This week’s topics
Individual Communication Needs and Preferences
- Assessing language and dialect
- Person-centred communication plans
- Cultural considerations
- Respecting personal autonomy
- Cultural Considerations, Complementary & Alternative Medicine: Fundamentals of Nursing |@LevelUpRN
- Things to consider when assessing needs
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Establish the communication and language wishes and preferences of individuals to communicate effectively.
- 2.2 Describe the factors to consider when promoting effective communication.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: establish the communication and language wishes and preferences of individuals to communicate effectively.
Study materials
Videos
- Cultural Considerations, Complementary & Alternative Medicine: Fundamentals of Nursing |@LevelUpRN · YouTube · Level Up RN · 12 min · for registered students
- Things to consider when assessing needs · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 19 min · for registered students
- Connecting with patients in End of Life Communications · YouTube · OpenLearn from The Open University · 3 min · for registered students
- Cultural Considerations; Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Fundamentals - @LevelUpRN · YouTube · Level Up RN · 8 min · for registered students
Further resources
- People's experience in adult social care services (NICE guideline NG86, 2018) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
- Communication for Nurses: Talking with Patients (Lapum et al., TMU, 2020) · Reading · Other, textbook · for registered students
- CQC: Regulations for service providers and managers · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
