Therapeutic relationships: listening skills for effective communication
The Nursing Standard podcast discusses how nurses can develop the skill of active listening and overcome barriers to it with senior lecturer Sophie Waters. The podcast also touches on the practice by nurses and other healthcare practitioners of unconditional positive regard, a subject Ms Waters has written a continuing professional development article on for RCNi journal Mental Health Practice.
Nursing Standard podcast talks to senior lecturer Sophie Waters, who explains how nurses can develop active listening skills and consequently create better therapeutic relationships
Listening is a key skill for nurses to be able to develop effective therapeutic relationships with patients and service users.
In this episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, senior lecturer Sophie Waters at Nottingham Trent University’s Health and Allied Professionals Centre discusses the features of active listening, addressing key listening skills and offering tips for overcoming barriers to listening.
A shorter CPD article on the topic of listening and therapeutic relationships by Ms Waters also touches on ‘unconditional positive regard’, a concept that is explored more fully in the podcast.
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