Interpersonal relationships : professional communication skills for nurses /
Elizabeth Arnold, Kathleen Underman Boggs.
- 4th edition.
- St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders, c2003.
- ix, 629 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS
PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSE-CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS
Theoretical perspectives and contemporary issues Professional guides to action in interpersonal relationships Clinical judgement: applying critical thinking and ethical decision making Self-concept in the nurse-client relationship
PART II: THE NURSE- CLIENT RELATIONSHIP Structuring the relationship Bridges and barriers in the therapeutic relationship Role relationship patterns The Grief experience: Life's losses and endings
PART III: THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION Communication styles Developing therapeutic communication skills in the nurse-client relationship e.tc
PART IV: RESPONDING TO SPECIAL NEEDS Communicating with clients experiencing communication deficits Communicating with children Communicating with older adults e.tc
PART V: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Communicating with other health professionals Documentation in the age of computers