Download or read book Communication Skills for Professional Nurses written by Michael P. Pagano and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How nurses communicate with other health professionals, persuade patients to comply with medical treatment or document treatment is vital to the treatment of patients. This volume enables nurses to develop proficiency in written and verbal communication to help them demonstrate their competency and credibility to fellow nurses, other health care professionals and patients. The authors discuss the fundamentals of interpersonal communication such as its transactional nature. Scenarios of effective and ineffective communication techniques, with guiding questions and case studies, give nursing students and practicing nurses an opportunity to analyze their own responses to certain situations.