Mental Health Nursing
Interpersonal Process Recording (IPR)
Student Name Date
Brief information about this client: Scenario 1 Mr. Jones is a 69-year-old retired engineer admitted with Major Depressive Disorder
Scenario 2 (#11-20) A 34-year-old women with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and ineffective coping
Student Goal for this interaction: To gather more information on the patient’s thoughts and mindset while demonstrating a therapeutic nurse-client
relationship.
Setting/Time: Patient’s room 0900
Nurse Communication Client communication Nurse’s Thoughts & Communication Technique Alternative or Revised
(Verbal & Non-verbal) (Verbal & Non-verbal) Feelings Related to the (Therapeutic/Non-Therapeutic) Response
Interaction
1. Hi you may come in (client I am feeling anxious Therapeutic: Offering Even though the
Hello, my name is Geneva sitting in a chair gazing out the because I am new at self. The nursing client invited me in,
(smiling). I'm a student nurse at window) this type of interview, student was making he could have said
Rasmussen College. I am and I want to do a herself available on an no. Instead of asking
interested in talking with you, good job. unconditional basis if he minds if I could
do you mind if I join you? (Townsend, M. C., join him, I should
Morgan, K. I. 2018). have stated my
name, then told him
what my intentions
were.
2. Thank you. Can you tell me The patient states his full I was thinking, “Ok, Therapeutic: Exploring By confirming his
your name and date of birth? (I name and date of birth. He the patient got his identity is making
am looking at the watched me while I checked name and date of birth sure I am speaking
patient’s wrist band to his wrist band. correct; therefore, he to the correct person
confirm his name and date of is oriented to self.” and confirmation
birth). results in the student
addressing the
patient by his right
name.
3. Mr. Jones, how are you The patient looks at me and I was genuinely Therapeutic: giving a
feeling? answers: “ok, I guess! concerned about how broad opening; this
he was doing. allows the client to take
the initiative (Townsend,
M. C., 2018).
4. Mr. Jones, can you tell me a Pt fold hands together; I am afraid he is going Therapeutic: open-
little about what brought you to sits quietly “I keep wondering to shut down and not ended question. The
the hospital? (while facing the how long I will have to stay answer my questions. nursing student was
Interpersonal Process Recording (IPR)
Student Name Date
Brief information about this client: Scenario 1 Mr. Jones is a 69-year-old retired engineer admitted with Major Depressive Disorder
Scenario 2 (#11-20) A 34-year-old women with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and ineffective coping
Student Goal for this interaction: To gather more information on the patient’s thoughts and mindset while demonstrating a therapeutic nurse-client
relationship.
Setting/Time: Patient’s room 0900
Nurse Communication Client communication Nurse’s Thoughts & Communication Technique Alternative or Revised
(Verbal & Non-verbal) (Verbal & Non-verbal) Feelings Related to the (Therapeutic/Non-Therapeutic) Response
Interaction
1. Hi you may come in (client I am feeling anxious Therapeutic: Offering Even though the
Hello, my name is Geneva sitting in a chair gazing out the because I am new at self. The nursing client invited me in,
(smiling). I'm a student nurse at window) this type of interview, student was making he could have said
Rasmussen College. I am and I want to do a herself available on an no. Instead of asking
interested in talking with you, good job. unconditional basis if he minds if I could
do you mind if I join you? (Townsend, M. C., join him, I should
Morgan, K. I. 2018). have stated my
name, then told him
what my intentions
were.
2. Thank you. Can you tell me The patient states his full I was thinking, “Ok, Therapeutic: Exploring By confirming his
your name and date of birth? (I name and date of birth. He the patient got his identity is making
am looking at the watched me while I checked name and date of birth sure I am speaking
patient’s wrist band to his wrist band. correct; therefore, he to the correct person
confirm his name and date of is oriented to self.” and confirmation
birth). results in the student
addressing the
patient by his right
name.
3. Mr. Jones, how are you The patient looks at me and I was genuinely Therapeutic: giving a
feeling? answers: “ok, I guess! concerned about how broad opening; this
he was doing. allows the client to take
the initiative (Townsend,
M. C., 2018).
4. Mr. Jones, can you tell me a Pt fold hands together; I am afraid he is going Therapeutic: open-
little about what brought you to sits quietly “I keep wondering to shut down and not ended question. The
the hospital? (while facing the how long I will have to stay answer my questions. nursing student was
