Effective Nurse-Patient Communication: A Case Study

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The communication between the nurses and the patient is very crucial in establishing a
good therapeutic relationship and also for maintaining the safety of the patient not only with
respect to safety of health but also with respect to the psychological and cultural safety.
Communication is the two way interaction where sharing of different information, feelings and
meanings occur both verbally and non-verbally (Norouzinia et al., 2016). According to the health
professionals, effective communications involve providing the patients with clear information
within a proper time but he patients expect to be communicated in a manner that must be
inclusive, appropriate, timely and accurate. Effective communication in patient centered care,
verbal communication and non-communication and documentation is important in nursing for
developing healthy therapeutic relationship. In this assignment, an effective nurse-patient
communication has been described by taking the example as the given case scenario 1.
In the given case, George Pham, the patient, has come for an assessment of health to a
registered nurse. George has come for the health assessment with some minor health problems
and he wants to improve his wealth by changing his diet and also by changing his life style. Thus
the nurse must provide person centred care to promote the wellbeing of the patient. In order to
promote person centred care to the patients, nurses would require a clear therapeutic
communication along with the incorporation of the patient in the decision making. In the
professional discipline of nurses and midwives, they are defined as their application of the
person-centred holistic care with the assistance of the evidence-based practice. As discussed by
Coyne, Holmström and Söderbäck (2018), there are eight values of the person-centred care such
as respect for the preferences, physical and emotional support, and the involvement of family
members, access to the care, coordination, and integration of care and information and education

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which further ensure the safety of the patient. Taking an insight into the situation, George has a
stressful lifestyle with work and caring for daughter and wants to eat healthily. In this case, a
nurse must incorporate George in the process of patient-centred care where nurse should provide
education and information regarding health issues so that George feel empowered and
comfortable because of the transparency of the nurses and access to the care (Kogan, Wilber &
Mosqueda, 2016). It is the core value of the nurses is to respect the autonomy of the patient
which should be incorporated in the practice. The nurse would prioritize the decision of the
patient for the treatment procedure. Since George required assistance in changing the lifestyle
and eating healthy to cope up with stressful life, it is the responsibility of nurses to provide
emotional and physical support. In the current context, the nurse must provide physical and
emotional support by prioritizing decision, involving him in the strategy of lifestyle
improvement which includes amending his diet by removing the high carb and lipid foods
(Glew, 2017). The collaboration with the nurse will George to feel safe, empowered and
comfortable (Doherty & Thompson, 2014).
Considering the person centred care, effective verbal and nonverbal communication is
crucial component which ensure safe practice. For a successful communication to be done, three
things are needed the sender of the message, the message and the receiver (Jensen et al., 2015).
For example, in the given case, the nurse is the sender of the message, the receiver is the patient
and the messages should be about how he will improve his health. The purpose of the
communication should be cleared. The purposes of the communication are to inquire, persuade,
inform, request or investigate (Glew, 2017). The nurses tend to communicate with the patients
regarding all therapeutic purposes, so their communications are always purposeful and are also
planned for promoting the patient’s health and well-being (Glew, 2017). In the given case