Personal and Professional Health Care Communication

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Personal and Professional Health Care Communication Kelly M. White HCS/350 November 24, 2014 Professor Kia Carter Anderson Personal and Professional Health Care Communication Good Afternoon everyone (my peers), this paper is designed to help you understand the importance of health care communication and its' relevance to patient outcomes. I will also attempt to explain how the lack of effective personal and professional communication contributes to poor health outcomes. Communication is a way of life that happens using different styles and techniques. It is the exchange of feelings, ideas, attitudes, intentions and or expectations between two or more participants. Communication requires a message, the sender of the message, and a recipient of the message. Communication can be verbal and nonverbal, and communication is affected by tone, attitude, and body language. Whether we are communicating in our personal or professional life, communication is essential. Our personal communication skills begin long before we even know what we are doing. While we are still in the womb, we start responding to the outside environment. When we are born, we recognize sounds that we heard before birth (voices or music). As we grow, we learn different communication styles and techniques. Eventually, we begin to realize what forms of communication are healthy and effective and which ones are not. When we enter into our professional lives, we do so with communication skills that need to be enhanced. Being part of a health care team and caring for the community is very rewarding but, it does have its challenges. Besides the challenge of working long hours, learning how to communicate effectively can be difficult. Health care communication can be defined just like it sounds, communication in health care. Health care communication is the collaborative exchange of pertinent
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