Improving the communication skills of clinicians and nurses builds rapport and trust with patients. Communication between staff and patients is a crucial component of patient experience at hospitals, ...

Whether you’re a staff nurse or a nurse manager, giving and receiving feedback is essential to your professional journey. Feedback is direct communication that emphasizes your strengths or identifies ...

A technique used in comedy clubs is helping nurses develop vital communication skills—but without the laughs. In the emerging practice of medical improv, humor isn't the end goal. When people hear the ...

Nurses play a pivotal role in promoting access to culturally competent health care services for those who experience linguistic and cultural barriers. Nursing strategies to facilitate and enhance the ...

Although historically the communication between doctors, nurses and other hospital staff is less than perfect, one New York state hospital is teaching collaboration right from the start with a program ...

A workshop at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) helped critical care nurses improve their palliative care communication skills, according to an article in the July issue of the ...

This commitment to continual professional development, mentorship, and evidence-based leadership positions nurse educators as ...

Nursing has always been a profession built on care, trust, and adaptability. Today, those qualities matter more than ever. Healthcare environments are changing quickly, with new technologies, evolving ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago used to rely on paper competency checklists in its nursing professional development. Using paper checklists was challenging and inefficient to ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Things were looking a little different on Blanchfield Army Community Hospital's Labor and Delivery and Mother Baby Unit recently. Nurse educators transformed a training classroom ...