Time- and task-oriented communication in the psychosocial care of of patients with chronic illness

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 334 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1324-3780
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0979.1999.00147.x

✦ Synopsis

The aim of this study was to investigate from the nursing perspective the psychosocial content of the nurse-patient communication in elderly care. Data were collected through the use of diary notes in which nurses recorded their interaction with seven randomly selected patients. Four nursing students, eight enrolled nurses, four nursing aides, and thirteen registered nurses participated within the context in which they worked. The findings from the naive reading and the structural analysis of the themes and sub-themes were reflected upon in the light of the pre-understanding of psychiatric knowledge. Two main themes emerged from the analysis: time-oriented and task-oriented communication.