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Empathy in Nursing
three personal concerns as to how the injury will affect your life: a) I have just begun what I hoped would be the perfect career for me, nursing. I am not sure I can even finish my education now; b) if I do get through my nursing training, I have fears that my ability to serve as a nurse will be limited; and c) I am an active recreationalist and love to play volleyball and soccer, but now those activities may be out of the question. ONE: physical issues: all my life I've been in perfect health now the thought of being on crutches depresses me; will I have to take pain medication to get through the day? ONE: emotional issues: I don't want pity, but some will see my disability and may pity me; knowing I am no longer the same person I was will hinder my self-confidence. ONE: social issues: everywhere I go with crutches or a cane people will immediately know I can't do what others do, and that is painful to project; my friends who play volleyball and soccer in recreational games on weekends will see me on the sidelines and try to cheer me up. ONE: family issues: my disability may reduce my attractiveness to men because I want...
assist patients with coping with their diagnosis, long-term adjustments, and symptoms" (Rieger, 2003). The nurse might suggest that the psychological impact of my injury and the troubling prognosis could be lessened by asking me to keep a personal diary, with entries that identify time of medications but moreover, my thoughts, hopes, remembrances and mentions of people that mean a lot to me.
THREE: How should the nurse develop a therapeutic relationship with you? The nurse first must be familiar background information on my life so we can converse. The nurse must have knowledge of interpersonal caring and of the implications to my life vis-a-vis the possible loss of use of my leg. To develop a therapeutic relationship with me the nurse must also have…
Works Cited
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. (2006). Establishing Therapeutic Relationships.
Retrieved February 7, 2016, from http://www.rano.ca.
Rieger, P. T. (2003). Role of the Oncology Nurse. National Institutes of Health / National
Library of Medicine / NCBI Bookshelf. Retrieved February 7, 2016, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.hih.gov.
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