Tend to focus on their own needs and become impatient when these needs are not met.

Declare and affirm their opinions and respect the rights of other to communicate in the same fashion.

Focus on the needs of others, denying themselves power, which causes them to become fustrated.

Event or thought initiating the communication.

Person who initiates and encodes the communicaton.

Person who receives and decodes, or interprets, the communication.

Information that is communcatied.

Method of communication.

Response of the receiver.

Factors that influence communication between the sender and the receiver.

Spoken, written, or electronic

Uses body language.

An example of body language.

Most communication is ____?

______ is the more accurate mode of conveying info.

What must be closely monitored by the nurse to avoid misinterpretation or errors in pt. care?

What lacks voice inflection and may not comm. urgency?

What needs to maintain confidentiality and consider potential for miscomm. ?

Intimate distance?

Personal distance?

Social distance?

Public distance?

"Self talk" and includes positive/negative self talk, mediation, and prayer.

Between two or more ppl; Research indicates that _% to _% of medical errors involve issues of interpersonal communication.

You should talk to a pt. at eye level to enhance comm.

Slapping, kicking, and cussing is a great way of theraputic comm.

Which are barriers to comm.?

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