Kontakt 2007, 9(2):260-263 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2007.040

Application to the attitude aimed at man (PCA) in the relationship nurse - patientNursing

Marcela Verešová
Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Fakulta sociálnych vied a zdravotníctva, Ústav aplikovanej psychológie

In the communication presented here, the application of basic principles of the attitude aimed at man (known as sufficient conditions of helping relationship) to nursing activity, particularly to the relationship between the nurse and patient, is explained. The founder of the PCA, Carl R. Rogers defined the following three central principles: congruence, unconditioned positive acceptance and empathic understanding, provided that there are two people in a psychological contact: in our concept, they are in the interaction nurse - patient/client. We show that it is possible to learn basic skills aimed at man (PCA skills), which are mastered and employed by the nurse to provide conditions for discovering the developing and healing force in patients supporting constructive changes with full respecting and accepting the patient as a supreme human being by the nurse. In association with empathic understanding, as described by Rogers in the helping relationship therapist/consultant/helper, we differentiate the empathic skill and empathic listening in nurse, which can, together with the use of other PCA skills, support the development of patient characteristics tending to the integrated condition. We apply and particularly also modify theses expressed by Sollárová (2005) to conditions of the helping relationship nurse-patient (based on original theses by Rogers and their association with functioning of manager - Maedows), which summarize in nine points effective functioning of nurses in terms of taking advantage of the skill aimed at man in the direct contact with the patient/client.

Keywords: Attitude aimed at man; nursing aimed at man; congruence; empathy; empathic listening; unconditioned acceptance; learning and PCA

Received: September 27, 2007; Accepted: October 25, 2007; Published: December 21, 2007  Show citation

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Verešová M. Application to the attitude aimed at man (PCA) in the relationship nurse - patient. Kontakt. 2007;9(2):260-263. doi: 10.32725/kont.2007.040.
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