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Sullivan'S Transactional Analysis: Non-Nursing Theories Relevant To Nursing Practice

Transactional analysis theory proposes that people have three ego states - parent, adult, and child - and that mental health results from clear communication between these states. The theory aims to improve interpersonal relationships through understanding transactions, or exchanges between people. For nursing, it helps nurses understand how their own behaviors impact patients and emphasizes developing communication skills to improve the quality of patient care through difficult conversations.

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Sullivan'S Transactional Analysis: Non-Nursing Theories Relevant To Nursing Practice

Transactional analysis theory proposes that people have three ego states - parent, adult, and child - and that mental health results from clear communication between these states. The theory aims to improve interpersonal relationships through understanding transactions, or exchanges between people. For nursing, it helps nurses understand how their own behaviors impact patients and emphasizes developing communication skills to improve the quality of patient care through difficult conversations.

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NON-NURSING THEORIES RELEVANT TO NURSING PRACTICE

SULLIVAN’S TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS


Theorist: Name: Eric Berne or Leonard Eric Bernstein

● He was born on May 10, 1910 in Montreal Canada. He was the son of a
physician and a writer, David and Sara Gordon Bernstein. His father died in
1921, leaving Sara with Eric and his sister, Grace.

● Education: Studied medicine at McGill University, and received his degree in


1931.
o He entered a residency at Yale, where he studied psychiatry and
psychoanalysis.

● Death: Died of a heart attack in Carmel on July 15, 1970

Contributions:
 Development of ego states
 Game theory
 Description of the script decision and its importance for life course.
Theory: Transactional Analysis

● Combines elements of psychoanalysis and cognitive theories of human


behavior, and offers both theories of personality and personal growth.
● A humanistic approach which incorporates information related to the
communication, personality, physiopathology and consulting or therapy fields
of psychology.
● The key elements of the transactional analysis theory are the ego states,
transactions, and life positions.

How this Person:


theory The person gradually develops a "good feeling" towards others and a sense of goodness
affects the towards himself or herself. He/she learns how to avoid anxiety and correct distorted
following: perceptions of others, learns to verify his/her ideas through consensual validation, and
seeks to achieve effective interpersonal relationships on a mature level.

Health:
People that have functional disability, cognitive-perceptual changes, orientation
disorders, changes in thought content and vice versa, can have difficulty making the
right decision for themselves.

Environment:
Interpersonal relations are responsible for both positive and negative characteristics in
people. Sullivan believed that all psychological disorders have an interpersonal origin
and can be understood only with reference to the patient’s social environment.

Nursing:
Helps nurses to have a better understanding of how their reactions and behaviours have
impact on the patients, and quality increase in patient care.
Your
thoughts on A nurse must have the skills and emotional intelligence needed in doing her job. The
this theory theory helps nurses to better understand their patient through communicating and
and how managing emotions during difficult conversation with patients in order to improve the
this migh quality of patient care.
affect your
nursing
career:

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