PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Professional Communication In Nursing

Professional Communication In Nursing

Introduction

The “role of communication in nursing care” is a critical issue that analyzes the effectiveness of communication) in the relationship between a nurse and patient. Nurses play an important role in providing better services of health care to the patients. In order to make positive health-related outcomes, it is imperative that nurses should execute their responsibilities with great care and in an expert way. To play the role of nursing in an effective and efficient way it is indispensible for a nurse to possess all necessary skills to provide care to the patients.

Discussion

Both verbal and non-verbal communication in nursing care is an important topic assessing the specific needs of the patients and providing nursing care that is tailored to the individual patient's needs.

Healthcare communication is defined as the process of communication that creates a connection between numerous healthcare clients and teams regarding issues that are related to health care. Health is an emerging area within the field of nursing communication. Health communication includes the practice and study of communication strategies to prevent diseases or illness, and to promote individual and public health or quality of life. Communication in nursing is considered to be in the centre as it is necessary to provide support. Effective communication is applicable to the nursing and care communication, as it allows a boulevard for accomplishing goals in health care settings. The lack of effective communication in the field of nursing can lead to poor patient outcomes and a hostile and unproductive work environment.

Communication between the nurse and the patient is a key welfare of the patient. Research shows that effective communication between nurse and patient can bring to it as measurable improvement in the case of many drugs. It is shown that the communication has an impact on emotional health, symptom resolution, function, pain control, and physiological measures such as blood pressure and sugar levels in the blood.

To communicate effectively, it is important to:

Speak directly with the patient or the person who makes the decisions for him. Focus on the patient;

Look the person in the eye when communicating with it unless it is deemed impolite for cultural or religious reasons. The body language, facial expressions and tone of voice are important to facilitate relationships and build trust;

Take the time to listen to the patient and hear what he says. Do not interrupt to give your opinion;

Take the patient's concerns seriously and treated with respect;

Answer questions from the patient in a way that they can understand. Avoid medical jargon. Check the patient's reactions to make sure he understood. If you can not answer questions, find someone who is capable;

Clearly describe the patient nursing care, the processes used and outcomes as he must be aware of what is happening;

Avoid asking questions in order to suggest the answer;

Ensure that the patient can read and speak the language used in the documents before giving written ...