TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arnold,Elizabeth
AU  - Boggs,Kathleen Underman
TI  - Interpersonal relationships: professional communication skills for nurses 
SN  - 0721693881
U1  - WY 88 A725i 2003 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - St. Louis, Mo.
PB  - Saunders
KW  - Nurse and patient
KW  - Interpersonal communication
N1  - 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
ER  -