Patient and Person: Interpersonal Skills in Nursing offers guidance on the skills needed to interact with patients as people – an essential component of building an effective therapeutic relationship and providing quality care.
Author Jane Stein-Parbury explains key concepts in simple language, without assuming any prior knowledge. The book includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient. Nurses will learn to build trusting relationships and support patients in their health journey.
The seventh edition of this highly regarded text has been fully updated to incorporate the most current literature relating to interpersonal skills in nursing.
Key Features
- Narratives and stories to explain practical application of theoretical concepts
- Forty-two learning activities to enable students to understand the content and practise skills in a focused manner
- Person-centred approach throughout
- Online scenario-based videos to demonstrate the use of specific skills
- An eBook included in all print purchases
Additional resources on Evolve
- eBook on VitalSource
Instructor resources:
- Scenario videos + transcripts
- Interview videos + transcripts
- Discussion activities for scenario videos
New Features
- All theoretical concepts mapped against Australian Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and Australia National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- Fully updated with latest research evidence
- Focus on t the importance of interdisciplinary interactions in maintaining quality and safety in health care
- Renewed emphasis about the importance of reflection in culture care
- Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Patient and Person, 7e, included in all print purchases. Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to the core text, EAQ prepares students for tutorials, lectures and exams, with access to hundreds of exam-style questions at your fingertips
PART 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Interpersonal skills for person-centred care
CHAPTER 2 The patient– nurse relationship
CHAPTER 3 Nurse as therapeutic agent
CHAPTER 4 Considering culture
PART 2 The Skills
CHAPTER 5 Encouraging interaction: listening
CHAPTER 6 Building meaning: understanding
CHAPTER 7 Collecting information: exploring
CHAPTER 8 Intervening: comforting, supporting and enabling
PART 3 Skills in Context
CHAPTER 9 Transitions through health and illness
CHAPTER 10 Challenging interpersonal encounters
CHAPTER 11 Communicating with the healthcare team
This book would be an excellent addition for teaching around the therapeutic relationship and communication skills. The book is sectioned in to chapters and 'parts' which work through the therapeutic use of self and communication skills systematically. There are lots of exercises and scenarios which can be used in teaching and this book has now been added to several reading lists on our mental health nursing programme! I would definitely recommend this.