Essay On Effective Communication In Nursing

In every career there is some aspect of communication, that being verbal or nonverbal. Some jobs require workers to write emails or reports, to talk to customers, or to perform services, however, nursing requires all types and forms of communication at all times. Nurses have to communicate through writing when shooting an email about their client’s health to another school, writing a care plan, or completing research. Nurses have to communicate through body language when working with a patient who is unable to hear or even when trying to making good impressions with the client. Lastly, but not limited to, nurses communicate verbally with their patient, patient’s family and their colleagues. Considering the importance of effective communication in the field of nursing, it is my main goal to learn all of the ways I can effectively communicate to reduce error, make clients comfortable, and maintain structure in the work environment. The first idea I obtained about communication from nursing foundations was that the standard writing format in nursing and all sciences is American Psychological Association (APA). Having a …show more content…
This fact is almost unbelievable to me because the leaders of the workplace should set the example for the rest of the staff and communication plays a major component in leading. My goal is to become the most informed about leadership and communication in nursing so that I may lead by example. I desire to know more about the art of communicating effectively because what can be more important. I wish to further mu knowledge about choice of language and limitations because those tend to be areas that I struggle