Interpersonal Relations

A day in the life of a veterinary technician may include answering clients’ questions, providing written or verbal instructions regarding care of an animal, answering the telephone,

Hildegard Peplau was an American nursing theorist who was responsible for creating the interpersonal relations theory for nursing, specifically psychiatric nursing. The major concept of this theory was the significance of the patient-nurse relationship. Peplau’s theory introduced many new ideas such as self-awareness, personal identity, and individuality that became dominant concepts in nursing. Her interpersonal relations theory became an important framework for nursing work. Peplau’s interpersonal relations model includes four phases and suggests that each nurse has seven distinct roles. As a nurse, it is important to understand the importance of this theory and be able to integrate it into practice. Understanding this theory can help nurses relate to their patients in a way that will benefit the patient as well as the nurse. Peplau’s theory of interpersonal relations and how it relates to current nursing practice will be discussed in this paper.

* Body Paragraph #3 - Differentiate appropriate levels of self-disclosure and emotional intelligence in various relationships.

When you hear of the word ‘’career’’ it makes you think of some of your long term goals in life. A career is a pursuit, occupation, profession you choose to take in life. My career of choice would be a profession that deals with being a caregiver, it doesn’t matter the age group. I want to be a caregiver because not only are you helping someone in need out, your also putting a smile on their face. I just love being able to help others and to make a change. When I was a little girl my grandfather was diagnosed with lung cancer ,so from that day forward I was always focused on being in the medical field ,I just knew that I could be the doctor that will and would find the cure to the disease’s that are killing our people off. I came to Aiken technical college to achieve one of my goals of getting a degree in nursing. Since I was a little girl I have always dreamt of being a doctor, so I knew by me taking up nursing I would get one foot in the door of following my dreams.

There are many different events and experiances that will influence my acedemic goals. But I will use one influence. My fantastic career so far at Swire Pacific Holdings. So far it has been a very interesting and exciting ride. I have work at Swire Pacific Holdings for four years. Or better known as coca-cola. I started as an entry level wharehouse loader working nights, for ten dollars an hour. I decided to take the job because I had my first son on the way. Worked that job for six months then was promoted to merchandiser. What a relieaf I could go to days with a newborn much easier. Same pay but a much better svhedule for life. Grulled very hard to work my way up the latter. One year later I was offered a job driving semi trucks for coke.

I enjoyed observing Katrice and Bailey. It was interesting to see the way the Katrice maneuvered through all the concepts that we learned in the role playing presentation with Jim and Kristin. I think Katrice did an excellent job, especially since this was our first meeing. Katrice often asked open-ended questions. She showed that she was listening to Bailey by using affirmation phrases like, um-hmm, yes, and nodding. She often paraphrased Bailey’s statements. Bailey’s topic was “Stress balancing work, family”. When Bailey casually mentioned her faith, Katrice immediately picked up on that and asked Bailey to elaborate. I thought that was really good. She connected her faith and how it played a part as a coping mechanism. Within that faith discussion, Katrice was able to find commonality within her own life and she shared her opinion, which was very helpful. I felt there was an therapeutic alliance (working relationship) between the two women when they shared in laughter. It was not a nervous laughter, but a genuine one that showed an agreement of the minds.

I always strive to treat others with respect and kindness. The interpersonal strategies I use tend to be successful however, they tend to lead other into believing that they can take advantage of my kindness. They are helpful in regards to helping me maintain and build relationships with family, friends, classmates, professors, and co-workers.

After reading the first couple of chapters of the textbook “Interpersonal Process in Therapy”, I was able to find a deeper sense of appreciation towards the “counseling” profession in regards to the interpersonal process approach, the working alliance (client/therapist) and the process of honoring the client’s resistance. As I found myself learning more about the importance of the therapeutic relationship with the client, it was exciting to learn the recommended questions on page 12, in regards to identifying schemas, themes (internal working models) within the client. Not only are these questions being asked to the client, but the therapist must ask themselves the same questions as well. Although I am sure there are other ways to identify problematic relational patterns during a session, I believe these set of questions are a great guide to lead in that direction along with strengthening the therapeutic relationship as well.

Since the beginning of junior year in high school, my desire to graduate and become successful has increased with every passing day. My parents are my motivation. My mother suffered greatly, yet continued to work hard to provide a better life for her four children. My father, who worked since the age of 9, worked everyday of his life to support his family, even if he could only find small jobs. One day I want to be able to return the love and support that they have given me, since the day of my birth. Graduating from college, being independent, and enjoying life are my top priorities. I am interested in a career that is both steady and exciting.

The title of chapter Nine is called Understanding Interpersonal Relationships. In chapter nine is talking about ways to understand interpersonal relationships among two people. In chapter nine, a couple of materials stood out to me about understanding interpersonal relationships and those were the four elements of interpersonal relationships and the nature of interpersonal relationships and sources of Initial attraction.

Imagine meeting someone for the first time and only having less than ten minutes to talk to them. How much can that person really learn about their acquaintance and how much can the acquaintance really tell this person? Does it seem reasonable for the listener to diagnose this person with having a severe illness or even cancer after only talking to them for less than ten minutes? According to Caroline Parkinson, health editor of BBC News, physicians are not required to offer appointments lasting at least ten minutes anymore (1). Physicians and surgeons now have the flexibility and capability to make capricious decisions when it comes to deciding on how long the appointment can be and the amount of patients seen every day. By allowing doctors and surgeons to use their clinical judgement on a case to case basis, patients are at risk of not personally connecting with their doctor. Interpersonal is the behavior between people in any encounter (“Interpersonal, adj”). Connection is a personal relation of action; often having to do with people (“Connection, n”). As a result of societal changes with time intervals for appointments and the money rate doctors receive after examining their patients, patients are uncertain if their doctors truly care about both their physical and mental health.

What is a career? A literal dictionary of the word defines as an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress. Before college, I always confused myself between the words “career” and “job”. Nowadays, there are still many individuals out in the field yet still can’t clearly distinguish those two similar words. After completing my first year of college, I have gained a better understanding between the words “career” and “job”. I believe a job is simply where a person earns the money from while a career is a person’s lifelong passion that move you into higher paying in the future.

Short term relationship – relationship that lasted only for a short duration of time. Example: Individuals to attend a conference can build short time relationship.

Interpersonal relationship is the association or the social relationship between at least two people. As indicated by psychologists, interpersonal connections have 6 phases:

Interpersonal relationship plays a very important role. Exchanging words and information with one another will help better a relationship. Having a whole lot of buildup can result in constant arguments, not letting one another know if there’s a problem or letting them know how they feel about a certain thing. That’s where the trust and honesty start to deteriorate, and when communication goes wrong. Listening to one another and letting each other know how they feel will prevent that from deteriorating, and that’s when trust and honesty start to come back up. If there’s a continuation there’s no way of the relationship growing. Trust and honesty must be mutual with each other to sustain the relationship. When the relationship starts to deteriorate there are clear signs of when it does. One will get bored with the other, start drifting away, dissatisfied, not happy, etc. You will notice all the common signs, basically how things use to be are not in action anymore. Sometimes you can or cannot save a relationship, depending on both if they are willing to work it out and focus on the main concern. As in the relationship it cannot just go one way it must go both, there must be two people involved not just one, if it’s only going one way the feeling isn’t mutual and there’s not much you can do about it if the other person isn’t willing to work on the relationship. That situation leads to ending the relationship. Just remember it take two to make a relationship work. It’s not