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Demonstrate effective communications skills for providing therapeutic strength-based nursing care through verbal, written or digital mediums
Recognise the importance of effective communication for ensuring patient safety including intra- and interprofessional communication.
Describe potential barriers to effective communication, and consider strategies for communicating across diverse patient populations
Demonstrate academic integrity and professional communication skills in all academic work.
Identify the importance of receiving and integrating feedback within academic and professional contexts to develop practice.
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Academic Communication - Academic Integrity, Academic Writing, Effective Study Skills,
Introduction to Evidence - Levels of Evidence, Types of Evidence, Library and literature searches, Referencing
Feedback - Feedback models, receiving and giving feedback, responding to feedback
Professional Communication - verbal and non verbal communication, active listening,
Therapeutic Communication - patient centred communication, interpersonal communication, enablers and barriers to effective communication
Communicating with Patients - Patient Interviews, Collecting a Health History
Communicating for Safety - Clinical Handover (ISOBAR/ISBAR), Written Notes (DAP/SOAP/Systems), legal considerations, confidentiality, documentation, digital communication platforms
Communicating with Diverse Populations
Teamwork and Interprofessional Communication
Challenging communication - difficult conversations, graded assertiveness