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Communication : Effective Interpersonal Communication

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Interpersonal communications
The work of the health care professional is improved by effective interpersonal communication.
Through this 800 word essay I aim to evaluate, explain and analyse effective interpersonal communication in the health care profession, how it can be improved and the positives of communication on a personal level.

Communication is used as a way of interaction, passing information or even influencing other s thoughts and feelings into communication and prompting feeding back with verbal and non verbal communication between people.
We interact with people on a daily basis in ways we may not be conscious of. We communicate in ways we are sometimes not even aware of, this could be with body language, body language is our emotional state and should not be shown in a negative way as this could be misinterpreted, hand or sign language, personal contact, facial jesters and in writing. Only 7% of communication is verbal. Most communication cannot be reversed this means it involves ethical choices, we must think of what we say, or jesters we do and its impact on others. In class we discussed how a thumbs up means ‘I am good’ or ‘I am O.K’. However in other cultures its translation means death. Something as simple as a thumbs up jester could be a huge insult and impact on how you would rebuild the trust and respect to continue communication with the patient.
Communication in the health care setting must be very diverse and open to change with the possibility

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