Drawing on your own experience within a health and social care organisation, write an essay discussing the use of communication skills in a health and social care context, exploring the various factors that can influence the communication process and the ways in which the communication needs of service user can be met. Efficient communication in the health and social care sector is a significant part by supporting the client. The way how the carer applies communication in health and social care, can have a massive effect on the individuals’ wellbeing and needs. This essay will consider how relevant theories and methods of communication are applied in health and social care. How various factors such as body language or production skills influence
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Culture can relate to other issues like background, gender or even class”. According to (Elizabeth Bingham, Cathy Busby, Aileen Conner, Billy Grier, Sue Price, Helen Russell, Shona Shaw, HNC in Social Care, 2009)
A career should have a sensibility by dealing with people from other nationalities. For example; a personal touch can be inappropriate not only about the nationality also maybe it is against the religion of the individual. Also the age or just the gender differences can play a role. For example; in the maternity sector, a young Muslim women gave birth to her child, after the birth she is weak and can’t wash herself. The only available nurse is male .The women refuse to get help from a male nurse. In that case various factors come together; religion, age and a different gender.
In that situation, it would be the best to provide a female nurse for the patient, however if there is no female nurse available the patient must accept the male nurse because the risk of getting an infection after birth is high and to protect the patients wellbeing the male nurse must follow the code of practice and wash the
Culture can relate to other issues like background, gender or even class”. According to (Elizabeth Bingham, Cathy Busby, Aileen Conner, Billy Grier, Sue Price, Helen Russell, Shona Shaw, HNC in Social Care, 2009)
A career should have a sensibility by dealing with people from other nationalities. For example; a personal touch can be inappropriate not only about the nationality also maybe it is against the religion of the individual. Also the age or just the gender differences can play a role. For example; in the maternity sector, a young Muslim women gave birth to her child, after the birth she is weak and can’t wash herself. The only available nurse is male .The women refuse to get help from a male nurse. In that case various factors come together; religion, age and a different gender.
In that situation, it would be the best to provide a female nurse for the patient, however if there is no female nurse available the patient must accept the male nurse because the risk of getting an infection after birth is high and to protect the patients wellbeing the male nurse must follow the code of practice and wash the