How to Achieve Effective Communication between Team Members

Table of Contents

Executive Summaryiii

Introduction1

Background2

Rationale3

Importance of Communication in Nursing3

Lewin's Change Theory4

The defrost4

Unfreezing:4

Refreezing: Working With New Equilibrium5

Ways to Achieve Effective Communication5

Maintain an Environment of Open Communication6

Standardized Phraseology7

Models of Communication8

Schramm's Model8

Berlo's Model9

Analysis of the Findings9

1) Isolated From The Collective:10

2) Micromanagement of Subordinates:11

Discussion12

Conclusion15

Evaluation16

Recommendations16

Executive Summary

Effective communication and interpersonal skills are the characteristics which are very necessary for the delivery of best quality in healthcare. However, communication skills have been identified as one of the most important feature which is very essential for every individual and most importantly for education and training for nurses. This report has focused on the ways through which an effective communication can be achieved between team members in regards to nursing. The main emphasis however, is given to the importance of effective communication in nursing, benefits of effective communication and ways to achieve effective communication. Furthermore, models of communication have also been given in this report. This report may be helpful in developing knowledge and skills within the practice of nursing and healthcare medical staff.

How to Achieve Effective Communication between Team Members

Introduction

Communication not only serve as a vehicle for information which the physician needs in the performance of his duties, it is also used to make the patient feel heard, to fully understand the meaning of their illness and to feel care partner during the health-disease process. In this time of globalization, medicine is no exception to this phenomenon, therefore, the problems that demand the society, can provide a potential professional communication skills enabling it to more effectively contend with the problems posed by its profession in the scenarios which are real, complex and dynamic. Communication book can be helpful for the senior staff member to deliver good quality level of care and to maintain the safety of patient, who will also be solving the problem of delaying the discharge plan. Therefore, in order to solve such issues there is a need to introduce the communication book (Sinclair, 1991). The flow of effective communication saves time because it does not let so many conversations to happen. The listeners get more attracted towards the effective communicator because they know that the information provided by that communicator will be advantageous for them and will be precise and succinct. Therefore, the main focus of this assignment is to provide an importance of effective communication among the members of the team and the ways through which an effective communication can be achieved between the team members. Furthermore, this assignment will also explain the importance of having effective communication in the field of nursing (Robb, 2004).

Background

The ability to communicate in an efficient manner is one of the chief powers which are necessary for everyone. Smooth, satisfying, constructive communication between people has become a point of output to any human being. Therefore, it seems indisputable matter of wide range of skills in this regard. Communication is at the heart of all controversies and all the debates. In every organizations, the communication is very often seen as both the cause ...