Communicaion Style Case Study

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Communication Style Case Study Kimberly Love HCS 350 March 22, 2013 Linda Farnsworth Communication is the key to having an effective conversation, or delivering a message. The communication style you choose can determine the effectiveness of the message of the sender. The first case study was about a nurse, Robin, who used an aggressive communication style toward Rashad an assistant. During a team meeting, Robin stated that Rashad was just an aide who was to obey the RN’s and not think. Robin: Aggressive Communication Robin chose to use an aggressive communication style. In a staff meeting, Robin told Rashad,” you are only the aide”, “we don’t expect you to think, just to do what we tell you to do.” (Hansten & Jackson, 2009, p. 286). . She was firm, but harsh and disrespectful with the tone and words she used. She put Rashad down while other staff members were present. Rashad was embarrassed and the words that Robin used affected him. Robin offended him and though the topic was about role clarification for assistive personnel, the topic was never clarified. a stronger professional-professional relationship by knowing how to communicate with each other. Rashad: Passive Communication to Passive-aggressive communication Rashad chose to use passive communication at first because he didn’t respond to Robin. He stayed quiet and instead started to plan a way to get back at Robin for the way she spoke to him. When Rashad started to planning, this type of communication would be a passive-aggressive style of communication. The communication in the meeting was not effective between Rashad and Robin. Rashad was left not having his role explained to him, and now Rashad’s attention is on getting back Robin for what she did to him, instead of patient care being first. Robin should have been more tactful and used effective

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