Introduction
A critical review of what has been noted about the four principles of interpersonal communication demonstrates that King (2000) has provided the definitive source for reviewing these issues. According to King, interpersonal communication is: inescapable, irreversible, complicated and contextual. Using these four principles as a basis for research, the current investigation provides a review of each of the four principles and the implication of each of these principles for the nursing professional. A situation is described in which the four principles of interpersonal communication are examined along with a review of how these principles can strengthen and enhance communication in the nursing environment.
The Four Principles
Interpersonal Communication is Inescapable
The idea of interpersonal communication as inescapable is grounded in the idea that regardless of what the professional does, interpersonal communication will be a necessary component of human interaction. In the context of nursing practice, Aled (2007) argues that the issue of interpersonal communication and its prominence in nursing has become such a central issue that professional nursing standards now consider the development and use of communication as integral components to best practice in healthcare. Interpersonal communication is such an important and common part of nursing practice that is essential for practitioners to know how to effectively engage in this process to promote the best outcomes for patients.
The inescapable nature of interpersonal communication is one which has notable implications for the nursing professional. Even if the nurse does not directly engage with patients, he or she must engage with colleagues and contribute to t...
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Firstly, communication is the most essential component in nursing profession. In every workplace, communication contains writing, speaking, listening and identifying others ways to interact. According to Dwyer 2012, communication is the process of sending and receiving information between two or more people. In nursing profession, communication plays a crucial role in patient’s health and workplace to run smoothly and effectively. In this field nurses have to interact with patients, families, doctors and health professionals to provide information and quality care. In nursing profession nurses have to deal with different types of patient. For instance; deaf, disable, you...
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As a result of this, interprofessional communication is important if nurses and other professionals are to deliver quality care and meet the health needs of the service user. Goodman and Clemow (2010) suggest that nurses must communicate safely and effectively with service users, professionals and other service provider using respect, care, compassion and dignity.
Nursing is a profession with different categories of nurses who provide nursing care. Nursing is also explained as interpersonal in nature, which means that it exists through interaction between human beings (Me llish & Paton, 1994:4). This definition means that nursing can only exist through interaction. The nurse interacts with his/her patients – for example when taking a nursing history from patients – and with other health team members as they give report to each other when they change shifts. The nurse should possess knowledge and skills to ensure attainment
“Communication is the heart of nursing… your ability to use your growing knowledge and yourself as an instrument of care and caring and compassion” (Koerner, 2010, as cited in Balzer-Riley, 2012, p. 2). The knowledge base which Koerner is referring to includes important concepts such as communication, assertiveness, responsibility and caring (Balzer-Riley, 2012). Furthermore, communication is complex. It includes communication with patients, patient families, doctors, co-workers, nurse managers and many others. Due to those concepts and the variety of people involved, barriers and issues are present. Knowing how to communicate efficiently can be difficult.
Upon the first point of contact between a nurse and patient, the way a nurse communicates through words, gestures or facial expressions can affect the patient's perception of the nurse. Communicating professionally helps to portray the nurse in a good light. This is important as having a positive perception of the nurse's image and behaviour is crucial to building patient trust — one of the key elements of a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship (Bell & Duffy, 2009; Wadell & Skarsater, 2007). The need for the establishment of therapeutic relationship is supported by th...
Being able to communicate effectively is important for all life skills. Communication can be defined as the simplest act of transferring information from one to another, whether it is verbal or non-verbal. Effective communication between nurse and patient is often the main key to success. Communication is a process of exchange of ideas between individuals. It is the basis of nursing activities, especially in the nurse-patient relationship.
Through contemporary communication, we are educated to deliver exceptional care to our patient in different. As nurse practitioners, we learned how to effectively
The purpose of the study was to explore and produce statements related to patient’s experiences of how nurses communicate. To show that nurses are poor communicators, but only a small amount of research has been done in this area.
Communication is an important concept of caring in nursing because the nurse has to know how to communicate efficiently in order to get the patient to trust the nurse enough to open up to the nurse and also the nurse needs to communicate respectfully to show the patient that they genuinely do care about their health and want to help them as much as they
Interpersonal communication is one of the significant skills while communicating with other individuals. It normally covers an extensive area and includes both verbal and non-verbal communication. Body language and facial expression may affect the accurateness of the message transmission directly. Interpersonal communication skills normally ensure that the message is sent and received correctly without any alteration thus improving the communication efficiency. Learning diverse aspects of interpersonal communication has greatly aided me in better understanding of what it consists. I am capable of applying the knowledge gained from this course to my personal experiences. This paper reflects on my personal experience in learning interpersonal communication.
Therapeutic communication is an important skill for a nurse to utilize when it comes to relationships between the patient and nurse. In Regina’s case, integration of empathetic and compassionate communication skills in combinat...
The purpose of this paper is not to teach you, or to show you how interpersonal communication is essential to everyday life at home or work. But, I am going to do my best to at least show you how essential communication skills are in all areas of life by using me as the example. My plan is to focus on some of the elements of interpersonal communication that we have been touching on this semester. While reading our Interpersonal Communications Book, three goals kept being highlighted that I personally wanted to accomplish by the end of course. I’m sure that by now have noticed that I keep referring to my topics as goals. The reason why I’m doing so is because I’m still on that learning curve…an ongoing process. If can recall back to all of our assignment in this course they all bring one collective point. That point is that, Interpersonal communication is an essential skill in everything that we do in life.
The term ‘Therapeutic communication’ identifies the way in which a nurse and patient interact, with the main focus being on advancing the emotional well-being of a patient; (Sherko E., et al, 2013) nurses will use this to deliver support and information to Edna. Effective communication skills are essential within nursing and are often seen as one of the main skills necessary for nurses to support patients and their families (Bramhall E, 2014). There are many forms of therapeutic communication that can be used in