title: Communicating with patients in ICU.
abstract: Intensive care is an area which promotes feelings of high anxiety among patients, relatives and nurses. In such a highly-charged atmosphere, it is easy for communication problems to occur. Chris Turnock explores the reasons for poor nurse-patient communication in intensive care, and suggests that this might be largely due to the insecurities felt by nurses. While there are a number of factors which influence communication, emphasis should be placed on the quality of the nurse-patient interaction.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turnock
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*