Patient & Person: Interpersonal Skills in nursing
- 6th
- USA Elsevier c2014
- 358
Effective communication is vital for nurses to provide quality care for patients and their families.
Patient & Person provides students with an essential framework to establish and build effective interpersonal skills in nursing practice.
Incorporating a person-centred approach, Patient & Person focuses on the importance of relating and interacting with patients as people - a concept central in providing quality nursing care and developing a therapeutic relationship in practice.
Contents Part 1 - Introduction 1. Why interpersonal skills? 2. The patient–nurse relationship 3. Nurse as therapeutic agent 4. Considering culture
Part 2 - The Skills 5. Encouraging interaction: listening 6. Building meaning: understanding 7. Collecting information: exploring 8. Intervening: comforting, supporting and enabling
Part 3 - Skills in context 9. Transitions through health and illness 10. Challenging interpersonal encounters 11. Building a supportive workplace
Key Features Focus on interprofessional and team communication throughout