Communication in Nursing, 7th Edition

Key Features

• Wit & Wisdom boxes provide a humorous, personal approach to communication theory and application.
• Discussion of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator helps you recognize different styles of communication and enhance your own.
• Moments of Connection boxes highlight the outcomes and benefits of successful communication.
• Poetry excerpts in every chapter provide inspiration and insight.
• Focus on therapeutic spirituality presents a holistic approach that helps enrich your patient relationships.
• Guidelines on communicating with populations with special needs prepare you to engage the widest variety of patients.

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New to This Edition

• Revised chapter exercises reinforce concepts and help you practice your communication skills.
• New Communicating at the End of Life chapter provides strategies for effective communication and creative expression with patients near the end of life.
• Revised Understanding Each Other: Communication and Culture chapter helps you better understand diverse patient backgrounds and foster more productive relationships.

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Published Reviews

"Riley's book is an excellent book that provides a wide ranging coverage of the subjects that could be considered to be under the umbrella of communications. The pre-registration student would find this book especially helpful when studying those modules that have a communications flavour to them...These chapters mean that the book can prove helpful to the nurse at any point in their career providing timely reminders of the best strategies to use in order to facilitate efficient communications with clients...This book would probe most useful to the pre-registration student studying a communications module. However, the inclusion of chapters on real world situations can help to extend the appeal of this book."

Nursing Times, January 2013

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Author Information

By Julia Balzer Riley, RN, MN, AHN-BC, REACE, President, Constant Source Seminars, Ellenton, FLBack To Top