Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses

Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses

<p>Effective communication with clients, families, and professional colleagues starts <i>here</i>! With <b>Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 7th Edition,</b> you’ll see how good communication skills can lead to achieving treatment goals in health care. Clear guidelines show how you can enhance the nurse-client relationship through proven communication strategies as well as principles drawn from nursing, psychology, and related theoretical frameworks. And you’ll see how to apply theory to real-life practice with case studies, interactive exercises, and evidence-based practice studies. A two-time winner of the <i><i>AJN</i></i> Book of the Year award, this book is updated to emphasize interdisciplinary communication and QSEN competencies. From expert nursing educators Elizabeth Arnold and Kathleen Underman Boggs, this comprehensive, market-leading text is unmatched for helping nurses develop effective communication skills!</p><ul><b><li>Interactive exercises </b>offer the opportunity to practice, observe, and critically evaluate your professional communication skills in a safe learning environment.</li><li><b>Practical guidelines</b> describe how to modify communications strategies for various populations and situations including children, the elderly, end of life, clients with special needs, health teaching, stress, crisis, and professional colleagues.</li><li><b>Case examples </b>help you develop empathy for clients' perspectives and needs. </li><li><b>Nursing, behavioral, developmental, family, and communication theories</b> provide an essential foundation and a theoretical perspective for effective communication.</li><li><b>Learning objectives, chapter overviews, and a detailed glossary</b> focus your study and help you absorb and retain key content.</li> </ul> <ul><b> </b> </ul><ul><b><li>NEW</b>! <b>A greater emphasis on communication, interdisciplinary theory, and interprofessionalism</b> includes a focus on the nursing paradigm, nursing discipline, and ways of knowing.</li><li><b>NEW</b>! <b>Focus on QSEN competencies</b> reflects current thinking on technology, safety, and evidence-based practice, especially as they relate to communication in nursing. </li><li><b>NEW</b>! <b>Discussion questions</b> at the end of each chapter encourage critical thinking.<b> </b></li><li><b>NEW</b>! <b><i>Clarity and Safety in Communication</i> chapter</b> addresses topics such as huddles, rounds, handoffs, SBAR, and other forms of communication in health care.</li> </ul>