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really hard for nurses to understand his feelings. Sometimes, nurses would try to make him comfortable on their preference, but it made Jennings to feel worse in truth. It was eye contact, and instinct that allowed Jennings and the nurse to communicate. Jennings could not move his body, so it was nurses who had to make eye contact, which also could…

In face-to-face interactions, our style of communication includes both verbal and nonverbal cues. Author, B. Strong (2014), reports: “Even when you are not talking, you communicate by your silence (e.g., an awkward silence, a hostile silence, or a tender silence) (Strong, 2014, p. 232).” On the other hand, phone conversations, online and electronic interactions are restricted only to verbal communication through written words. Effectively, there are some situations in which choosing a…

Therapeutic communication is an essential skill to possess as a nurse. It is the nurse’s responsibility to interact with their patients in a way that treats the body as well as the mind and spirit. Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring is a central theory to nursing practice. This theory incorporates many aspects of therapeutic communication. Jean Watson describes the Ten Caritas Processes, all of which revolve around the idea of healing the person as a whole, instead of just the body. She describes…

Non-verbal communication is the ability to interact with an individual or more without the usage of words and is used to send out a message through the usage of various signals and symbols. This method of communication is misleading to an extant since one cannot always interpret the real message which is trying to be conveyed. In this essay, the movie Mean Girls, will be examined and explained through the usage of the 8 non-verbal communication methods. Kinesics Kinesics is the study of physical…

Nonverbal messages are impossible to avoid so naturally the movie is filled with them. Nonverbal message is “all the message we send in ways that transcend spoken or written words” (Verderber 84). One of the many nonverbal messages seen was eye contact. Eye contact is very important in communication and is used to convey emotion in the film. For example, when Kat and Patrick are on the rope swing and they end up staring into each other’s eyes the audience can see the affection that is beginning…

Nonverbal Communications also know as the body language is a communiation when people send and recive wordless clues. ‘Non’ means ‘not’ and ‘verbal’ means ‘words’. It includes facial expressions, gestures but also tone of voice. Nonverbal Communication informs about basic emotional states, features of someone’s temperament but it can also inform about someone’s social status, origin, self-esteem and education. To understand nonverbal communication better it should be also known what exactly…

groups and makes the building blocks of society. In human interaction, there is a constant exchange of nonverbal and verbal communication. Nonverbal communication involves communication without a spoken language and includes facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, spatial differences,body position and posture known as body language. Nonverbal communication is informative when observing and analyzing interactions and how individuals react to each other. Additionally, the culture of a people…

As children we are raised to always have respect for authority figures, no matter what positon they’re in. An example of this would be the way students respect their teachers in the classroom because of the teachers’ expert power (McCroskey, Richmond 1983). In this case expert power is the student’s perception that the teacher is competent and knowledgeable in all areas of study (McCroskey, Richmond 1983). But when you think about it, how much of this urge to respect our teachers comes from what…

The most prevalent form of nonverbal communication that I noticed was body movement, however, facial expressions, touch, and personal space communicated a plethora of information as well. I’m sure had I been sitting closer to people and listening to them, I would have gained an immense amount of knowledge from voice and tone, however, it was loud in the bar and it seemed a bit too creepy to sit right next to people and write notes about their conversation. It seemed as though I could gather…

For my fieldwork project, I visited a local park to observe the people there and how they communicated. At the park, there was a large, grassy field, a playground, and a few picnic tables. During my time at the park, I made many detailed notes on what kinds of non-verbal communication took place. It was a nice, breezy day, and many families were having picnics. This was the perfect opportunity to watch some interesting interactions, so I sat on a bench and observed. One family was having a…