Communication Skills for Nursing Practice

ISBN-13: 9780230369207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 280 str.

Catherine Mccabe

Opis

A fully updated edition of a successful text, which enables nurses and health professionals to use core communication skills in a patient-centred way. With new content on diversity, electronic communication and telephone skills, it remains a key text for any health professional seeking to apply communication theory to their daily practice.

Spis treści

PART I: THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATION IN NURSING 1. Communication Theory 2. Nursing Theory 3. Effective Communication PART II: THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS IN NURSING 4. Communication Skills 5. Barriers to Effective Communication 6. Conflict 7. Collaborative Communication 8. Communicating in Difficult Situations PART III: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPUTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS 9. The Role of Personal Self-awareness in Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills 10. Experiential Learning

O autorze

Catherine McCabe is Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Her research interests include the use of smart technology and multimedia to improve communication and quality of life in chronic and life threatening illness.

Fiona Timmins is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She has more than 65 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has written and co-authored six nursing text books. She sits on the editorial board of three peer-review journals.

Blurb

More than ever before, nurses need highly developed skills in order to communicate sensitively and collaboratively, across a wide range of media, with patients, clients, and colleagues from a variety of backgrounds.
Supporting students and practitioners in developing a patient-centred and therapeutic framework for communication, the new edition of Communication Skills for Nursing Practice takes a practical and hands-on approach to communication theory. This accessible introduction features research from a wide range of healthcare contexts, and provides exercises and action plans to help nurses integrate psychological and healthcare communication theory into their day-to-day professional practice. Fully revised and updated, with new material on diversity, continuing professional development, and email and telephone communication skills, this is an essential guide to one of the most fundamental skills in the caring professions.