Motivational Interviewing Essay

This years cross country went off pretty well if you ask Harrisburg cross country runner Alexander Auch, If you ask him he will tell you that his favorite part of the season was watching his teammates improve and grow as a better runner and placing top 10 in just about every race and getting first in Brookings with a time of 16:40.66 and getting second as a team. Alex isn 't sure yet what he will do running wise after High School but he says if he get the opportunity to run in college he will take it and run with it. He will also say that he is exited for next year and looking forward to it he was been running all winter inside and out and don 't be surprised when you see him in the summer out there because the Harrisburg team has a summer

I chose to interview someone that I have looked up to and has been an inspiring role model for deciding to pursue a career in nursing. I have known Phyllis Czarnecki, for six years now, however, I was never familiar with the details of her career as a registered nurse. This interview gave me more respect for Mrs. Czarnecki by giving me a better understanding of the path she has taken to be where she is now. I have always known the general idea of a nurse's responsibilities, however, this interview allowed me to learn the personal opinions and a specific job of a registered nurse. Phyllis realized, as a teenager, she wanted to become a nurse when her mom was hospitalized and undergoing surgery.

• Lizzie’s mother commented, “it just depends on the situation on how Lizzie’s takes the criticism because she will ask me what do you mean momma because if she doesn’t like what I am saying it will lead to an outburst.” • Lizzie’s mother focused don how she can give positive criticism by picking a good time and place, saying what she likes about Lizzie first, ask if Lizzie has notice any problems, describe the problem affects, discuss solutions together, write up a contract for change, and express love.” • Lizzie’s mother listened as the QP shared how to deliver positive criticism • Lizzie’s mother reflected on how to use motivational interviewing by expressing empathy for the person’s problem, point out inconsistencies between the person’s values and their behavior, validate the reluctance to change as natural, express confidence ability to change, ask what she is willing to do differently, and ask for a commitment to change the

Grant takes great length to emphasize that a patient is just a person that needs to be treated without bias or prejudice. Using her technique from a “patient centered interview skill that [she] [had] learned in medical

These processes of motivational interviewing are used daily in the nursing profession to facilitate in the delivery of high quality care to ambivalent patients. In this composition, I will critique my digital recording where I talked to a patient using the processes of motivational interviewing. I will focus on the processes of engaging and evoking. Engaging

My mock motivational interview was done by myself as the therapist and Ph.D. student.  Rachel, as my mock client. In the mock interview, Rachel was newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was having trouble with changing her eating habits. She is an active young adult who enjoys having drinks and going out to eat with friends and family. She try’s to eat healthily but is not ready to just stop eating her favorite foods cold turkey.

the why we approach patients in a certain way. Look forward to broadening my knowledge base, learning theory behind nursing and approaching patients in a different way. When caring out orders and discharging patients today I'm thinking of the learning style and

Outcome 5: Use Basic Communication and Collaborative Skills to Optimize Patient Outcomes Brenen Dapkiewicz NU 311 Fundamentals of Nursing Practicum Washburn University School of Nursing Knowledge Q1: Describe how you utilized several communication skills you were introduced to in class. During my long-term care experience last Friday, I was exposed to many forms of communication. There was non-verbal communication, where you could just see that a patient was maybe anxious or content.

The evaluation is the final part of my three mandatory written pieces of my graded unit. The final evaluation stage of the graded unit requires me to reflect on how the activity went, whilst highlighting my strengths, areas that require future development and identify my weaknesses, this, in turn, will enable me to adapt my practice to ensure I am continuously supporting patients to the standards set within The Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC). Looking back on the activity, I am proud of myself for being able to plan and follow the activity through to complication. When completing the book with Mr X I found it to be an enjoyable activity that not only offered benefits to Mr X but also to myself, it allowed me to understand the importance of building a therapeutic relationship with a patient. Building a successful therapeutic relationship required me to have good communication and interpersonal skills, (Radcliffe and Ford, 2015), that allowed me to build a relationship with Mr X based on mutual trust and respect.

A. Clinical Strengths & Needs • Strengths: Today, I began that start to feel like I am perfect certain skills as well as gaining more confidence. It’s amazing how much I have learned and have grown as a future nurse. I’m also beginning to realize how attached I am to my resident; I am constantly assessing to ensure my resident’s health. Objectives I met today were demonstrating professional values of caring and holism; implementing strategies to promote, maintain and restore health; and demonstrating effective clinical decision-making and safety in practice. An example of objective 1 was during a depend change, I noticed my resident had a redness on his right bottom.

5 NURSING PROCESS The nursing process is a series of organized steps designed for nurses to provide excellent care. Learn the five phases, including assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating. 5:1 Personnel Context As a nurse can make a huge difference in the health of my patients by many methods.

Showing a genuine interest in the patient's life and

Being the clinician and conducting an intake interview was one of the most the practical, informative, and thought-provoking assignments I have completed throughout undergrad thus far. While allowing me to practice clinical interviewing skills, I learned how difficult yet essential various skills were in order to successfully complete an intake process. Specifically, I found taking a direct approach and asking specific questions was most successful. For example, with my client, Ian, I was able to find out the most relevant information about his manic tendencies through asking him specific questions. His intake form described having manic tendencies in the past, though there was not enough information there to really get to the core reason for

From the ideas and techniques that Mrs. Perez used, I realized how these interviews could be helpful if utilized and applied in the proper way. To me, this assignment was the best and it helped me further my development and growth as a future mental health counselor. The most interesting and educative aspect of this interview was how Mrs. Perez applied most of the counseling techniques, such motivational stage that we have been taught in class. Aspects such as paraphrasing the words of your clients, tone, and facial expressions are critical in a counseling session and students always overlook these techniques. The way Mrs. Perez employed according to her explanation was excellent and her ideas justified the importance of such points in any counseling session.

At times, we may find it challenging to engage children to learning. Education plays a major role in children’s lives. Teachers must find educational activities that work for each child. This week, I have done an interview with a 6th grade teacher named Eutonna. During the interview, I have learned about the quality of intermediate-grades and education and the roles of adults in young children’s lives.