Journal of Nursing & Care

Colin Griffiths

Publications

• Review Article
  Teaching Communication to Nursing Students: Contemporary Perspectives on Practice
  Author(s): Fiona Timmins, Catherine McCabe, Colin Griffiths, Madeline Gleeson and Joan O’SheaFiona Timmins, Catherine McCabe, Colin Griffiths, Madeline Gleeson and Joan O’Shea
  
  Client-centred communication is an integral part of nursing and is the foundation stone for the provision of high quality nursing care. The success and effectiveness of the nurse-client relationship lies in the words and body language that nurses choose to use when providing client care. Increasingly attention is being given to the therapeutic relationship between the nurse and the client, rather than a discrete set of communication skills for given situations, it is proposed that client-centred communication is an integral part of nursing and is the foundation stone for the provision of high quality nursing care. The impetus for this paper arose due to similarities arising between four independent research studies conducted by the authors, and the resultant need to share these key themes as a basis for improving communication teaching to nursing students. The aim of this paper is to .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000142

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