The nurse-patient relationship establishes therapeutic partnership based on trust, respect, and empathy to promote healing and facilitate health-related goals. This professional relationship has phases: orientation (establishing trust, setting boundaries); working (implementing interventions, addressing problems); and termination (preparing for discharge, evaluating progress). Core conditions: empathy (understanding patient's perspective); unconditional positive regard (non-judgmental acceptance); genuineness (authenticity); and warmth. Helping skills include: active listening; reflection; clarification; summarization; and appropriate self-disclosure. Boundaries prevent over-involvement or under-involvement. The relationship provides emotional support, reduces anxiety, and enhances treatment adherence. Nurses maintain professionalism while demonstrating caring. Documentation should reflect therapeutic interactions and relationship progress. Challenges include: time constraints, difficult patients, burnout. Supervision helps maintain effectiveness. This relationship is the foundation of nursing care, differentiating it from technical tasks alone. It promotes patient dignity and participation in care.

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• loveness Phiri – 1084 pts

• Visual Pathway Lesions
• Positive and Negative Symptoms
• Hallucinations and Delusions
• Antipsychotic Medications
• Emergency: Environmental Emergencies