Listen and talk to the older patients: a critical emancipatory reflection on the practice of communication issues
Qiao-Miao Zeng
Lian-Xiang He
摘要：Objective:Reflection is a process of deliberating thinking and examining one's practice in the past and thereby encouraging nurses to make improvements in future care delivery.This work outlines a piece of reflection involving the practice of communication between nurses and the elderly,to emancipate the authors from their constraints,help to find values as practitioners,and gain a greater understanding of the nurse-patient relationship.Methods:Using Smyth's four-stage model as a guide,as well as empirical and theoretical knowledge on nurse-patient relationships,this paper presents a deep reflection on the relationship that the authors developed with elderly patients and their families,encountered during the practice as a nurse.By applying the four main stages consisting of describe,inform,confront,and reconstruct,this model enabled the authors to frame,describe the practice issue,and explore the meaning behind it,which helps to facilitate a structured reflection.Results:Critical emancipatory reflection,in association with the Espoused theory and Theory-in-use,as well as reflexivity,critical social theory,and hegemony,was applied to uncover the various power relationships and constraining forces in the authors' practice involved in communicating with the elderly,such as the underlying false consciousness,hegemony,hidden assumptions,influential values,and dominant power structure,which are subtle and persuasive.By applying this process of critical reflection,transformative practice could be achieved.Conclusions:The process of critical reflection facilitated the development of the abilities required to develop and maintain the nursepatient relationship.It helps to enhance the care of old patients and their families,which illuminates the future nursing practice.
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论文发表日期：2019-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：6( 35-40 )
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