These stages, as well as the boundaries placed and upheld by the nurse, help to build the rapport and trust between the client and the nurse Family dynamics have a large impact on a child’s emotional development.

Some things that can affect family dynamics are being a single-parent family, divorce, poverty, addition of a stepparent, and parental mental health. Therapeutic nurse-client relationships vary in depth, length, and focus.

boundaries — limits set as individuals that define levels of comfort when interacting with others. family dynamics — way that the family members interact, communicate, and problem-solve. differentiation of self — when an individual is able to feel autonomous and make decisions that help them function independently within the family group. re-traumatization — feeling like the past trauma is reoccurring or that the person is in an unsafe situation as they were when the trauma occurred.