Effective Communication in Nursing Practice: A Literature Review

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According to Anita Davis Boykins, Effective Communication plays a vital role in the requirement
in between nurse and patient. This requirement is for the patient care centre and also for the
practice of nursing. The faculty of nursing basically teaches graduates and undergraduates for
the nursing programs which is used for preparing the workforce of nursing for effective
communication after which it provides care for the patient. Informatics and collaboration of
interprofessional are the basic knowledge required, it also includes attitudes and skills for the
nurses to achieve the level of education which then thereafter meeting the requirements of the
patients. And it is also required for improving the safety and quality of the environment of
healthcare. The main area where the following article focus is to provide the basic knowledge
or information for competencies of core nursing which is for effective communication. And it
also focusses upon the tools which are being used for discussing the communication in the
health care for the patient centre, informatics, and collaboration for interprofessional. All the
following informatics, collaboration for interprofessional and the care for the patient centre are
very much important for the improvement and for the best output which is further valued for
the safe care and also for the high quality of services delivered.
According to Elaine Bramhall, the following article focus on the areas of importance for nurses
with respect to the skills of effective communication. It highlights the main areas of
communication skills, the valuable output and brief definition which comes after the
implementation of the practice. Basically, effective communication is indulged in providing the
best quality care of nursing. The main aim of this article is to provide knowledge and
understanding as well as developing and refreshing the existing skills of effective
communication. The following article will help nurses to develop a best conscious style which is
for communicating with the patients available and also for better care for them. The basic aim
behind this article is for better outcomes after improving the health and also for the satisfaction
of the patient. The requirement for nurse is to understand the languages of people so that they
can easily communicate with each other and the nurse will be able to provide the information
which all will be required from the client side regards their health will be easily get to know
from the nurse who has the great communication skills or effective skill of communication.
Effective communication is also helpful for vulnerable patients so that they can cope up easily

and after which they will be able to take their own suitable decision for further treatment. It is
must to implement effective communication in the healthcare which is too busy where staffs do
not get much time, is just to get the best output of the healthcare.
According to Michelle Doherty, for enabling and nurturing the relationship of therapeutic,
different section nurses requires developed interpersonal skills and effective communication.
The care quality which is further received by the patient depends upon the judgment or the
decision after available options weighing. The decisions upon which the full assessment is being
carried out for visiting subsequently all depend on the information which is being gathered by
the skills of effective communication. This further enables relationship development for
therapeutic, which supports the following delivery models which are underpinned holistic care
with compassion and empathy. For achieving the care for person centre, they need to
encourages and gain the cooperation of the following patients in the stages available for
assessment and also for the process of care planning. The following assessment will be done
after the consideration of developing the relationship of therapeutic which can be done after
implementing effective communication. Every sector nurse needed to be moderate which
means they can easily get changes according to the need. If there will be any condition to take
care of any patient in their own home the nurses must be needed to adopt the change. The
following changes can not create any problems for the nurses for accepting the changes after
getting the skills of effective communication.
According to Esther Suter, the talent which is being used for working with the professionals for
delivering care for the patient centre as well as for the collaborative. These have been
considered as the critical thing and the element for practising the professional’s requirements
for specific competencies set. It became challenging for the staff and the students with lack of
competencies collaboration which further lead to becoming more challenging for preparation.
With respect to the large health care, Canada focused upon the study of practice on
collaborative and also for the interprofessional education. The main goal was to get in touch
with the understanding of competencies for the practice of collaborative which has been
considered the most suitable by the professionals of health which were working on the line in

front. After appreciating and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of professionals
and also by the effective communication has been emerged with two different core of
competencies which has been there for the practice of collaborative. The best outcome needed
to focus upon these two competencies which are focused by the staff and the students whose
aim is to improve the skills of collaborative practice. The main focus was upon the education of
the staff and also for the students.

References
Bramhall ,E.(2014).Effective communication skills in nursing practice.Nursing Standard, 29(14),
53-59.doi:10.7748/ns.29.14.53.e9355.
Davis Boykins, A. (2014). Core Communication Competencies in Patient-Centered Care. ABNF
Journal, 25(2), 40–45. Retrieved from
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Doherty, M., & Thompson, H. (2014). Enhancing person-centred care through the development
of a therapeutic relationship. British Journal of Community Nursing, 19(10), 502–507.
https://doi-org.wallaby.vu.edu.au:4433/10.12968/bjcn.2014.19.10.502
Suter, E. (2009). Role understanding and effective communication as core competencies for
collaborative practice. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 23(1), 41-51. doi: https://doi-
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