Interpersonal Skills in Nursing by Kagan, Carolyn M.;

Short description:

Originally published in 1985, this book locates interpersonal skills in nursing in both social psychological and nursing contexts. It exposes nurses and nurse educators to different strategies for assessing, teaching and evaluating interpersonal skills. 

Long description:

Originally published in 1985, this book locates interpersonal skills in nursing in both social psychological and nursing contexts. It exposes nurses and nurse educators to different strategies for assessing, teaching and evaluating interpersonal skills and examines those aspects of specialised nursing care that raise particular issues in the field of interpersonal skills. The book thus combines reports of specific research studies with practical applications.

Aimed at nurse educators ranging from tutors and those involved in training in specific nursing specialities to psychologists the book will be of relevance to advanced students, interested in interpersonal aspects of nursing and to practitioners.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Carolyn Kagan Part 1: The Theoretical Background to Interpersonal Skills in Nursing. Editorial Introduction. 1. The development of Research in Interpersonal Skills in Nursing Jill Macleod Clark 2. The Theoretical Antecedents to Interpersonal Skills Training Colin Davidson 3. The Need for Research into Interpersonal Skills in Nursing Peter Banister and Carolyn Kagan Part 2: The Context of Interpersonal Skills in Nursing. Editorial Introduction. 4. The Organisational Context of Interpersonal Skills in Nursing Ann Faulkner 5. The Environment, Good Interactions and Interpersonal Skills in Nursing Mark Burton 6. The Wider Social Context of Interpersonal Skills in Nursing Francis Lillie Part 3: Interpersonal Skills in Practical Nursing. Editorial Introduction 7. The Myth and Reality of Interpersonal Skills Use in Nursing Desmond Cormack. 8. Deficiencies in Key Interpersonal Skills Peter Maguire 9. The Clinical Effect of Interpersonal Skills: The Implementation of Pre-Operative Information Giving Bryn Davis Part 4: Interpersonal Skills in Specific Nursing Contexts. Editorial Introduction. 10. Interpersonal Skill Issues Arising from Intensive Care Nursing Contexts Pat Ashworth 11. Interpersonal Skill Issues Arising from Mastectomy Nursing Contexts Ann Tait Part 5: Teaching Interpersonal Skills to Nurses. Editorial Introduction. 12. The Use of Experimental Methods in Teaching Interpersonal Skills to Nurses Anne Tomlinson 13. Issues Arising from Teaching Interpersonal Skills in General Nurse Training Gary Marshfield 14. Issues Arising from Teaching Interpersonal Skills in Psychiatric Nurse Training Bill Reynolds 15. Issues Arising from Teaching Interpersonal Skills in Post-Basic Nurse Training Carolyn Kagan 16. The Evaluation of Teaching Interpersonal Skills to Nurses Ann Faulkner. Postscript: Carolyn Kagan.