Assignment:
Framework for Clinical Discussion and Activities: QSEN Competencies https://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/
• Patient-Centered Care (PCC)
• Teamwork and Collaboration (TWC)
• Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
• Quality Improvement (QI)
• Safety (S)
• Informatics (I)
In-Clinical Assignment: Therapeutic Communication
Read the following article:
Therapeutic Communication (Sharma & Gupta, 2021)
In-Clinical Assignment
Read the articles above to prepare yourself to explore Therapeutic Communication during clinical. Write a reflection on therapeutic communication practices that you noticed today citing a total ofthree references from journal articles or mental health organizations.
• How would you create a client-centered environment of therapeutic communication in in-patient psychiatric treatment?
• Ask a nurse his or her best therapeutic communication practices when on the unit.
• What type of training do staff receive on therapeutic communication?
• Identify five best practice principles of therapeutic communication that are being implemented on the unit
• Identify three common pitfalls of therapeutic communication.
• What therapeutic communication strengths do you have? Where do you need to improve?
• Create an NCLEX style question to quiz your peers on their knowledge of creating a safe client environment.
Post-Clinical Discussion
• Therapeutic Communication
o How can you utilize the principles of therapeutic communication discussed in pre-clinical to provide better patient care to clients with mental health needs?
Post- Clinical Assignments:
1. Complete the following exercises on de-escalation techniques:
a. PowerPoint: Investigator Safety: De-escalating During an Interview:https://www.ncsbn.org/1658.htm
i. High-risk behaviors and client care from the administrator and regulatory administrator's standpoint, verbal de-escalation techniques, safety, interventions, what to do, and what not to do. (video is 55 minutes long)
ii. Write a one-paragraph reflection on the skills learned in this video that can help the staff and clients to stay safe through de-escalating stressful situations.