Power of Communication

     Recently, we were asked to conceptualized a theory of our own in a particular subject as a final requirement.

       So I was able to come up with the idea of conceptualizing a theory about communication. 

I won't be talking about nurses experience here because it could improve over time and with the appropriate guidance. It won't also be about administration because every institution follow certain protocols and neither it would be about skills because I believe that nurses in particular already have it, I mean, health professionals has their own utmost knowledge about theories and interventions and it would just be a matter of their own techniques and strategies. We cannot question the extent of what one knows. We are speaking the same language in the field anyway. However, communication in the field that thoroughly requires it was often set aside because of the increasing demands in terms of paper works and other interventions.

      With the emergence of high technology or I what I call screen communication (SMS, e-mails, direct messages, chat), the person to person relationship that we have known for decades were slowly being lost and it could probably carry over in the medical field. 

      Nurses are nurses because they connect with people may it be sick or well and connect with them and help them feel better and this connection is the very heart of nursing and without this, nursing itself will be non-existent. 

      As what Bryant McGill says "One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say"

      In this matter, nurses should not only provide nursing care through addressing physical needs, it should be a multi-dimensional holistic care and to provide such, nurses must also address the needs that requires communication.

       Communication in healthcare is of equal importance with other nursing interventions and should be part of every nursing care plan because a trusting relationship with patients and their families is built on open and honest communication.

     "Extensive research has shown that no matter how knowledgeable a clinician might be. If he or she  is not able to open a good communication with the patient, he or she maybe of no help." (Asnani, 2009)

     Moreover, research evidence indicates that there is a highly significant positive relationship between nurses' communication skills and a patient's capacity to follow  medical recommendations and self management. 

        When there is an increasing job demands and numerous pressure, it causes people to be so task-oriented, that they don't make their caring felt. In such manner, they weren't able to express caring and they don't make their caring visible and this is as worse as being absent from the experience of your patients. With such, nurses must be highly flexible that they could balance the demand of work and high touch open communication.

        And with that, how are we going to provide healthy nurse and patient interaction or what I call open communication?

so basically, these are the steps

1.) Always make yourself visible 

2.) Acknowledge feelings

3.) Be able to show your caring non verbally and make sure that it should be felt and sincere

4.) Explain your positive intentions

5.) Appreciate

6.) LISTEN more than you talk

        Nursing itself, won't always be about how high is your salary, it is being able to be part of trying times and miracles of every life that you have taken care of.