Communication Skills for Nursing Practice focuses on the application of communication theory to practice and features focused research, with a highlight on the client's perspective. The text builds on both psychological and nursing theories, to develop a patient-centred and therapeutic framework for communication.

'This is the sort of textbook that everyone should own.' - Greta McGough, Nursing Standard

PART ONE: THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATION IN NURSING
Communication Theory
Nursing Theory
Therapeutic Communication
PART TWO: THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS IN NURSING
Communication Skills
Barriers to Therapeutic Communication
Communicating in Difficult Situations
Resolving Conflict
PART THREE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Values and Beliefs in Nursing
The Role of Personal Self-Awareness in Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills
Experiential Learning

CATHERINE McCABE and FIONA TIMMINS are both Lecturers in Nursing, School of Nursing, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland. They have published widely in the field, and presented at both national and international conferences on aspects of communication in health care contexts.