Case Study: The Importance Of Communication In Nursing

3.3 RESEARCH STUDY RELATED TO THIS CONCEPT

Research evidence shows strong positive relationship between a healthcare team member’s communication skills and patient’s ability to adhere to medical orders, self-manage a chronic medical condition, and adopt preventive health behaviours. Studies conducted within the past three decades indicate that with clinician’s ability to explain, listen, and empathize there is significant improvement in patients’ satisfaction, health status, greater biological and functional health outcomes as well as experience of care. Communication among healthcare team members also revealed profound impact on patient safety, quality of working relationships and job satisfaction.

Furthermore, owing to the wealth of evidence associating ineffective clinician-patient communication, non-adherence, increased malpractice risk, patient and clinician dissatisfaction, the necessity of addressing communication skill deficits is of the utmost importance.

3.4 USEFULNESS OF CONCEPT TO MY JOB

The importance of communication in nursing cannot be over emphasized as every care I render to a patient start with communication. In other words nursing as a health care science focuses on delivering care to patients, families

Men are the only dynamic factor among them and constitute the organization at all levels. It is difficult to handle material resources but with efficient use of human resources, management can accomplish the end objectives of the task. Because of modification in machines, some companies have introduced automatic machines but without the right use of human resources there will be decrease in productivity hence labour is still regarded as a dominant factor. Because human beings play a vital role in every undertaking, they are the dynamic elements of management. Therefore, the success of any organization will depend largely upon the calibre and motivation of its