e-Article
Teaching Senior Nurses How to Teach Communication Skills in Oncology
Document Type
Article
Source
Cancer Nursing; June 2001, Vol. 24 Issue: 3 p185-191, 7p
Subject
Language
ISSN
0162220X; 15389804
Abstract
Many nurses acknowledge that their nursing practice is hampered by inadequate teaching about communication skills during their nursing education. Ineffective communication has negative effects on patient care and causes stress when nurses interact with each other, with medical colleagues, with patients and their relatives. Many senior nurses teach junior staff about communication and feel uncertain about their competence to do so despite recognition of its importance.