Chapter 2: Reflections
Reflection Questions
1. How can nurses apply some of Freud’s theory about personality development and past relationships?
2. If you have a peer who suffered from test anxiety, how would you apply Peplau’s theory to ask your friend about their anxiety?
3. As a nurse, how can you tailor behavioral interventions for a client with anxiety compared with a client with a behavior-related chronic health condition, considering the principles of behavioral and cognitive behavioral theories?
4. Consider how the humanistic theory influenced your nursing practice as a student nurse in the clinical setting. Discuss your answer in small classroom groups or in a discussion thread on your online learning management system.
5. Why is self-reflection an important aspect of nursing practice when applying humanistic theories? How can self-awareness contribute to providing more effective and compassionate care?
6. How do you see the overlapping of cognitive development, object relations theory, and moral development in human beings?
7. How do you see the overlapping of cognitive development, object relations theory, and moral development in human beings?
8. During therapy, nurses are often required to touch clients. Using techniques of self-awareness, why would the nurse ask permission before touching a client?
