EDGEWOOD
COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF
NURSING
NRS211
INTERPERSONAL
PROCESS RECORDING (IPR) GUIDELINES
A process recording is a verbatim record and analysis of a
significant interaction with a client. The
purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon communication skills and examine
their effectiveness as well as your skill in using them.
- The
IPR has three columns:
- One
for the client statements
- One
for the nurse's statements or responses
- One
for analysis of the interaction
- The statements of each person should be recorded
verbatim, or as well as can be remembered. Record the interaction as soon as possible after it
occurs to increase accuracy of recall.
- The IPR should focus on a significant part of the
nurse's interaction with the client. Do
not include introductions, social comments, or fact-finding, such as where
you live, or go to school, and so forth.
- At the beginning of the IPR, summarize the situation
and context in which the interaction occurred. FOR EXAMPLE: The
client and I were sitting in the commons area; there was no one close by,
and we had been talking about social topics. I decided it was time to find out how the client was
feeling today.
- For the IPR, use at least 10 statements for each
person (client and nurse).
- Record nonverbal behavior of the nurse and client as
well as verbal statements. Also
record significant periods of silence.
- In the analysis column, identify the therapeutic
technique used by the nurse, or identify the response as non-therapeutic
using the handout (and/or your text) provided for Communication Techniques.
If the nurse's response was non-therapeutic, state what could have
been said (now that you have reflected on the interaction/response). Also record your feelings at the time, and any other
information that is significant; e.g., someone else interrupted the
interaction, the client had to go to the bathroom, etc.
- A sample process recording will be provided in the
handouts.
Return to Weekly Schedule/Assignments.
Return to Nursing 211 Homepage.