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Therapeutic Interaction Essay

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The purpose of this essay is to reflect on a positive therapeutic interaction that I observed in practice on my placement. Firstly I will give a brief summary of the situation that I observed, followed by evidence that will be supporting why I considered to be a positive interaction, reflecting on what I observed, including feelings and thoughts, also what I have learned by observing and how I can apply my finding to my next practice. I arrived for the early shift at work; after hangover I was allocated to work with the nurse who was in charge of doing the drug round. After dispensing the drugs to a few patients, we went in a bay with 4 patients. One patient had problems with speaking and movement; the nurse placed the medication on the …show more content…

Although the patient could not speak properly he could use his hands and face expression to see if he was happy or sad. He took all the medication and finished the entire yogurt and at the end he looked happy. The nurse was pleased because these were medications that he had to take every four hours because they were essential for him to get better, as they were medications that were prescribed by his doctor. When we left he had a happy face and looked pleased. I think this is a positive interaction because the nurse assisted the patient to take his medication, instead of leaving him alone to take it by himself. The nurse was determined to find an alternative method to help the patient take his medication. The evidence that support my findings are related to the situation that I observed, but they have to be consider as a last resource and the method has to be justified. Wilkinson et al. (2011) in his procedure to administrated oral medication, suggested that oral medication, such as tablets being prescribed can be crush or dissolve with water or soft food such as pudding or yogurt to help the patients have their medications, using this method as a last resort and seeking consent from the patient, as well as consulting his doctor or the pharmaceutics team. Similarly Brennan. (2011) suggested using methods that are considered to help patients

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