NRS516 Advanced Nursing Skills – The Therapeutic Relationship

NRS516 Advanced Nursing Skills – The Therapeutic Relationship

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to
– describe the role of the nurse as a counsellor;
– explain and analyse the various theoretical perspectives in counselling;
– apply and translate the theoretical principles of counselling theory to meet the individual needs of your client;
– use of systematic approach during counselling sessions in order to use it as the basis for therapeutic communication;
– identify, discuss and critically comment upon some of the major counselling techniques used to enhance therapeutic counselling/communication skills;
– have an understanding of the ethical and professional issues inherent in the practice of counselling.
Syllabus

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The subject will cover the following topics:
Historical perspectives of counselling Overview of the helping model On becoming a counsellor Macro and micro skills in counselling Theoretical approaches to counselling (e.g. humanistic, gestalt, rational emotive, cognitive, behavioural and analytical therapy) Practical application of the therapeutic counselling/communication skills in various psychiatric/psychological problems within a nursing context (i.e. suicide, anger management, crisis intervention, grief, depression etc.) Code of ethics in counselling