t the pts health care ▪ Educator: RN identifieslearning needs & provides information required to improve health situation ▪ Leader: democratic leadership allows pt to be an active participant in their health ▪ Surrogate: pts perceive RN as symbols of other people,such as mother figure, sibling, teacher, another RN ▪ Counselor: help the pt to remember & understand fully what is happening in the present situation
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