COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY, BSC NURSING , JOHARI WINDOW, HUMAN RELATION

1. JOHARI WINDOW
PREPARED BY
KRUPA MATHEW.M,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

2. OBJECTIVES
Students will able to :
- enumerate Johari window
- discuss the role of nurse in IPR

3. JOHARI
WINDOW
Definition:
a tool for
Johari Window is
illustrating and improving self
awareness and mutual understanding
between self or groups.

4. window was
• The Johari
devised
psycologist,
by
Jospeh
American
Luft &
Harry Ingham In 1955.
• The model was first published in
proceedings of the Western
Training Laboratory in Group
Development by UCLA extension
office in 1955

5. Johari Window
• The Johari window model is a simple and useful tool
for illustration and improving self-awareness and
mutual understanding between individuals within a
group.
• The Johari window terminology refers to self and
others
• Self refers to the person subject to the Johari window
analysis & others refer to other people in the
person’s group or team

6. Facts related to Johari window
The Johari window model represents self-
awareness of an individual towards himself or herself
and later on become a widely used model for self-
development by helping the person understand and
learn about improvement of communication skills
and IPR

7. Usage of the Johari
Window
Generally used for teaching
and understanding:
– How individuals communicate
with themselves and with others
– How individuals present
themselves and to others
– How do individuals perceive
their place in the world.

8. FUNCTIONS OF JOHARI
WINDOW’S MODEL
• It has become a
understanding,training
widely
self-
used model for
awareness,personal
development & to improve communication,group
dynamics,team development &inter – group
relationships
• It puts emphasis on soft skills , empathy , co – operation
& interpersonal relationship development

9. FUNCTIONS CONT…….
• It can also be used to develop individual’s & group’s
relationship with other groups.
• It actually represents an information ,feelings
views , attitudes , experience, skills , intentions &
motivation within or about a person in relation to their
group from four perspectives
• It provides an useful way to graphically visualize the
process of self - disclosure

11. The open or public
self
The unknowing self
The private self The unknown self
Known to Self Unknown to Self
Known
to
others
Unknow
n to
others

12. 1.The open or public self
upper
of the
left
window
The
quadrant
represents the part of the
self that is public; that is,
aspect
which
of the self about
both the individual
and others are aware

13. The open or public self
Example:
A nurse who is the adult child of an alcoholic,
has strong feelings about helping alcoholics to achieve
sobriety. She volunteers her time to be a support person
on call to help recovering alcoholics. She is aware of
her feelings and her desire to help others. Members of
the alcoholics Anonymous group in which the
volunteers her time
and they
are also aware of
comforatble calling
her feelings
her when
feel
they need help
refraining from drinking

14. 2.The unknowing self
The
quadrant
upper right (blind)
of the window
represents the part of the self
that is known to others but
remains hidden from the
awareness of the individual

15. The unknowing self
Example:
When that nurse takes care of patients in detox,
she does so without emotion, tending to the technical
aspects of the task in a way the clients perceive as cold
& judgmental. She is unaware that she comes across to
the clients in this way

16. 3.The private self
The lower left quadrant
of the window represents the
part of the self that is known to
the individual, but which the
individual deliberately and
consciously conceals from
others

17. The private self
Example:
That nurse would prefer not to take care of the
client in detox because doing so provokes painful
memories from her childhood. Because she does not
want the other staff members to know about these
feelings, however, she volunteers to take care of the
detox client whenever they are assigned to her unit.

18. 4.The unknown self
The
quadrant of
lower
the
right
window
represents the part of the self
that is unknown to both the
individual and to others

19. The unknown self
Example:
The nurse felt very powerless as a child growing
up with an alcoholic father. She seldom knew in what
condition she would find her father or what his
behavior would be. She learned over her life situation
and left home as soon as she graduated from high
school.

20. The unknown self Cont……
The need to stay in control has always been very
important to her and she is unaware that working
from with recovering alcoholics helps to fulfill this
need in her. The people she is helping are also
unaware that she is satisfying an unfulfilled person
need as she provides them with assistance

21. ROLE OF A NURSE IN IMPROVING
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
1) Willingness to Give and Take :
Be co-operative and appreciative with
colleagues
all your
2) Acceptance of Others :
Keeping in mind the ethics and professional
commitment nurse accept the fact that s/he need to give
excellent care regardless of her/his own feelings.

22. Cont…
…
3) Self Acceptance:
A professional nurse requires development in the
socio-cultural aspects of life as well as in scientific and
technological aspects.
4) Emotional Maturity:
A mentally healthy person is enriched with
emotions as s/he attains maturity and uses them
intelligently
Ex: (Use repression – a defense mechanism (what to
forget and what to remember)

23. Cont…
…
5) Know-How
‘It is very easy to preach but difficult to
practice’, I want to adjust with others”. These are
commonly expressed concerns of people, but how to go
about it?
Eg : Courteous and respectful gesture to every one will
be fruitful.

24. Cont…
…
6) The Nurse and Her Patients:
The first responsibility of the nurse is to
establishes rapport with her patient as she plans
comprehensive care for him.
A sense of humor, infinite patience and dignity will
help the nurse to earn respect and liking from her
patient and keep her relationship as a professional one.

25. Conclusion
Interpersonal relationship
important factor in our
communication especially in
is an
day to day
the field of
nursing. Considerable thought and attention have
been given to the subject of IPR. Nursing is a
caring profession and basically the primary role
of a nurse is to tender on effective harmonious
relationship to the patient so both communication
and interpersonal relationship are both sides of a
coin.

26. Book Reference
• Neeraja.K.P (2011) “A Text book ofCommunication and
Educational Technology for nurses”1st edition, Jaypee
Brother Medical Publishers (P)Ltd,Page no.611
• Sankaranarayanan.B (2012)”A Text book Education” 4th
edition, Jaypee Brother Medical Publishers (P)Ltd ,
Page no.151 to 155
• Sudha.R (2016) “ Nursing Education-Principle &
Concepts 2nd edition,Jaypee Brother Medical
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• Dr,Suresh .K.Sharma & Reena sharma (2016)
“Communication and Educational Technology” 2nd
edition,Elsevier Publications,Page no.27 to 45