5 Interpersonal Skills For Nurses

A Brazilian philosopher had once said “Only through communication can human life hold meaning”, art of communication has been a necessity for every sphere. We might be good in speaking within the family and peers it’s not necessary that professionally it shall be our forte. Interpersonal skills need honing from time to time for achieving excellence. Medical professionals like nurses need to possess exceptional communication charm in order to interact properly with patients, doctors and colleagues under demanding circumstances. Its a stressful career and one needs to deal with it systematically to provide a perfect liaison between patients and doctors. We shall have a glimpse of the top 5 interpersonal skills required for nurse practitioners to function effectively.
5 Interpersonal skills for Nurses
Interpersonal Skills
  • Be attentive: Since nurses spend a lot of time with the doctors as well as patients therefore its necessary to listen properly to their concerns and feedback. A person who’s not aware of the high profile medical terms might not be able to explain his situation properly, nurses are supposed to understand their grievance and offer the right diagnosis.
  • Interact properly: Be it written or speaking, all kind of communication practices are needed for the nurse practitioners to relay the right details to the concerned persons. Its required for the nurses to be highly accurate in their communication skills as the job profile often involves a life and death situation. Reporting to the doctors and conducting regular patient follow-ups can be possible only with accurate connecting skills.
  • Endurance: Its common situation for a nurse to deal with the family of patients requesting for information, losing calm won’t help the situation. They require endurance to interact and make others understand the gravity of the crisis if there is no other way out of the problem.
  • Managing stress efficiently: Cases of stress and emergencies are common occurrences in the professional sphere of a nurse practitioner. These vulnerable situations must be dealt with carefully without getting panic-stricken. Stress are overwhelming and hamper the judgements, a good nurse has to weigh situations properly before making a move.
  • Touch of wit: Wit and humor might be a great outlet to vent out the day to day stress and frustrations which a nurse might have to face. Also, it acts as a conversation stimulator between a patient and the nurses. Healthcare situations seem grim at times, humor can help in diffusing the overall tension. Its not easy to be the wisecrack every time, but bringing a smile is better than prescribed drugs.

Many prime units like World Health Organization, European Union, Department of Health, National Health Service Modernisation Agency have stressed in the importance of patient-based communication among healthcare professionals. Its a vital aspect in terms of receiving patient satisfaction, making decisions related to healthcare and a better health service. Sometimes even the highest qualified nurses stumble while interacting with the patients properly. Therefore it is necessary for them to master each of these skills for practical uses.

Written by: Agnes Tom
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