EDITION BY ELIZABETH C. ARNOLD; KATHLEEN UNDERMAN BOGGS
Effective communication with clients, families, and professional colleagues starts here! With Interpersonal
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Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 7th Edition, you’ll see how good communi
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cation skills can lead to achieving treatment goals in health care. Clear guidelines show how you can enha
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nce the nurse-
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client relationship through proven communication strategies as well as principles drawn from nursing, psy
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chology, and related theoretical frameworks. And you’ll see how to apply theory to real-
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life practice with case studies, interactive exercises, and evidence-based practice studies. A two-
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time winner of the AJN Book of the Year award, this book is updated to emphasize interdisciplinary com
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munication and QSEN competencies. From expert nursing educators Elizabeth Arnold and Kathleen Unde
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rman Boggs, this comprehensive, market-
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leading text is unmatched for helping nurses develop effective communication skills!
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Table of contents WS WS
PART I: Conceptual Foundations of Interpersonal Relationships and Professional Communication
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Skills
1. Theory-Based Perspectives and Contemporary Dynamics WS WS WS WS
2. Professional Guides for Nursing Communication WS WS WS WS
3. Clinical Judgment and Ethical Decision Making
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4. Clarity and Safety in Communication
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PART II: Essential Communication Skills
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5. Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills WS WS WS
6. Variation in Communication Styles WS WS WS
7. Intercultural Communication WS
8. Therapeutic Communication in Groups WS WS WS
PART III: Therapeutic Interpersonal Relationship Skills
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,9. Self-Concept in Professional Interpersonal Relationships
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10. Developing Therapeutic Relationships
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11. Bridges and Barriers in Therapeutic Relationships
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12. Communicating with Families WS WS
13. Resolving Conflicts Between Nurse and Client
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PART IV: Communicating to Foster Health Literacy and Health Promotion and Prevention of Dise
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ase Among Diverse Populations
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14. Communicating to Encourage Health Literacy and Health Promotion and Prevention of Disease
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15. Health Teaching and Coaching
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16. Empowerment-Oriented Communication Strategies to Reduce Stress WS WS WS WS WS
PART V: Accommodating Clients with Special Communication Needs
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17. Communicating with Clients Experiencing Communication Deficits
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18. Communicating with Children WS WS
19. Communicating with Older Adults WS WS WS
20. Communicating with Clients in Crisis WS WS WS WS
21. Communicating with Clients and Families at End of Life
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PART VI: Collaborative and Professional Communication
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22. Role Relationships and Interpersonal Communication
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23. Communicating with Other Health Professionals WS WS WS WS
24. Communicating for Continuity of Care WS WS WS WS
25. Documentation in an Electronic Era WS WS WS WS
26. Communication at the Point of Care: Application of e-Health Technologies
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, Chapter 1: Theory Based Perspectives and Contemporary Dynamics
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Arnold: Interpersonal Relationships, 7th Edition
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1. When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all of the
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following characteristics of nursing except WS WS WS WS
a. historically nursing is as old as mankind. WS WS WS WS WS WS
b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to care of
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the sick. WS
c. nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no formal
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education.
d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation. WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
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Historically, nursing is as old as mankind. Originally practiced informally by religious orders de
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dicated to care of the sick and later in the home by female caregivers with no formal education,
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nursing was not identifiable as a distinct occupation until the 1854 Crimean war. There, Florenc
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e Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing introduced the world to the functional roles of professional nurs
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ing and the need for formal education.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension WS WS
REF: p. 1 TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS WS WS
ll phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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2. The nursing profession’s first nurse researcher, who served as an early advocate for high-
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quality care and used statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventing infecti
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on, was WS
a. Abraham Maslow. WS
b. Martha Rogers. WS
c. Hildegard Peplau. WS
d. Florence Nightingale. WS
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An early advocate for high-
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quality care, Florence Nightingale’s use of statistical data to document the need for handwashing
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in preventing infection marks her as the profession’s first nurse researcher.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge WS WS
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ll phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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3. Today, professional nursing education begins at the
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a. undergraduate level. WS