Description
Book SynopsisThis text provides a foundational understanding of therapeutic relationships and the transitional discharge model (TDM), a person-centered, evidence-based model that supports a smooth transition from hospital to community for people with mental illness
Starting with background into the ground-breaking work of Dr. Hildegard Peplau, the mother of modern psychiatric nursing, and moving towards a transdisciplinary transitional discharge perspective, chapters introduce students and practitioners to theoretical, historical, and current perspectives on therapeutic relationships as they relate to transitional care. These perspectives foreground empirical research and practical applications that can be implemented in hospital and community settings. The Appendix features an essential TDM toolkit with forms, learning topics, and checklists developed by programs that implement TDM.
Essential reading for those studying psychiatric nursing, this book combines theory, research, and b
Table of Contents
Part I: Theoretical Perspectives; 1. Overview of Peplau’s Theory; 2. The Orientation Phase of the Nurse-Client Relationship: Testing Peplau’s Theory; Part II: Care Recipient Perspectives; 3. A Review of Our Understanding of the Care Recipient Perspective; 4. Factors Influencing Movement of Chronic Psychiatric Patients from the Orientation to the Working Phase of the Nurse-Client Relationship on an Inpatient Unit; Part III: Care Provider Perspectives; 5. A Review of Our Understanding of the Care Provider Perspective; 6. The Developing Nurse-Client Relationship: Nurses’ Perspectives; Part IV: Exploration of Key Concepts; 7. Compassion as Collaboration; 8. Empathy: The Core of the Nurse-Client Relationship; 9. New Technologies; 10. Ethics and Boundaries in Therapeutic Relationships; Part V: From Therapeutic Relationships to Transitional Care; 11. Therapeutic Relationships: From Psychiatric Hospital to Community; 12. Peer Support; 13. Implementation of a Transitional Discharge Model: Clients', Health Professionals', and Peer Supporters’ Perspectives; 14. Cost-Effectiveness of the Implementation of a Transitional Discharge Model for Community Integration of Psychiatric Clients: Practice Insights and Policy Implications; 15. Supporting Therapeutic Relationships in the Clinical Setting; 16. Conclusion; Appendix: The Transitional Discharge Model Tookit; Copyright Acknowledgements; References; Index
