Test 1 Flashcards
(138 cards)
What are the three phases of the therapeutic relationship?
Engagement phase
Working phase
Termination Phase
When does the termination phase of the therapeutic relationship begin?
First contact
To create a climate in which clients can examine their thoughts, emotions, feelings and actions and eventually arrive at a solution that is best for them
The role of the psych nurse
To assist individuals in finding answers that are most congruent with their own values
Job of psych nurse
The unconscious experience in which the client projects emotions or previous experiences onto the clinician
Transference
In regards to change we need to reflect on what three things
Reflection process?
The what
The so what
The now what
Provide safe, competent and ethical practice
Respect for inherent worth and right of choice and dignity of persons
Health, mental health and wellbeing
Quality Practice
RPN Code of Ethics
Identify problem and potential issue
Look at RPN guidelines
Consider laws, regulations, policies and practice guidelines
Seek consultation
Brainstorm possible actions
Reflection on consequences of possible actions
Decide what appears to be the best course of action
Steps of Ethical Decision Making
To informed consent
Refuse treatment
Advanced health directives
Provision of least restrictive type of mental health care
Confidentiality and privacy
Clients Rights
Suspected child abuse or neglect
Client requires hospitalization
Information is made an issue in court
When clients request their records to be released to a third party
Situations where there is a legal duty to disclose
Assess persons risk for danger towards another
Identify persons being threatened
Take appropriate action to protect
Protect suspected child
Suspect abuse of dependent adult or older adults
Counsellors have the duty to protect
Maintaining boundaries are always the responsibility of who
Psychiatric nurse
Establish and maintain trust
Set the tone and direction
Create and maintain a safe environment
Be aware of our responsibility to others
Be cognizant of the need for feedback
Counsellors and boundaries
A deviation from a typical therapeutic activity that is harmless and non-exploitative
Boundary crossing
Frequently appear harmless and often begin as innocent situations
Not recognized or felt as a violation until something goes wrong
Often crossing the line is a process with many small steps before an actual violation occurs
Characteristics of boundary violations
Are dual relationships a boundary violation?
Yes
Role, Time, Place and space, financial, physical contact, social media are all examples of potential
boundary violations
Judging someone without knowing them, on the basis of what they look like or what group they belong too
Prejudice
What typically leads to microaggressions
Unconscious biases
Identify basic assumptions
Learn more about own background
Willing to identify and examine personal worldviews
Pay attention to common ground
Be flexible
Guidelines for working effectively with diverse backgrounds
Level 1: Listens and acts interested
Level 2: Accurately reflects back what client has said
Level 3: Emphasizes articulating the unverbalized back to the client
Level 4: Validated behaviour in terms of cause
Level 5: Normalizes
Level 6: Radical Genuineness
6 Levels of Validation
Balance irreverence as well as the differential by making the treatment provider more vulnerable in a session
Reciprocal Communication
Who developed psychoanalysis
Freud
Irrational forces, unconscious motivations, biological and instinctual drives
How psychoanalysis determines behaviour