title: The nurse-client relationship: a mutual learning experience.
abstract: The nurse-client relationship is a mutual learning experience and a corrective emotional experience for the client. The terms 'learning' and 'corrective' imply a change in the participants' behaviour. Because the prospect of change is threatening, the skillful nurse provides a climate for the client that is conducive to expressing feelings at every step in the course of the nurse-client relationship. Both positive and negative feelings are appreciated; both are put into the service of the problem-solving venture other than being allowed to impede it. To the extent that this occurs, the nurse-client collaborative efforts further the experience of each participant.
mesh_terms: D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D014167:Transference, Psychology