Nilufa Yesmin

B.Sc. in Nursing (RANC)

Nursing Instructor(CHNI)
Communication in Nursing
 Importance of Communication in Nursing
Communication is very essential and very important in
nursing profession including any organization and institutions,
Communication plays the vital role in administration and
management to success goal. So through communication a
nurse established a relationship with the patient-
1.It helps the patient acquire healthy habits behavior.
2.It is important for the nursing process.
3.It helps the nurse understand her patient and coworker.
4.It gives relaxation and mental satisfaction with his work.
5.It modified her/his behavior and improves nursing skills.
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6. Communication fostering the smooth operation of the
management.
7. It helps promotion of managerial efficiency .
8. It helps to take quick decision.
9. It helps the patient to acquire healthy habits behavior.
10. It is very important to provide basis for leadership action.
11. It helps to develop proper planning of the organization.
12. It plays a vital role for better outcome with minimum cost.
13. It enhance coordination between the nurses and nurse-
client nurse doctor or others.
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14. It is important for the nurses to help her patient adapt to
the changes resulting from illness.

15. Communication skills provide nurses job satisfaction.

End of communication in Nursing.

Interpersonal Communication
 Definition of Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal communication is the process by which people
exchange information, feeling and meaning through verbal
and non-verbal messages. It is face-to-face communication.

Function of Interpersonal communication:

1.Function of interpersonal communication are few
participants involved and consists of inquiring, informing,
persuading and entertaining.
2.During inquiring interpersonal communication establish
good understanding each other.
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3. There are in close physical interaction to each other.
4. There are many sensory channels used. So that feedback is
immediate.
5. Sharing ideas, feelings, and contributes together to total
nursing care and treatment of the clients or patients.
6. The major function of the clients are to help and heal.
Nurse is seeking to help and patients is seeking to heal.
7. Helping relationship is occurring during interpersonal
communication.
8. It is facilitated by principles of presence intention and
purpose, empathy, guiding and spirituality.
 Purpose of interpersonal Communication
1. Helping clients to promote maintain or restore health.
2. To achieve a peaceful death.
3. Facilitating client management of difficult health care
issues.
4. Providing quality nursing care in an efficient manner.
5. To enhance speaking skills.
6. To boost confidence.
7. To groom personality.
8. With interpersonal communication we try to interact with
others and hence we get to know others.
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