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Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Communication

Sharing information, concepts, and emotions to foster mutual understanding is communication. The sender, recipient, and transaction must be considered in …
Interpersonal communication focuses on the exchange of messages between two people. We can participate in these relationships through verbal, nonverbal, …
Effective communication is the foundation of a good organization. Communication is the lifeblood of an organization that connects the group with messages. …
Communication is a lifelong learning process. Through therapeutic communication, nurses can collect relevant assessment data, provide education and …
The history of therapeutic communication can be traced back to Florence Nightingale, who emphasized the importance of developing trusting relationships …
Focusing involves centering a conversation on a message's critical elements or concepts. Focusing is valuable if the talk is vague or patients begin …
The nursing process uses scientific reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking to guide nurses in providing patients with appropriate care. This …
Several factors are considered while creating a patient's care plan. Motivation is a factor in improving communication, and patients often require …
A successful patient outcome depends mainly on the evaluation stage of the nursing process. Evaluation determines effectiveness by reviewing what was done …
Effective communication among healthcare professionals during hand-off reporting is essential to delivering safe and continuous patient care. Common …
SBAR is an effective communication tool used by healthcare professionals to communicate patient information accurately. SBAR stands for Situation, …
A communication barrier is any distortion or interruption during a conversation, resulting in miscommunication of the message. A good communicator should …
The barriers to effective communication also include cultural barriers, semantic barriers, gender barriers, and time constraints. Cultural barriers: …
The nursing process provides a clinical decision-making framework for patients and families to establish and implement a personalized care plan. Since …
Planning for learning involves the development of a teaching plan. Teaching plans are similar to nursing care plans—both follow the steps of the …
Evaluation of the teaching process enables the nurse to determine if the patient's learning needs were met and if training was effective. If the …
Health literacy is an individual's or a community's capacity to comprehend, receive, read, and use relevant healthcare information and services. …
The concept of objective nociceptive assessment and optimal pain management have gained increasing attention. Despite the known negative short- and …
Miscommunication is the most common cause of preventable patient harm in medicine. Currently, there is limited knowledge of innovative techniques to …
The MACCS (Medical Assistant for Chronic Care Service) platform enables secure sharing of key medical information between patients after kidney …