Dialogues for Nurses

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This paper critiques three dialogues between a nurse and a patient. The paper suggests strategies that can be used by nurses in order to facilitate positive, knowledgeable and informative dialogues with their patients and the patient's family members. The paper suggests that the goal of the dialogue is essentially the same for all patients, that being health and improved well-being and it goes on to analyze how those goals can be achieved.

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"Analysis of Three Dialogues Introduction Engaging in dialogues with a patient is not a simple matter. Dialogues require knowledge of related theory and continued practice. First of all, all dialogues have a goal which is basically the same for every patient. Overall, the goal is health and the improved well-being of the patient. As Spee (2001, p. 20) states, "Nurses initiate discussions to clarify concerns and wishes from the individual's perspective". Those discussions are directed and facilitated through a number of strategies such as repetition and especially by open-ended questions. "

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