Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study

Effective communication skills are one of the core competencies of nursing curricula internationally. Nurses are generally regarded as proficient. Despite our complete trust in the profession, deficiencies and gaps exist. However, it is not clear to which extent nurses use key communication skills i...

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Main Authors: Timmins Fiona, de Vries Jan M. A., Muldowney Yvonne, Mc Cabe Catherine, Whelan Jacqueline, Buckley Sinéad, McCarthy Sandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers of Nursing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0023
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spelling doaj-601f7b2428bb493eb1eb1e9a0ecbc4752021-10-03T07:42:46ZengSciendoFrontiers of Nursing2544-89942021-09-018322323210.2478/fon-2021-0023Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot studyTimmins Fiona0de Vries Jan M. A.1Muldowney Yvonne2Mc Cabe Catherine3Whelan Jacqueline4Buckley Sinéad5McCarthy Sandra6The School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandThe School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandThe School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandThe School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandThe School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandThe School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandPortlaoise General Hospital, Ballyroan, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, IrelandEffective communication skills are one of the core competencies of nursing curricula internationally. Nurses are generally regarded as proficient. Despite our complete trust in the profession, deficiencies and gaps exist. However, it is not clear to which extent nurses use key communication skills in practice, and whether or not confident in using these skills compounds environmental issues that occur. This study explored nurse's confidence and application of relational skills competencies in nursing practice.https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0023communicationrelationalnursecaring nursingcompetenciestechnologylistening
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author Timmins Fiona
de Vries Jan M. A.
Muldowney Yvonne
Mc Cabe Catherine
Whelan Jacqueline
Buckley Sinéad
McCarthy Sandra
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de Vries Jan M. A.
Muldowney Yvonne
Mc Cabe Catherine
Whelan Jacqueline
Buckley Sinéad
McCarthy Sandra
Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study
Frontiers of Nursing
communication
relational
nurse
caring nursing
competencies
technology
listening
author_facet Timmins Fiona
de Vries Jan M. A.
Muldowney Yvonne
Mc Cabe Catherine
Whelan Jacqueline
Buckley Sinéad
McCarthy Sandra
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title Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study
title_short Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study
title_full Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study
title_fullStr Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study
title_sort nurses’ views of fundamental relational skills used in clinical practice: a cross-sectional pilot study
publisher Sciendo
series Frontiers of Nursing
issn 2544-8994
publishDate 2021-09-01
description Effective communication skills are one of the core competencies of nursing curricula internationally. Nurses are generally regarded as proficient. Despite our complete trust in the profession, deficiencies and gaps exist. However, it is not clear to which extent nurses use key communication skills in practice, and whether or not confident in using these skills compounds environmental issues that occur. This study explored nurse's confidence and application of relational skills competencies in nursing practice.
topic communication
relational
nurse
caring nursing
competencies
technology
listening
url https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0023
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