Patient & Person - E-Book VBK, 8th Edition

by Jane Stein-Parbury, RN, BSN, MEd, PhD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780729599337

Publication Date: 09-01-2025

Imprint: Elsevier

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Guide to becoming a compassionate, effective nurse

Patient & Person: Interpersonal Skills in Nursing 8e teaches nursing students the skills they need to interact with patients as people – an essential component of building an effective therapeutic relationship and providing quality care.

This invaluable eBook is designed to equip nurses to manage complex, highly emotional and often challenging interactions with patients and other clinicians. It takes a patient-centred approach, based on the premise that patients’ unique experiences are significant to the care they receive.

Readers will learn the interpersonal skills they need for high-quality, safe care, with a focus on listening, understanding, exploring and supporting in situations nurses might encounter in a clinical setting.

Key Features
- Learn therapeutic relationship skills for compassionate, effective nursing
- Simple language throughout – no prior knowledge needed
- Enhance your communication skills and build relationships
- Mapped against Australian Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and Nursing Council of New Zealand Competencies for Registered Nurses 
- Narratives and stories bring theory to life
- Covers both clinician–patient interaction and clinician–clinician interaction
- Encourages reflection and takes a person-centred approach
- Learning activities help you understand content and practise skills
- Offers insights into culturally and linguistically diverse perspectives
- Supported by a suite of digital assets such as learning activities, video scenarios and lived-experience interviews
New to this edition
- Fully updated evidence
- New information on the neurobiology of empathy
- Elaboration on the role of teamwork
Instructor resources on Evolve:
Scenario videos
Interview videos
Discussion activities
Video transcripts
Experiential Teaching and Learning guide – previously
Appendix and titled ‘Notes on the activities’
Contents

Preface
Online videos – scenarios and interviews
List of Activities
About the author

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Interpersonal skills for person-centred care XXX
Chapter 2 The patient–nurse relationship XXX
Chapter 3 Nurse as therapeutic agent XXX
Chapter 4 Considering culture XXX

Part 2 The skills
Chapter 5 Encouraging interaction: Listening XXX
Chapter 6 Building meaning: Understanding XXX
Chapter 7 Collecting information: Exploring XXX
Chapter 8 Intervening: Comforting, supporting and enabling XXX

Part 3 Skills in context XXX
Chapter 9 Transitions through health and illness XXX
Chapter 10 Challenging interpersonal encounters XXX
Chapter 11 Communicating with the healthcare team XXX

Index XXX
Authors

Jane Stein-Parbury, RN, BSN, MEd, PhD, Professor Emerita, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
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