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Any means of exchanging information or feelings between two or more people.
Communication
Self-dialogue; Self-talk
Intrapersonal communication
Both sender and receiver engage in self-talk while thinking before sending a message. What can be the problem with this?
Intrapersonal communication can interfere with a person's ability to hear a new message from the sender.
Face-to-face communication involves these:
Sender, Message, Receiver, and Response.
Describe the Communication process:
Sender Encodes a message; Receiver Decodes the message, and Encodes his own Response; Sender is now receiver, as he decodes this message.
The sender of a message is called:
the Source-Encoder
The selection of specific signs or symbols to transmit the message:
Encoding
The receiver of a message is called:
the Decoder
The receiver must do these things:
Listen, Observe, and Attend.
Relating the message perceived by the receiver's knowledge base and experience, and sorting out the meaning of the message:
Decoding
Ineffective communication occurs when:
the Receiver misinterprets the sent message.
The message that the receiver returns to the sender:
the Response aka Feedback
Eg. of pace and intonation:
Speaking slowly and softly to an excited client to help calm them.
Eg. of Simplicity:
Not using medical jargon to the pt.
Clarity and Brevity:
Clarity is saying exactly what is meant, and Brevity is using the fewest words possible.
Eg. of Timing and Relevance:
Timing: pt might not be listening because of pain or grief.
Adaptability:
Altering spoken messages in accordance with behavioral cues. eg.. not being enthusiastic when greeting a pt who just got bad news.
Nurses foster Credibility by being:
Consistent, Dependable, and Honest.
How do males and females communicate differently?
Girls use language to seek confirmation, minimized differences, and establish intimacy.
Boys use language to establish independence and negotiate status within a group.
Intimate space distance:
touching to 1.5 ft
Personal space distance:
1.5 - 4 ft.
Social space distance:
4 - 12 ft.
Public space distance:
12 - 15 ft.
A concept of the space and things that an individual considers as belonging to the self.
Territoriality; nurses should recognize this. Pt might see you taking their bedside chair as rude.
What are the six C's of Caring in Nursing?
Compassion
Competence
Confidence
Conscience
Commitment
Comportment
Appropriate bearing, demeanor, dress, and language that are in harmony with a caring presence.
Comportment
Enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action.
values
Interpretations or conclusions that people accept as true.
Beliefs
Mental positions or feelings toward a person, object, or idea.
Attitudes
What are the 5 values of nurses?
Altruism, Autonomy, Human dignity, Integrity, and Social Justice.
The process of learning to tell the difference between right and wrong:
Moral development
Moral theory that looks to the consequences of an action in judging whether that action is right or wrong:
Consequence-based theories. These focus on fairness; utilitarianism is a form of consequentialist theory.
Moral theories that involve logical and formal processes that emphasize individual rights, duties, and obligations. Morality is not determined by its consequences, but by whether it is done according to an impartial, objective principle.
Principles-based Theories.
Moral theories that stress courage, generosity, commitment, and the need to nurture and maintain relationships. These are not based on justice/fairness or formal reasoning, but judge actions according to a perspective of caring and responsibility:
Relationships-based Theories.
Duty to do no harm is called:
Nonmaleficence
Being faithful to agreements and promises.
Fidelity
Veracity means:
Truthfulness