Communication skills for mental health nurses

Morrissey, Jean. (Author). Callaghan, Patrick. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780335238705 (pb)
ISBN: 033523870X (pb)
ISBN: 9780335238712 (hb)
ISBN: 0335238718 (hb)
ISBN: 9780335238729 (e-ISBN)
ISBN: 0335238726 (e-ISBN)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 183 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Core communication skills in mental health nursing : Interpersonal skills ; Using skills in practice -- 2. Values, culture and evidence-based communication : Values-based communication ; Culture-based communication ; Evidence-based communication ; Skills for evidence-based practice ; Therapeutic communication: what works, for whom and under what conditions? ; Fostering recovery and wellbeing through therapeutic communication -- 3. Reflection and communication : Understanding reflection: what is it? ; The reflective process ; Models of reflection ; Fostering reflection and reflective practice ; The role of the reflective facilitator ; Organizational factors and reflection ; Learning to become a reflective practitioner -- 4. The therapeutic use of small talk: phatic communication : Phatic communication ; Using phatic communication in mental health nursing ; Brief, ordinary and effective (BOE) communication ; Therapeutic use of self ; The efficacy and effectiveness of small talk -- 5. Heron's communication framework: six category intervention analysis : The six category intervention analysis ; Applying six category intervention analysis ; Degenerate use of interventions ; Learning to use the six categories -- 6. Communicating across cultures : Understanding culture ; Culture and mental health ; Culture and mental health nursing ; Communicating across cultures ; Working with interpreters ; Learning to be culturally competent and capable --