How nurses and doctors communicate—or don't communicate—using health information technology is the focus of a multi-year study funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The ...

Effective communication is one of the foundations of good nursing care. The honest forms of nurse-patient communication include verbal and non-verbal communication (e.g., body language, facial ...

Whether you’re a staff nurse or a nurse manager, giving and receiving feedback is essential to your professional journey. Feedback is direct communication that emphasizes your strengths or identifies ...

Hospital participation in health information communication systems has limited effectiveness in reducing skilled nursing facility admissions for older adults with heart failure, a new study examining ...

Health care providers may assume that lip reading is an effective form of communication. However, reliance on lip reading only should be considered an option when an ASL interpreter is not available ...

A first step toward improving communications with the deaf pa tient is to be familiar with the various forms of communication he or she uses in daily life. Two or more of the following means of ...