Communication skills training enhances nurses' ability to respond with empathy to parents' emotions in a neonatal intensive care unit

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 397-406

  Bry, Kristina ^a,b   Bry, Maija ^b   Hentz, Elisabet ^b   Karlsson, Håkan L ^b   Kyllönen, Hanna ^a   Lundkvist, Malin ^a   Wigert, Helena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Neonatal intensive care; Neonatal nursing; Newborn; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CARE AND CARING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PARENT RELATIONSHIP; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NURSING; PARENTS;

EID: 84958093110     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13295     Document Type: Article

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