Human Relationships

This course introduces the learner to the development of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The learner will study the concepts of caring and collaboration; client and family centred care; and the maintenance of professional boundaries and therapeutic communication, as constructs to the helping relationship. Exploring the College of Nurses of Ontario's (CNO, 2019) "Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship (Revised, 2006)", learners will engage in an in-depth discussion of the components of trust, respect, professional intimacy, empathy, and power. This course will examine the six principles from the CNO's (2019) "Code of Conduct", which guides a nurse's and other health care professionals' (HCP) obligations, and as a way in which to understand the public's expectation of nursing. Culminating this course will be a study of how all nurses and other HCPs must protect clients from abuse of any form, through proper identification, prevention, protection, reporting mechanisms, and by the application of the CNO's (2019) practice guideline "Ethics". This course will support the knowledge, skills, judgment, and nursing attitudes required during all simulation (scenarios) experiences that occur throughout the Practical Nursing program.

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