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Therapeutic Relationship Theory Paper

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I truly enjoyed the conversation that I got to have with A.B. At times he was very open to sharing information with me about his family and girlfriend. However, at other times it was hard to talk to him, because of another patient on the unit wanting to play games with him. The conversation was a little broken off into sections, as sometimes we were interrupted. One important thing I forgot to ask, and should have asked was, if he felt like killing himself. I fear that my patient may fall back into his old ways and end up back at the emergency room, due to lack of support from his parents and his girlfriend addiction to drugs and him being around her a lot. I interpret that his main problem was with his family and their lack of support through …show more content…

I should have started my interaction with him by establishing a better relationship. Otherwise, I would not have changed anything about the conversation we had, and I got to learn more about what it is really like to be transgender and not have any support. In addition, one theory that I believe could apply to my interaction with my patient is Peplau theory of interpersonal relations. According to Peplaus theory, during the orientation phase the nurse establish relationship with the patient (Affiliation,1997) During my interaction, I started the conversation by introducing myself and starting off with basic questions to get to know my patient. The next stage is the Working phase, during this phase the nurse and patient may start to discuss more personal questions (Affiliation, 1997). After the introduction phase, I slowly moved into more personal questions, about his life and why he was on the unit. During the last stage called termination, it is a “time for summarizing and for providing closure of the work accomplished by the dyad” (Affiliation, 1997,

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