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Nurse-client relationship and the use of therapeutic communication as an important part of

that relationship.

I do have experience in a mental health atmosphere, however, not sufficient knowledge with

managing that kind of patient in the psychiatric unit. My apprehension about working in mental

health nursing is that I don’t have adequate experience in handling mental health patients. The

other big fear I have about dealing with mental health patients is that nurses that work in mental

health services are unprotected to difficult echelons of the peril of belligerence than the general

society. Reasonably, nurses need to find a way to securely avert assaults against themselves as

well as other clients. I think at times limitation is necessary. I work in the Neuroscience Unit at the

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore; we have some patients with mental health problems and I

have witnessed mental health issues with clients. Some get vicious, vocally offensive, and every

so often it appears terrifying. Fortunately, I haven’t had any depraved endeavors with any patients,

that I have taken caution for since I began working in the hospice.

The crucial facets of a good nurse-client rapport vary between nurses since we are not all the same.

Individually nurses are inimitable and inventive, I think to establish a bond aids in attaining

information about the patient and create confidence to efficiently communicate treatment
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opportunities to the patient. Building confidence before anything else opens up the patient and

helps them give constructive feedback. Attitude is also significant, not showing distress to them

will help ease the tension between the patient and nurse. Most difficult patients I have come across

working are difficult with my colleagues but not me. For instance, there was one incident at work

and everybody was grouchy about a problematic inmate who repudiated to be still and take

medication. In this case, I walked in the room greeted the patient, asked how they were doing,

started I was going to be their nurse for the next 7 hours. I had a smile on my face from the

beginning and kept the smile throughout. I did some small talk while I took vitals and mentioned

the reason the patient should take their medicine and explained how it was going to help them. It

didn’t take long and I was able to get them to take their medicine without problems from them

about administering the medicine. I made eye contact, had a smile, took time to learn about the

patient by asking questions and finally my approach work. I just seem to able to handle problematic

patients and make then react differently than most of my colleagues.