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  • Nursing Practice
  • Healthcare Communication
  • Patient Experience

Background:

  • Positive and trusting therapeutic relationships are essential in nursing.
  • Clinical practice presents challenges to delivering relationship-centered care.
  • Addressing these challenges is crucial for all stakeholders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline a framework for nurses to develop therapeutic relationships.
  • To integrate evidence-based practice into therapeutic relationships.
  • To explore and address healthcare system-level challenges.

Main Methods:

  • Framework development for therapeutic relationships.
  • Integration of best available evidence.
  • Exploration of healthcare system challenges.

Main Results:

  • Nurses can utilize a framework to build therapeutic relationships.
  • Evidence-based practices enhance care delivery.
  • System-level issues impacting relationships are identified.

Conclusions:

  • A structured approach can improve nurse-patient therapeutic relationships.
  • Addressing systemic barriers is key to effective, relationship-centered care.
  • Enhanced relationships benefit patients, families, carers, and nurses.