Knowing how to communicate effectively with families: an important aspect of nursing
The new edition of this book presents best practices and current trends in nurse-patient family relationships, particularly in community health, perinatal care, pediatrics, mental health, geriatrics, and palliative care. Nurses will find specific guidelines to help them plan the various stages of their work, particularly the preparation and conduct of therapeutic conversations.
Teaching experience plus
The book constantly bridges the gap between theory and clinical practice. It offers an approach based on solid, recent research findings and the authors' forty years of clinical experience with families.
The book is based on the Calgary assessment and intervention models and is enriched with applications in a culturally diverse context.
The learning experience more
The book presents detailed ideas and suggestions for preparing and conducting therapeutic conversations, as well as questions to ask during these occasions.
Through typical clinical cases, students will be able to appreciate how nurse-family collaboration helps to reduce and alleviate the suffering caused by illness.
