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- Title
The emotional boundary seesaw model to help cancer clinical nurse specialists work with patients who challenge them.
- Authors
Lorentz, Ian
- Abstract
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer and receiving treatment can be physically and psychologically onerous for cancer patients. Alongside their nursing skills, cancer clinical nurse specialists (CCNSs) are trained to provide psychological support, assessment and intervention following a cancer diagnosis. Mental health specialists, usually clinical psychologists, provide clinical supervision to CCNSs to support them with this. One of the regular themes that comes up in clinical supervision with CCNSs is how to maintain a supportive and therapeutic relationship with 'challenging' patients. These patients may be considered challenging because they are inconsistent, demanding or ambivalent about their care, which puts a strain on the relationship with their CCNS. By using the emotional seesaw model to reflect on and attend to the emotional boundaries of the relationship, within clinical supervision, these challenging relationships can be understood and managed, and better outcomes for the patient can be achieved.
- Subjects
NURSES; NURSE-patient relationships; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SELF-efficacy; CANCER patient medical care; CANCER patients; EMOTIONS; ONCOLOGY nursing; NURSE practitioners; CLINICAL supervision in mental health; JOB satisfaction; NURSES' attitudes; PATIENT satisfaction
- Publication
British Journal of Nursing, 2024, Vol 33, Issue 10, pS10
- ISSN
0966-0461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjon.2024.33.10.S10