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Effective Communication in Health Care

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Communication is all around us. It’s the way we interact with each other in everyday living. Our senses have a lot to do with the way we receive communication, and even if a sense is impaired there are still ways to get the idea across to people. If a person can’t see they find a way to function through the day with a Seeing Eye dog or reading with Braille knowledge, and if a person is unable to hear they are able to function at a very high level through the use of sign language and reading lips.

Communication in the healthcare field may be a little different for some people. Healthcare requires the communication to have a purpose, and that purpose is revolved around a person’s needs. A patient with good staff communication during …show more content…

Being short staffed brings a large amount of stress to any area of healthcare; this is commonly when you will see mistakes happening like, medication errors, and treatments that don’t get done. When these situations occur the communication of the team is more important than ever, and once a prioritized plan is created each member of the team needs to carefully follow it, and get help and support when needed.
In closing I feel the communication used in healthcare could be the difference between excellent customer (patient) service and a negative or fatal outcome due to lack of good communication between the staff members

References.
New study finds U.S. hospitals must improve workplace communication to reduce medical errors, enhance quality of care. (2005, Jan 26).U.S.Newswire. Retrieved 3/8/12 from, http://search.proquest.com/docview/450869420?accountid=458

Good communication at work can open the gateway to better relationships, Nursing & Residential Care.( Newson. 2010) Retrieved 3/8/12 from,

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