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McCabe, C. (2004). Issues In Clinical Nursing Nurse–patient communication: an exploration of patients’ experiences. Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 13(1), 41-49. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00817.x
In this article McCabe (2004) reviews the process of nurse-patient communication which involves Arnold & Boggs (1995) theory that communication is a fundamental part of building rapport with a patient through verbal and non-verbal communication skills and Sheppard (1993) theory that communication involves more lengthy rapport building including identifying the patients feelings. McCabe (2004) uses data that was obtained through 8 mixed gender patients’ experiences of how nurses communicated with them. The patients …show more content…
(McCabe 2004) and (Shclegel 2012) look into the determinates of communication, (McCabe 2004) focusing on the patients experiences within nurse-patient communication and (Schlegel 2012) focusing on how nurse-patient communication can be improved. Communication, as basic and common as it may be, is constantly evolving and new ways and methods of communication are extremely important in experiencing effective and meaningful …show more content…
(Johnson 2015, McCabe 2004, Rodgers 2002 & Schlegel 2012) findings on nurse-patient communication illustrate otherwise. The authors recommend promoting and focusing on patient-centred care and disconnecting on task-centred care from healthcare facilities. They also advocate introducing compulsory standardised patient communication trainings. Applying nurse-patient care has proven to enhance the patients experience the nursing staff and have recognised they have received good quality care experience they desire. Communication is always evolving and new ways of communicating arise regularly. Nurses need to be attentive that their skills and knowledge would be useless without efficient