Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Nursing explores the skills student nurses will need in order to do their jobs and care for their patients properly.

What does this book cover?

This new, revised edition of Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Nursing is still a key part of the Transforming Nursing Practice Series. It begins with a simple, evidence-based overview of nursing communication. The book then goes on to explain the communication demands of different cultures and environments, the requirements of human dignity and compassion, the efficacy of different communication methods, how to build better therapeutic relationships and expressing empathy in a meaningful way.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Nursing contains a great deal of valuable new information, including:

• New techniques for developing communications skills
• A heavier focus on therapeutic considerations and practicality
• A discussion of the politics of communication from a nurse’s perspective

About the Authors

Benny Goodman recently retired from Plymouth University in his capacity as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Midwifery. He had been a Registered General Nurse for some 40 years. Dr Alec Grant similarly retired from the University of Brighton’s School of Health Sciences in 2017.

In Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Nursing (Transforming Nursing Practice Series), they present a guide which will help both practicing nurses and students of nursing develop clinical communication skills.