Competing demands, lack of privacy, and background noise are all potential barriers to effective communication between nurses and patients. Patientsâ ability to communicate effectively may also be ...

A systematic review of nursing handoff literature has determined that minimal research has been done to identify best practices, despite well-known negative consequences of inadequate nursing handoffs ...

Daniele Fenn said she always had it in her heart to one day work in the medical field, but it was taking care of her grandmother, who was in hospice care at home, that made her choose nursing. “I ...

Physicians, nurses and patients don’t talk like they used to. There is a noticable lack of communication between these three parties, and it is decreasing patient care quality and satisfaction, says M ...

The study identified communication needs of emergency medicine nurses and physicians, in particular, what information should be conveyed, by whom and the most appropriate time to convey the ...

Nurses play a pivotal role in promoting access to culturally competent health care services for those who experience linguistic and cultural barriers. Nursing strategies to facilitate and enhance the ...

Assuming that infusion nursing, as a profession, is founded on specialized knowledge, and that specialized knowledge is the basis of evidence-based practice, then infusion nursing is founded on ...

The study identified communication needs of emergency medicine nurses and physicians, in particular, what information should be conveyed, by whom and the most appropriate time to convey the ...