News Fresh Today: Four Habits Model can Better Prepare Inexperienced Pediatric Nurses to Deal With Emotionally Difficult Discussions

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Four Habits Model can Better Prepare Inexperienced Pediatric Nurses to Deal With Emotionally Difficult Discussions

Utilizing the Four Habits Model of Highly Effective Clinicians, a set of communication skills that can help physicians communicate better with patients, will allow inexperienced nurses to be better prepared for emotionally difficult conversations with parents of pediatric patients, a new study reveals. The evidence-based Four Habits Model was co-developed 20 years ago by Regenstrief Institute investigator Richard Frankel, Ph.D., a sociologist and medical educator ...