Interpersonal communication competency among undergraduate nursing students
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
ffective interpersonal communication is a core skill for all healthcare professionals and nursing staff in particular, as nurses spend more time with patients and their relatives than any other healthcare professional. Interpersonal communication skill is the essence of building a trusting relationship between the nurse and patient along with significant others. .Therefore this study aims to assess the interpersonal communication competency among undergraduate nursing students and to find the correlation between the interpersonal communication competencies with their selected demographic variables. This cross- sectional study was conducted in 2017 among all the undergraduate nursing students studying either the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or the Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN BSN bridge) program at a nursing College. Using convenience sampling technique 201participants gave consent to participate in the study. They were administered the Spitzberg&Cupach’s interpersonal communication competency questionnaire.The results of analysis showed that interpersonal communication competence was good among working nurses (RN BSN) and it was noted that in BSN program interpersonal communication competence improved over the study period. Further the study showed that there was a significant correlation between interpersonal communication competence and their selected demographic variables (p<0.01).
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Priyalatha M, Huma Zaidi, ManjuAvinash Nair
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