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Thursday, 16 February 2012

Nurses' perceptions of communications training in the ICU

Nurses' perceptions of communications training in the ICU. Intensive and critical care nursing, 2012, 28, p.16-25.

Radtke, J.V., et al.


As a direct result of critical illness and its management, ICU patients and their caregivers are vulnerable to communication breakdown and associated adverse sequelae. Nurses are the most frequent communication partners to critically ill patients during the period in which they are unable to speak. However, nurses do not typically receive training in specialised communication assessment or techniques to use with nonspeaking patients.

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