STAGE 1STAGE 1NURSE/DoctorHello, Mr. Rogers.My name is RyanLong. I'm asecond-yearstudent at thecollege of nursing,and I'm going to beyour student nursefor the day(to the client)Let me tell youwhat my rules as anursing studentwould be(to the client’swife)Mrs. Rogers. Itssounds like this hasbeen quite a scarefor both of you.CLIENTWhat? What?Did you saystudent? Studentnurse? Yeah, Ialready have anurse. She wasjust in here.This is great. Idon't needanother nurse,so...Why not. So,tell me whatyou’ll be doing.I’ve heard fromfriends who’vebeen in thehospital thatstudents havecared for them.So, tell me whatyou will bedoingCLIENT’SWIFERyan, hi, I amJoe's wife, Nikki.I'm sorry. Thishas just been sounexpected forus. Joe isn't usedto havingsomeone takecare of him.That's for sure. Ihate it wheneverhe takes a roofingjob. I worryabout him untilhe finishes it, buthe needs thework. There areso many peopleout of work rightnow, so we’rethankful for anyjob that comesalongSTUDENT’SCOMMUNICATIONTECHNIQUE OR BLOCKAND ANALYSISIntroducing/GivingInformation/Addressingthe patient by nameClarifying,Paraphrasing/Buildingtrust between thepatient/family and thenurse/Makes ObservationSTUDENT’STHOUGHTS, FEELINGSInstead of just saying “I’mgoing to be your studentnurse for the day” I wouldhave mentioned “I’manursing student who isfollowing your nurse. Willthat be okay for you?”Hedid a good job in callingout patient’s name thusgiving the patientrecognition.The nurse was trying toexplain how he will becaring for the patient whichis a good start. I wouldhave asked as a questioninstead of stating as asentence though. He alsoobserved the wife andmentions about it. I wouldhave asked more about howthey both have been copingwith the amount of stressthey have in their lives3
