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Running Head: THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION 1

THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION 3

Therapeutic Communication

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Therapeutic Communication

Reflection

Therapeutic communication is a face-to-face or interactive dialogue between a patient and clinician or a caregiver prospected to the patient's physical and emotional wellness. As a caregiver, I encountered a scenario where a patient declined to take his medications due to cultural restriction. The patient was intolerant to the nurse's care and viewed medicine as a taboo with his religion. I applied practical communication skills by building active listening, non-verbal communication, compassionate communication, cultural awareness, education to the patient, and building personal relationships with the patient. In this context, I applied active listening, whereby I allowed the patient to express himself as I observed his non-verbal communication cues while creating eye contact to comprehend the patient's actual need genuinely. I offered health Education by explaining to him the risk of failing to take the medication with the seriousness it deserves.

Additionally, I observed the patient's behavioral change over time concerning the time he had stayed at the health facility. I ensured that I had made personalized visits to continuous checking on his progress, emotional, physical, and mental health in general. I applied empathetic care through setting an intention to help him recover and centering my motives on his wellbeing. Him being a Christian, I built a stable relationship by providing a bible to read, and I joined him every evening for prayer in his ward.

I could communicate more effectively in an encounter where a patient wants more time with a nurse at the bedside despite the practitioner's idleness. I would utilize therapeutic communication skills like inspiring trust, developing a personal relationship, and compassionate treatment. Additionally, I would offer myself as a therapeutic technique by giving a patient extra time with me beside the medicine administration time. It will make the patient feel cared for, and in turn, it would boost his/her mood. Additionally, I would utilize time and sequence when describing occurrences to get more in-depth on the preliminary of the loneliness feeling. I would ask the patient questions about a specific event like when a particular symptom began to entirely comprehend the situation.