Basic Counselling for Exempt Nursing Staff (Management)

Course objective

Equip the Registered Nurses (exempt) with the theoretical framework to counseling
Enable the nurses to apply the counseling skills to staff, patients and their families effectively using the problem-solving approach

Course content

Define the term counseling
List the aims of counseling
Explain the counselor’s values and the therapeutics process
Demonstrate the qualities of an effective counselor
Participate in the explorations of self
State the purpose of the professional need
Recognize the areas of ethical difficulty in counseling practice
Perform ethical decision by using the ethical decision making process
Apply basic communication skills (interpersonal and listening) without referring to notes
Demonstrate the counseling skills of verbal and non-verbal skills
Identify the definition of intervention/ Integration skills
Organize the counseling session using the counseling process
Conduct basic counseling with a problem solving model
Evaluate the counseling session by reflection
State the definition of reluctance and resistance
Recognize the reasons of reluctance and resisting
Demonstrate the principles for managing reluctant and resistance clients using the productive approaches

Duration

8 hours (1 full day)

Timing

8am to 5pm

Course fees

$350 (excluding GST)

Target audience

Senior Nurse Manager, Nurse Manager, Senior Nurse Clinician, Nurse Clinician, Senior Nurse Educator, Nurse Educator, Acting Nurse Clinician and Senior Staff Nurse