Analysis of Jane’s Condition Jane Vuong, a 24 year old Vietnamese undergraduate student was admitted into the hospital Emergency Department presenting with anxiety, difficulty speaking, breathing and dusky lips following severe chest tightness during an exercise session at the local martial arts school. On examination she had a wheezing sound when breathing. She has no history of asthma but says she has some allergies which she treats with herbs. Her colleague who brought her to the emergency
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THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES 1. USING SILENCE...utilizing absence of verbal communication. Silence in itself often encourages the patient to verbalize if it is an interested, expectant silence. This kind of silence indicated to the patient that the nurse expects him to speak, to take the initiative, to communicate that which is most pressing. It gives the patient the opportunity to collect and organize his thoughts, to think through a point, or to consider introducing a topic
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skill (knowledge and self-awareness) in either therapeutic communication or inter-professional communication? Therapeutic communication is the communication between the nurse and the patient, focusing on the patient’s wellbeing (Berman et al, 2015). In the video of the radiographer working in the emergency department, therapeutic communication is demonstrated between the radiographer and his patient. After reflecting over the therapeutic communication that’s shown in this video, it has helped me
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Upon reflection of the first vignette I am able to gain a clear understanding of effective communication therapy techniques. What stands out to me the most from the first video is the trust that both sally and her husband have in the paramedics. There is a sense of complete faith and willing participation from both Sally and her husband. How the paramedics achieve this involvement is by implementing a holistic approach and some great communicative skills such as expressing empathy, active listening
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J Clin Epidemiol Vol. 50, No. 12, pp. 1311–1318, 1997 Copyright © 1997 Elsevier Science Inc. 0895-4356/97/$17.00 PII S0895-4356(97)00203-5 The Powerful Placebo Effect: Fact or Fiction? Gunver S. Kienle* and Helmut Kiene ¨ Institut fur Angewandte Erkenntnistheorie und Medizinische Methodologie, D-79112 Freiburg, Germany ABSTRACT. In 1955, Henry K. Beecher published the classic work entitled ‘‘The Powerful Placebo.’’ Since that time, 40 years ago, the placebo effect has been considered
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dissertation will aim to systematically review the current literature of evidence for therapeutic hypothermia (TH) post cardiac arrest. The research question is as follows: does therapeutic hypothermia treatment present positive neurological outcomes for post cardiac arrest victims? 1.1a Rationale: Whilst working in the Intensive Care Unit, I had the opportunity to witnessed a patient being cooled (therapeutic hypothermia concept) after experiencing out of hospital post cardiac arrest. I was intrigued
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preventing post resuscitation syndrome caused from reperfusion (Safar, 1993). Cerebral reperfusion after successful resuscitation can trigger harmful chemical cascades such as oxygen free radical production which can result in multifocal brain damage. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is considered as an effective method for reducing the deleterious neurological outcomes in patients who have out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Clinical and animal studies have shown that TH following cardiac arrest reduces both the
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As a group, we discussed the importance of having a good and positive therapeutic form of communication. As observed in this case, Mitch used many forms of positive communication that really seemed to calm Nancy. On the contrary the other workers were short and inconsiderate to Nancy’s concerns. This only made the situation worse and escalated Nancy’s frustration. Parker mentioned
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as these attitudes of listening can either assist in promoting a free flowing dialogue between myself and the therapist or build a wall which may prevent me from expressing my feelings on the challenges and issues I am currently facing. In the therapeutic relationship, it is important that the client feels that the therapist is not critical and judgmental towards them and displays a high level of "caring and compassion toward the client even if they have confessed their deepest secrets and hidden
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communicate with you and other family members teaches you, how you should talk with others. Though this paper, I’m going to discuss a little bit about my family background, the impact growing up has impacted my current experiences and how my therapeutic communication skills has been influenced as well by my childhood. To begin, I grew up in a five family house. Both my parents worked full time, with my mom worked third shift and my dad worked first shift. My parents gave us everything we ever needed
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