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• Communicationis“the

exchangeofthoughts,
messages, orinformation,
by speech,signals,writing,
or behavior.”
• Occur onatleasttwolevels:
verbalandnonverbal.
Includes internal factors such
Internal as the values, feelings,
climate temperament, and stress
levelsofthesenderandthereceiver
Includes external factors
such as the weather,
External
temperature,timing,status,power,
climate
authority, and the
organizational climate
itself
• Upwardcommunication,themanagerisasubordinate
tohighermanagement.
• Downwardcommunication,themanagerrelays
informationtosubordinates.
• Horizontalcommunication,managersinteractwith
othersonthesamehierarchicallevelas
themselves whoaremanagingdifferentsegments
ofthe organization.
• Diagonalcommunication,themanagerinteractswith
personnel andmanagersofotherdepartments
and groups whoarenotonthesamelevelofthe
organizationalhierarchy.
• Grapevinecommunicationflowsquicklyand
haphazardlyamongpeopleatallhierarchicallevels
andusuallyinvolvesthreeorfourpeopleatatime.
• Assertivecommunicationallowspeopletoexpress
themselvesindirect,honest,andappropriate
ways thatdonotinfringeonanotherperson’s
rights.
• Passivecommunicationoccurswhenapersonsuffers
insilencealthoughheorshemayfeelstronglyabout
theissue.
• Aggressivecommunicationisgenerallydirect,
threatening,andcondescending.
• Passive–aggressive communicationis an aggressive
messagepresentedinapassiveway.Thisperson
feignswithdrawalinanefforttomanipulatethe
situation.
Introduce yourself and the
S SITUATION patient and briefly state
the issue that you want to
discuss
Describe the background or
B BACKGROUND context (patient’s diagnosis,
admission date, medical
diagnosis, andtreatmenttodate)
Summarizethepatient’sconditionandstate
A ASSESSMENT what you think the problem is
Identify any new treatments
R RECOMMENDATION or changes ordered and
provide opinions or
• Theleaderwhoactivelylistens
givesgenuinetimeand
attention tothesender,focusing
onverbal andnonverbal
communication.
• Theleadermustcontinually
work toimprovelisteningskills
by givingtimeandattentionto
the messagesender.
Offergreetingsandestablishpositive
G GREETING
environment
RESPECT Listen without interrupting
R FUL and pause to allow others to
LISTENING think
Summarize message to make
R REVIEW
sure it was
heard accurately
RECOMMEND OR Seek additional information as
R REQUEST necessary
MORE INFORMATION
Recognize that a collaborative
R REWARD exchange has occurred by

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