Termination of the relationship may occur for a variety of rea-The Termination Phasea student nurse, the clinical rotation may come to an end. Ter-mination can be a diffiTasks include the following: 1. Bringing a therapeutic conclusion to the relationship. This the client may be discharged from the hospital, or in the case of sons: the mutually agreed-upon goals may have been reached, occurs when: a. Progress has been made toward attainment of mutually c. Feelings about termination of the relationship are rec- b. A plan for continuing care or for assistance during stress-cess of termination.ful life experiences is mutually established by the nurse set goals.ognized and explored. Both the nurse and client may ex-perience feelings of sadness and loss. The nurse should share his or her feelings with the client. Through these interactions, the client learns that it is acceptable to un-dergo these feelings at a time of separation. Through this knowledge, the client experiences growth during the pro-and client.nurse must establish the reality of the separation and resist Note:behaviors to delay termination. For therapeutic closure, the delay termination may become evident. If the nurse experi-ences the same feelings, he or she may allow the client’s being manipulated into repeated delays by the client. When the client feels sadness and loss, behaviors to cult phase for both the client and nurse.
● Using TechniqueTHERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES (^) silence Gives the client the Explanation/Rationaleopportunity to collect and organ-ize thoughts, to think through a point, or to consider introducing a topic of greater concern than the one being discussed. Examples
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