Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses

by ElizabethArnold (Author), KathleenBoggs (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  This resource uses nursing, behavioural, developmental, crisis and family theory principles to explain how to interact effectively with peers and clients. There are experiential exercises to allow readers to practice their communication skills. This third edition contains a new chapter on values and ethics in nurse-client relationships, which uses clinical case examples to illustrate how to make appropriate decisions. The Professional Documentation chapter has been updated to address computerized client record-keeping, reimbursement coding, and computerized systems such as the Omaha System and the Nightingale Tracker System used by nurses working in the community. There is a section on Responding To Special Needs , which explores communication with children, older adults, clients experiencing communication deficits, clients in stressful situations and clients in crisis. The references now include addresses of informative Internet sites.

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  With practical guidance for effective interactions with clients, colleagues, and families, Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 5th Edition , is the definitive source on communication skills for nurses. The book combines proven communication strategies and nursing principles with psychology and related theoretical frameworks. Plus, the text includes numerous experiential exercises to critically evaluate their communication skills as well as those of others.