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LO3 – Importance of communication

LO3 – Importance of communication. Importance of communication. Communication is important for successful care. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) states that information should be accessible, accurate and acceptable and meet the needs of the patient (2011). Informed consent.

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LO3 – Importance of communication

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  1. LO3 – Importance of communication

  2. Importance of communication • Communication is important for successful care. • The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) states that information should be accessible, accurate and acceptable and meet the needs of the patient (2011).

  3. Informed consent • What is informed consent?Bound by ethical and legal frameworks • Informed consent helps to ensure that a patient is not deceived by medical staff. • Remember that informed consent is an ongoing process and needs to be revisited by staff frequently even if only informally.

  4. Respect patients autonomy throughout the process of informed consent. • Patients need to feel like they are involved within the decision making process and that decisions are not getting made for them.

  5. Partnership Working • What is partnership working? • Partnership working is key for health professionals to enable effective health promotion. • Schools need to become more integrated within health sectors due to increased rates of both STDs and teenage pregnancy which could be influenced from binge drinking. • Nurses are responsible for advocating public health (Linsley, P, Kane, R, Owen S, 2011)

  6. Casey A, Wallis A (2011) Effective communication: Principle of Nursing Practice E. Nursing Standard. 25, 32, 35-37. Royal College of Nursing (2011) Informed consent in Health and Social care research. RCN: London. Paul Linsley, Roslyn Kane, Sara Owen (2011) Nursing for Public Health: Promotion, Principles, and Practice. Oxford University Press: Oxford.

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