Collaboration, Credibility, Compassion, and Coordination: Professional Nurse Communication Skill Sets in Health Care Team Interactions

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-189

  Apker, Julie ^a   Propp, Kathleen M ^a   Zabava Ford, Wendy S ^a   Hofmeister, Nancee ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRONSON HEALTHCARE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Education; Health care teams; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33744521290     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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