Communication Models, Effective Learning, Carrier Path Choosing, and Confidentiality Breaching in Nursing

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Introduction
In this essay, various communication model, concept of effective learning, causative
factors of carrier path choosing and lastly a case study of confidentiality breaching is briefly
discussed.
Response to question 1.
Communication refers to the interchanging of information with other people by various
medium like newspaper, television, email, messages. In case of health care communication, the
patient’s case note is also a crucial medium of communication. The successful application of
communication is dependent on verbal, non -verbal and as well as on written communication. In
health care setting effective communication is very much important as only with an effective
communication, the healing process of the patient will become successful.
Models of Communication
There are a few models of communication and they are linear communication model,
Interactive model of communication and Transactional model of communication. In linear model
there is five component and they are the sender, the message, the medium of transmitting the
message ,the receiver and the sender. This type of communication is only successful when the
speaker’s message is heard by the listener and the listener can understand the message. Any
disruption in any one of the components of this model will cause failure of this model. To
resolve this problem, interactive model of communication is evolved. In this model,
communication is bi-directional. When the sender sends a message, the receiver will respond
with a feedback after getting the message. Unlike the previous model, the receiver is not passive
in this model. This model allows the health care professionals to better understand the patient’s

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requirement. In the third model, it discussed that, communication is multi-level process and the
receiver and the sender are very much active in receiving and sending information (Robertson-
Malt. & Chapman, 2015).
Response question 2
 Active listening refers to a specific communication skill that is very much
important for the health care professionals for giving their best care to the patients of a
health care sector. The listening skill of the health care professionals is dependent on the
cultural and subcultural context of the health care giver. In active listening there is some
components and they are visual contact, verbal tracking , vocal quality and body
language. Like the case scenario, when the health care professionals are working with a
lots of patients, the facial expression of the patients, gesture of the patient body also
become the part of the communication. In a busy schedule of the health care can hamper
the active listening and lack of proper listening to the patient will create information gap
between the patient and the nurse. Moreover, without a proper information about the
patients of the hospital, there will be a lack in the treatment. So it can be sad that without
listening the patient properly, achieving the treatment goal is very much difficult
(Robertson-Malt. & Chapman, 2015).
 As the condition is very noisy and there is too much business on that day,
the active listening condition will definitely hamper. However, this condition should be
overcome to give proper treatment to the patient. In order to manage this situation, the
nursing personnel can use non-verbal communication as much as possible instead of
verbal communication. Using head nods and key words may also be very effective in this
condition.