Patricia Benners The Primacy Of Caring

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Communication Report This is a report on the skill known as Communication. Communication, though it Shouldn’t, is often taken for granted. It is, in common with many human or cultural phenomena, an essentially straightforward concept that in practice is very complicated. It is a learned complex response that can only improve with practice (Sherman, 1994). Human beings have a terrific ability to interact and communicate with each other. They use this ability to gather information from others about their environment. Communication is however more than talking and listening or even reading and writing, it is a tool for social interaction (Potter and Perry, 1995). Broadly speaking communication can be categorised…show more content…
pg 147) appealed to me. Where all the different views on things overlap perhaps there will be a reconciliation of perspectives. In conclusion, within my paradigm there was no way I could really understand exactly how Mr Ashcroft felt. All I could do was try my best and let him know I was there and that I cared. In Patricia Benners ‘The Primacy of Caring’ she explores this universality of Caring and how important it is to communicate that you care to the people around you, not just patients. This is important, however it would be folly not to recognise the “importance of communication and interpersonal skills in providing good quality patient care” (Clark,D.J. 1998, pg 143). It has been an old truism that it is not what you say but how you say it. “If we take seriously the idea that caring is the future of all healthcare…it is not that we care which is moral, but how we care” –Marks-Maran (1997, pg 87) I feel that is why communication is so important to nurses. Of course nurses need to be academics at times and have excellent fine motor skills but all this would be lost if they communicate and express themselves inadequately to patients- and to each
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