Assessment 2 - Part B (600 words total)
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Please use the template provide to answer the following questions for each patient:
Patient 1 - Roger - 73 year old male war veteran
How would you set up the room for the patient? Explain why.
What specific communication skills need to be considered for each patient (ie, age, cognitive development, past medical history?)
List 2 different opening questions would you ask for each patient to promote a therapeutic relationship.
What are some communication strategies you could use to assist in working through the challenges that each patient faces in the appointment?
Patient 2 - Ellie - 7 year old female brought in by mum, Sally.
How would you set up the room for the patient? Explain why.
What specific communication skills need to be considered for each patient (ie, age, cognitive development, past medical history?)
List 2 different opening questions would you ask for each patient to promote a therapeutic relationship.
What are some communication strategies you could use to assist in working through the challenges that each patient faces in the appointment?
Patient 3 - Jacob - 25 year old male
How would you set up the room for the patient? Explain why.
What specific communication skills need to be considered for each patient (ie, age, cognitive development, past medical history?)
List 2 different opening questions would you ask for each patient to promote a therapeutic relationship.
What are some communication strategies you could use to assist in working through the challenges that each patient faces in the appointment?
Assessment 2 Part A (300 words)
Using the Gibbs cycle of reflection, record your honest and helpful thoughts on the following questions:
Having gathered feedback from 2 trusted people, assess it and see if there are similarities or differences between them.
What aspects of your behaviour and manner were you either unaware of or reminded of? Explain this answer with reference to what you have learned through the Johari Window exercise in module 4.
What behaviours or attitudes are you willing to change or reconsider as you think about this feedback?Or what behaviours or attitudes do you want to develop further? How will these impact your professional and therapeutic communication with people as a student nurse?
What have you learned, throughout this activity, about how you feel about being evaluated by others?
