4 Habits Prepare Nurses For Discussions With Parents Of Pediatric Patients
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 01:20
in Health & Medicine
A child's illness and hospitalization is stressful for children and their parents and also clinicians. 20 years ago, the Four Habits Model of Highly Effective Clinicians, a core set of communication skills developed to help physicians communicate with patients, was co-created by Regenstrief Institute sociologist Richard Frankel, Ph.D. A new study reports that the Four Habits Model can successfully prepare inexperienced nurses for emotionally difficult conversations with parents of pediatric patients. read more