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The role of communications in nursing care for elderly people: a review of the literature
Author(s) -
CarisVerhallen Wilma M.C.M.,
Kerkstra Ada,
Bensing Jozien M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025915.x
Subject(s) - nursing , gerontological nursing , nursing care , psychology , medicine
Communication in nursing care is an important topic assessing the specific needs of elderly patients and providing nursing care that is tailored to the individual patient's needs. In this review of the literature, we describe the role attributed to communication in theoretical nursing models and we report how research in communication in nursing elderly patients has taken place over the last ten years. It appears that since the eighties there has been an increase in observation studies into nurse‐patient communication. There still is, however, a lack of observation instruments to do justice to the interactive nature of nurse‐patient communication. Special attention should be paid to reliability and validity.