Communication tips by Nursing on the Move
Are you a professional or a pre-professional?
Do you use a second or foreign language at work?
Do you have a friend who speaks a foreign language at work or has a cultural background different from colleagues/customers?
One way of structuring your talk is by chunking. ‘Chunking’ means breaking down longer and more complex explanations into digestible pieces, or ‘chunks’. This can help patient understanding and recall because smaller pieces of information are easier to process.
After you give a piece of information, check that patients have understood what you want to say. You may do this by asking explicitly whether patients have understood or by observing patients’ nonverbal responses. Only move on to the next ‘chunk’ when you are confident a patient has understood the previous chunk.
-I will now tell you what I think is wrong, then what I expect to happen and finally what can be done.
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