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Nursing education and its impact on patient-healthcare provider communication in Malawian hospitals

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dc.contributor.author Madula, Precious
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-08T20:08:21Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-08T20:08:21Z
dc.date.issued 2013-09
dc.identifier.citation Madula, P. (2013). Nursing education and its impact on patient-healthcare provider communication in Malawian hospitals. Journal of Media and Communication Studies, 5(8), 123-131. https://bit.ly/3GdKs3D en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2141-2545
dc.identifier.uri https://bit.ly/3GdKs3D
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mzuni.ac.mw/handle/123456789/424
dc.description.abstract Having good communication skills is essential for healthcare providers to establish good healthcare provider - patient relationships. Good patient-healthcare provider communication has better health outcomes, high compliance to therapeutic regimes, higher patient and healthcare provider satisfaction and a decrease in malpractice risk. Sadly, medical colleges tend to emphasise much on the biomedical sciences at the expense of communication skills subjects. This study explored communication curriculum that is offered to nursing students at Mzuzu University to establish whether the courses prepare students to address critical communication skills needed by nurses in practice. Selfadministered questionnaires (N=280) were issued to healthcare providers, student nurses and patients. Analysis was done using SPSS Version 20 and Chi-Square tests were carried out. Findings support literature suggesting that communication skills are important and that some healthcare providers have problems when communicating with their clients. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Academic Journals en_US
dc.subject Patient en_US
dc.subject healthcare provider en_US
dc.subject communication skills en_US
dc.subject communication problems en_US
dc.subject treatment en_US
dc.title Nursing education and its impact on patient-healthcare provider communication in Malawian hospitals en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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