Reflection On The Third Domain Of Competence

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This essay will provide a reflection in relation to Interpersonal relationships, which is the third Domain of Competence. The indicator I have chosen from this domain is 3.1 which is “To establish and maintain caring therapeutic interpersonal relationships with the individuals/clients/groups/communities”. (An Bod Altranais 2005). I will reflect on a scenario using the Gibbs framework (Gibbs 1988). As a starting point, Gibbs encourages the reflector to describe the event to be contemplated thus I will briefly describe a scenario which took place between a patient and me.
During my placement in 3rd year I was placed in a care of the elderly ward. The patient I will speak about will be called Maura. Pseudonyms will replace all names to maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with The Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (ABA 2014). Maura is a 94 year old woman who has chronic lower back pain, depression and cognitive impairment. While there I had witnessed, a nurse communicating with Maura in an unethical manner. Maura was very upset and confused and kept saying her husband was …show more content…

I knew I had the ability to communicate effectively with her as I had a lot of experience doing this in the past. Literature highlights that as a nursing student it is highly important that they have the confidence and assertiveness to communicate well with patients. This will then lead on to creating an interpersonal relationship with the patient and thus positively influence physical, emotional and functional well-being. (Dearing et Steadman 2011). The following link is a video of a nurse who works in a community long stay ward who spoke to me about her day looking after elderly patients. She lets us know how to treat and care for them. For confidentiality reasons she did not want her face in the video.

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