Interpersonal relationships : professional communication skills for nurses /

Arnold, Elizabeth

Interpersonal relationships : professional communication skills for nurses / Elizabeth Arnold and Kathleen Underman Boggs - Fifth edition. - St. Louis, Missouri : Saunders Elsevier, c2007 - x, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Conceptual foundations of nurse-client relationships -- 1. Theoretical perspectives and contemporary issues / Elizabeth Arnold -- 2. Professional guides to action in interpersonal relationships / Elizabeth Arnold -- 3. Clinical judgment : applying critical thinking and ethical decision making / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- pt. II. The nurse-client relationship -- 4. Self-concept in the nurse-client relationship / Ann Mabe Newman -- 5. Structuring the relationship / Elizabeth Arnold -- 6. Bridges and barriers in the therapeutic relationship / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 7. Role relationship patterns / Elizabeth Arnold, Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 8. Life's losses and endings and the nurse-client relationship / Elizabeth Arnold -- pt. III. Therapeutic communication -- 9. Communication styles / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 10. Developing therapeutic communication skills in the nurse-client relationship / Elizabeth Arnold -- 11. Intercultural communication / Elizabeth Arnold -- 12. Communicating in groups / Elizabeth Arnold -- 13. Communicating with families / Elizabeth Arnold -- 14. Resolving conflict between nurse and client / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 15. Health promotion and client learning needs / Elizabeth Arnold -- 16. Health teaching in the nurse-client relationship / Elizabeth Arnold -- pt. IV. Responding to special needs -- 17. Communicating with clients experiencing communication deficits / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 18. Communicating with children / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 19. Communicating with older adults / Elizabeth Arnold, Judith W. Ryan -- 20. Communicating with clients in stressful situations / Elizabeth Arnold -- 21. Communicating with clients in crisis / Elizabeth Arnold -- pt. V. Professional issues -- 22. Communicating with other health professionals / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 23. Documentation in the age of the electronic health record / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- 24.Communicating in the age of e-health technology / Kathleen Underman Boggs -- Glossary.

This resource uses nursing, behavioural, developmental, crisis and family theory principles to explain how to interact effectively with peers and clients.

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NURSE AND PATIENT

RT 86.3 .A76 2007