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Communication Skills
For Nursing and Healthcare Students
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Main description:

Communication Skills is an accessible textbook for nursing and healthcare students seeking to understand the concept of communication and to develop their communication skills.

Through clear explanations, case studies and activities, the book will help you to understand the principles of communication and develop your own skills for your healthcare practice. You will learn:

Why communication is fundamental to nursing and health care
How to communicate in assessing, planning, providing and managing care
How to communicate in promoting health and in therapeutic interventions
How to communicate in difficult situations
How to communicate with a diverse range of people
How communication is used to improve patient safety

This book will help you to demonstrate your communication skills and develop your proficiency in nursing and health care.

Essentials is a series of accessible, introductory textbooks for students in nursing, health and social care. New and forthcoming titles in the series:

The Care Process
Communication Skills
Leadership
Mental Health
Promoting Health and Wellbeing
Study Skills


Contents:

About the authors; Introduction

1. Communication as a concept

Kay Norman and Erica Pavord

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Defining communication

1.3 Communication frameworks

1.4 The transmission model

1.5 The transactional model

1.6 Channels of communication

1.7 Self-awareness in communication

1.8 Reflective practice

Summary

2. Communication skills in assessing, planning providing and managing care

Padraig O Luanaigh

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Verbal and non-verbal communication

2.3 Active listening and appropriate questioning

2.4 Emotional vocabulary

2.5 Caring conversations

2.6 Brief interventions

2.7 Duty of candour

2.8 Written communication

2.9 Social media and electronic communication

2.10 Sharing information effectively

Summary

3. Communication skills in promoting health

Alison Lewis

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Assessing motivation for change

3.3 Explaining and evidence-based approach to health

3.4 Strategies for disseminating information

3.5 Addressing common health risk behaviours

Summary

4. Communication skills for therapeutic intervention

Erica Pavord

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Developing a therapeutic relationship

4.3 Motivational interviewing

4.4 Reminiscence therapies

4.5 De-escalation strategies and techniques

4.6 Distraction and diversion strategies

Summary

5. Communication skills in difficult situations

Louise Carter

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Demonstrating compassion and sensitivity

5.3 Communication vulnerability and ageing

5.4 Sensory impairment

5.5 Aphasia

5.6 Dementia

5.7 Breaking bad news

Summary

6. Communication and diversity

Naomi A. Watson

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Embracing diversity

6.3 In what ways are we diverse?

6.4 Communicating with diverse colleagues

Summary

7. Communication skills for teamworking

Kay Norman

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Strengths-based approaches

7.3 Negotiation strategies

7.4 Collaborative working

7.5 Organisational culture

7.6 Dealing with team conflict

7.7 Supervising others

Summary

8. Communication for patient safety

Val Nixon

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Development of patient safety

8.3 Incident reporting

8.4 A human factors approach to patient safety

8.5 Learning from errors

Summary

Index


PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN-13: 9781908625779
Publisher: Lantern Publishing Ltd
Publication date: September, 2019
Pages: 184
Dimensions: 172.00 x 244.00 x 9.00
Weight: 400g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Nursing

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