Assessment of Communication Skills among Nurse Interns' Students of Technical Institute of Nursing during Health Teaching at SuezCanal University Hospitals

Abd El-Kawi, Nashwa; Abd El-Azeem, Wafaa; Ghonem, Nadia

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2016.32527

Assessment of Communication Skills among Nurse Interns' Students of Technical Institute of Nursing during Health Teaching at SuezCanal University Hospitals

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing, Ismailia City

² Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Suez- Canal University

³ Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University

10.21608/pssjn.2016.32527

Abstract

Background: Health professional requires communication skills to establish and
maintain effective helping relationships with patients and with each others. Aim: The
current study aimed to assess communication skills among nurse interns' students of
Teaching Institute of Nursing during health teaching at Suez Canal University
Hospitals. Subjects & Methods: A descriptive design was utilized to meet the aim of
the research. The study conducted in different departments and units at Suez Canal
University Hospitals. All nurse interns' students (84 students) included in this study.
They entered the internship program after they pass the fifth-year examination in
Technical Institute of Nursing (five-year system). The data collected by using an
observational checklist. Results: Among 84 nurse interns' students , the majority of
them were female, single , less than 20 years old and live in urban areas ( 56.0%,
83.3%, 97.6% and 60.7%) respectively and two-thirds of respondents (60.7%) had
unsatisfactory results for the communication skills while (39.3%) of them just got
satisfactory results, in addition to this, that most of the students did not satisfactory
results on self-preparation and skills of verbal communication during the health
education process. conclusions : the majority of the nurse interns' students had
inadequate total preparation, verbal and overall communication skills. But, most of
them have satisfactory non- verbal communication skills during health teaching with a
statistical significant correlation between some of the communication skills among
nurse interns' students and their gender and residence. Recommendations: Preparing
students to interact and create constructive communicative relationships with patients
is essential to nursing practice. In addition, the curriculum must be included verbal,
and non-verbal communication skills in details and students must practice it

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