Psychological issues
Students at any level of school may suffer psychologically. Psychological issues should be taken care of early in an individual’s life to prevent problems in the future. Students face challenges that affect them mentally. The school nurse is, therefore, required to help the students overcome these issues. Without a good therapeutic alliance, the nurse will be incapable of helping the students. The paper will focus on ways through which the nurse can improve their therapeutic engagement with the student.
Therapeutic alliances have shown to be a robust predictor of counseling outcomes (Duff, 2010). First, as the nurse, I would ensure that the student is comfortable enough to share their issues. When the student has gained my trust, it will be easy for them to share their problems; hence the outcome can be predetermined. Sharing their problems would ensure that the student would get the help that they deserved. With the predetermined outcome, the course of action can, therefore, able determined.
Also, as the nurse, I would show empathy to the students that come in for counseling. Therapist empathy has a long history as a hypothesized ring key change process in psychotherapy (Elliot, 2018). When the nurse is empathetic to the student, the student will feel that the nurse is caring, and that will enable the student to speak their issues out. This way, the student can be helped, and the problems resolved. The process of counseling will be more fruitful as the student will feel their issues considered.
However, as a nurse, I should also ensure that the student is calm. If the student is relaxed, the chances that the counseling will be helpful is substantial. Talking about their issues would be easy if the student is calm as they would be articulate in answering the questions asked. This way, the understanding between the student and the nurse would be in sync hence proper guidance. The session would be fruitful as the student would get the help they deserve.
When the nurse and a student develop a good therapeutic alliance through these ways and more, the student will communicate their issues and will get helped accordingly. The student’s mental health is essential. The right therapeutic alliances make it vital for them to be able to share their problems with professionals such as nurses who will ensure that they get assisted. Issues affecting the student’s mental health should get sought out early. Therapy cannot happen unless both the nurse and the student have a tremendous therapeutic alliance.