ArticleIranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
The Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training on Nurses' Skills and Participation in the Breaking Bad News.
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- Training in communication skills for healthcare providers in chronic care: a systematic review.BMC medical education · 2025Pooled it
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- Healthcare Professionals Describe Difficulties Encountered When Breaking Bad News to Oncology Patients: An Italian Observational Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- A New Process Model for Relationship-Centred Shared Decision-Making in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Settings.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Expanding Labor Support Education to Nurses Caring for Women in Labor.The Journal of perinatal education · 2024Article
- How does a nursing crisis management intervention impact relatives' experiences in two trauma centres? A time-series study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024Article
- Health professionals' views and experiences of breaking bad news in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- A Literature Review of Nurses Challenges and Barriers in Assisting Patients and Families Facing Breaking Bad News.Indian journal of palliative careReview
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Abstract
backgroundNurses have an important role in the process of providing information and helping patients prepare for and receive bad news and understand and cope with the bad news they have been given. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of communication skills training on the level of skill and participation of nurses in breaking bad news. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis semiexperimental study was performed on 60 nurses working in educational hospitals of Birjand, Iran in 2019. Convenience sampling was performed and the participants were randomly assigned to the two groups of intervention and control. For the experimental group, an integrated workshop on communication skills was held. Before and after the intervention, the Setting, Patient Perception, Invitation, Knowledge, Empathy, and Strategy (SPIKES) SPIKES questionnaire (breaking bad news skills) and the questionnaire of participation in breaking bad news were completed. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (independent
resultsThe mean (SD) of breaking bad news skills after the intervention was 57.42 (10.13) in the control group and 65.12 (5.68) in the experimental group and the between-group difference was statistically significant (t
conclusionsIt seems that to increase the ability of nurses in the process of breaking bad news, it is necessary to teach them communication skills.
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