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What is the primary focus of caring relationships in nursing?
What is the primary focus of caring relationships in nursing?
- Maintaining effective relationships within the entire sphere of professional practice
- Establishing a healing relationship between a nurse and patient (correct)
- Meeting legal and clinical standards of care
- Developing critical thinking skills and clinical judgment
What is essential for overcoming perceptual biases or stereotypes in communication?
What is essential for overcoming perceptual biases or stereotypes in communication?
- Meeting legal and clinical standards of care
- Effective relationships within the entire sphere of professional practice
- Critical thinking skills and clinical judgment (correct)
- Developing communication skills through experience
What is the result of competent communication in nursing practice?
What is the result of competent communication in nursing practice?
- Establishment of a healing relationship between a nurse and patient
- Development of critical thinking skills and clinical judgment
- Effective relationships within the entire sphere of professional practice
- Meeting legal and clinical standards of care (correct)
What is the core of nursing practice?
What is the core of nursing practice?
What is the primary focus of the circular transactional model of communication?
What is the primary focus of the circular transactional model of communication?
What is the primary purpose of motivational interviewing in professional nursing relationships?
What is the primary purpose of motivational interviewing in professional nursing relationships?
What is the ultimate goal of therapeutic communication in nursing?
What is the ultimate goal of therapeutic communication in nursing?
What is a key characteristic of effective communication in nursing?
What is a key characteristic of effective communication in nursing?
What is an essential element of assertiveness in professional communication?
What is an essential element of assertiveness in professional communication?
What is the nature of communication in nursing practice?
What is the nature of communication in nursing practice?
What is the primary goal of therapeutic communication techniques in nursing practice?
What is the primary goal of therapeutic communication techniques in nursing practice?
What is an example of a nontherapeutic communication technique?
What is an example of a nontherapeutic communication technique?
What is a critical consideration in communication with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds?
What is a critical consideration in communication with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds?
What is the primary purpose of the nursing process in patient care?
What is the primary purpose of the nursing process in patient care?
What is an essential element of courtesy in professional communication?
What is an essential element of courtesy in professional communication?
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Study Notes
Communication and Nursing Practice
- Communication is a lifelong learning process that maintains effective relationships within the entire sphere of professional practice and meets legal, ethical, and clinical standards of care.
- Caring relationships are at the core of nursing, and being able to relate to others is important for interpersonal communication.
- Therapeutic communication occurs within a healing relationship between a nurse and patient.
Developing Communication Skills
- Nurses who develop critical thinking skills and clinical judgment make the best communicators.
- Critical thinking helps to overcome perceptual biases or stereotypes that interfere with accurately perceiving and interpreting messages from others.
Levels of Communication
- Intrapersonal communication
- Interpersonal communication
- Small-group communication
- Public communication
- Electronic communication
Elements of the Communication Process
- Circular transactional model
- Referent
- Sender and receiver
- Message
- Channels
- Feedback
- Interpersonal values
- Environment
Forms of Communication
Verbal Communication
- Vocabulary
- Denotative and connotative meaning
- Pacing
- Intonation
- Clarity and brevity
- Timing and relevance
Nonverbal Communication
- Personal appearance
- Posture and gait
- Facial expression
- Eye contact
- Gestures
- Sounds
- Territoriality and personal space
- Metacommunication
Professional Nursing Relationships
- Nurse-patient caring relationships
- Motivational interviewing
- Nurse-family relationships
- Nurse-health care team relationships
- Lateral violence
- Nurse-community relationships
Elements of Professional Communication
- Courtesy
- Use of names
- Trustworthiness
- Autonomy and responsibility
- Assertiveness
Nursing Process
Assessment
- Through the patient's eyes
- Environmental factors
- Physical and emotional factors
- Gender
- Developmental factors
Analysis and Nursing Diagnosis
- Planning and outcomes identification
- Outcomes
- Setting priorities
- Teamwork and collaboration
Therapeutic Communication Techniques
- Active listening
- Clarifying
- Sharing observations
- Focusing
- Sharing empathy
- Paraphrasing
- Validation
- Asking relevant questions
- Summarizing
- Self-disclosure
- Confrontation
- Providing information
- Using touch
- Using silence
- Sharing hope
- Sharing humor
- Sharing feelings
Nontherapeutic Communication Techniques
- Asking personal questions
- Giving personal opinions
- Changing the subject
- Automatic responses
- Defensive responses
- False reassurance
- Sympathy
- Arguing
- Approval or disapproval
- Asking for explanations
Special Communication Considerations
- Sociocultural considerations
- Culture influences thinking, feeling, behaving, and communicating.
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