Books in Communication and counselling skills

This portfolio highlights effective patient communication, cultural competence, and counseling techniques. It supports nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals in fostering trust, improving adherence, and enhancing therapeutic relationships.

Patient & Person
Interpersonal Skills in Nursing
8th Edition
Jane Stein-Parbury
English
Guide to becoming a compassionate, effective nurse Patient & Person: Interpersonal Skills in Nursing 8e teaches nursing students the skills they need to interact with patients as people – an essential component of building an effective therapeutic relationship and providing quality care.This invaluable eBook is designed to equip nurses to manage complex, highly emotional and often challenging interactions with patients and other clinicians. It takes a patient-centred approach, based on the premise that patients’ unique experiences are significant to the care they receive.Readers will learn the interpersonal skills they need for high-quality, safe care, with a focus on listening, understanding, exploring and supporting in situations nurses might encounter in a clinical setting.
Stories in Health Communication
1st Edition
Gjyn O'Toole
English
Video scenarios of effective and ineffective communicationEffecti... communication is a prerequisite for safe and high-quality health care. Stories in Health Communication consists of a series of videos and accompanying text designed to support readers to develop their communication skills to pass their assessments and to communicate more effectively in practice.The Stories book includes 12 short videos demonstrating effective and ineffective interactions between health practitioners and individuals. Students are encouraged to first watch each video, then complete the related activities to develop their own understanding and competence.This book will help students critique different communication interactions, reflect on their own habits, consider new skills for communicating more effectively to different people in different settings, and then apply what they learn to practice.
Communicative English for Nurses , 3rd Edition
3rd Edition
Shama Lohumi + 1 more
English
Communicative English for Nurses provides a perfect solution to the needs of nursing undergraduates.Based on the INC syllabus, it is an indispensable resource for B.Sc. Nursing students. Students of M.Sc.Nursing and those going for NCLEX, TOEFL and IELTS will also find it tremendously useful.The book has been written keeping in mind the requirements of the modern Indian nurses to conversewell in English. As they serve in different national and international locations, English is their only windowto the outside world. This book provides comprehensive study material and practice exercises on Englishlanguage the way it is used in day-to-day conversations in the hospital environment.
Communication Skills for Physiotherapists
1st Edition
Vincent Kortleve
English
Essential guide to effective communication for better physiotherapy outcomes This book will help physiotherapists at every stage of their career to develop effective therapeutic communication skills and thereby enhance patient care. Author Vincent Kortleve takes an evidence-based approach that will help practitioners incorporate effective communication skills and strategies into every consultation—from taking a medical history through to therapy and evaluation. Learn how to excel in the four roles of communicative practice—the confidant, the coach, the detective, and the teacher—how to master shared decision-making; motivational interviewing; therapeutic pain education and health education; and how to cope when communication is difficult or breaks down.
Comunicación en Enfermería
9th Edition
Julia Balzer Riley
Spanish
Este texto ofrece estrategias de aprendizaje para preparar a enfermeras en el desarrollo de capacidades de comunicación esenciales, de manera que intervengan de un modo pleno en el equipo de atención sanitaria. Cada capítulo incluye diversos tipos de estrategias de aprendizaje, y algunos de ellos ofrecen la oportunidad de desarrollar las competencias sobre calidad y seguridad integradas hoy en día en todos los estándares de enfermería. Incorpora ejercicios de expresión creativa adicionales, para desarrollar la inteligencia emocional necesaria para contar con el autoconocimiento, el autocontrol y el automanejo necesarios para ser un miembro efi caz del equipo. A lo largo del texto, se perfila el concepto de mindfulness con el fin de que esté plenamente presente para pacientes y profesionales de la salud. La comunicación interprofesional se destaca especialmente como un elemento fundamental del trabajo conjunto para la prestación de una asistencia segura y humanitaria.
Patient & Person
7th Edition
Jane Stein-Parbury
English
Patient and Person: Interpersonal Skills in Nursing offers guidance on the skills needed to interact with patients as people – an essential component of building an effective therapeutic relationship and providing quality care. Author Jane Stein-Parbury explains key concepts in simple language, without assuming any prior knowledge. The book includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient. Nurses will learn to build trusting relationships and support patients in their health journey. The seventh edition of this highly regarded text has been fully updated to incorporate the most current literature relating to interpersonal skills in nursing.
Arts Therapies
A Research-based Map of the Field
1st Edition
Vassiliki Karkou + 1 more
English
The book explores the disciplines of art therapy, music therapy, dramatherapy and dance movement therapy. It is the first book to offer a comprehensive mapping of the field of arts therapies including common and unique features of practice. It incorporates both qualitative and quantitative results presented in tables, diagrams and clinical vignettes.