Therapeutic and effective communication is essential for providing patient-centered care. Nurses need to frequently work together to provide care to the clients and develop collaborative relationships. To achieve successful collaborative relationships the nursing professional use the principles of communication, which are presence, empathy, respect, and genuineness. By means of presence the nursing professional becomes a good listener who is available for the patient and also utilizes their effective listening skills when interacting with the interdisciplinary health care team. Nursing professionals empathize with the patient and form therapeutic relationships and have the ability to recognize the importance of the information for the interdisciplinary
