Improving Communication in Nursing Assignment PDF
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Improving Communication in Nursing Assignment PDF
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Running head: IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN NURSING1Improving communication in nursingStudent by (Name)Institution
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN NURSING2Compelling health communication is perceived to be a basic and critical part ofhealthcare at both the individual and more extensive open level. Good communication is relatedto positive healthcare results in medical practice and should be observed. The content of thisessay applies communication frameworks as well as other nursing communication concepts tothe second case scenario where an adult nurse expresses aggression to a fellow nurse. The caserelates to personal experience where on the first day of placement, the senior nurse allows me todress a patient’s wound. In the course of the patient care completion, the nurse comes in andchallenges everything I was doing in manner that shows aggression. The nurse’s commentsshows poor communication existing between physicians all over the hospital. The content of thepaper therefore in relation to what happened in the case discusses various concepts, nursingcommunication tools as well as the framework which can be used to improve such kind ofineffective communication.There are various nursing communication concepts and frameworks which can be appliedto the selected case scenario. However, assertive communication is the most appropriateframework which can be applied to the case scenario. As already mentioned above the seniornurse showed a sense of aggression which can best be corrected through assertivecommunication. Assertive communication is nursing communication framework which allowsan individual to function effectively just as the other team members (Nouri & Rudd, 2015). It iscrucial in risky environment such as bedside patient care since it ensures that an appropriateenvironment is created for patient safe and recovery. Through adoption of assertivecommunication framework, medical practitioners are able to see problems and speak up to it inorder to correction what is not right. Based on the comments of the nurse, assertivecommunication framework is the best way the aggression can be solved. This is because it will
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN NURSING3enable me as a nurse to speak with the fellow nurse regarding the issue in a more respectful way.The communication tool that can be applied to the case in order to improve the situation is theISBAR which prescribes the most effective way of communication in a health care facility.Governance in nursing is quite different from other sectors even though senior nurseshave authority and autonomy to make crucial decisions. In a nursing setting, there is a classicalapproach with an administration approach which is grounded on control of operations,hierarchical ranking and centralization of decision making. However, vertical decision making ina hospital setting is not recommended and nurses regardless of their position are required toapply share governance and collective decision making (Riley, 2015). The senior nurse in thecase scenario would have approached me as a fellow nurse before making the overall decision tocorrect the techniques applied to dress the patient’s wound. Shared governance requires a leadingnurse to include junior nurse practitioners in decisions making which helps them to grow in thefield as well as prepare them for the future leadership. The senior nurse remarks are discouragingand does not provide safety room not only for me as a fellow nurse but to the patient as well.Based on this the communication can be classified as ineffective. Effective communication between nurses and physicians provides room for developmentjunior nurses practitioners as well as healing of the patient. Patient under medical care needsassurance and safety for quick healing, therefore the communication can be classified asineffective because the patient involved felt unsafe and this may lead to increased healing time.Based on the concept of shared governance, the senior nurse should have call me as a student andshowed me the correct and best way to dress the wound. However, the nurse did not show anysense of shared governance but expressed authority and vertical decision expressed in an
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