An Interprofessional Communication Training Program to Improve Nurses' Ability to Communicate With Stroke Patients With Communication Disorders.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate change in nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors after an Interprofessional (IP) Communication Training Program designed to improve nurses' ability to communicate with stroke rehabilitation inpatients with communication disorders.

Design/methods: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study was conducted to evaluate an IP Communication Training Program consisting of a full-day and booster workshop and speech language pathologist support for nurses. The Communication Impairment Questionnaire and the Providers Interactional Comfort Survey were collected prior to and 3 months and 1 year postintervention.

The effects of an interprofessional patient-centered communication intervention for patients with communication disorders.

Purpose Of The Study: This small scale study examined the influence of an interprofessional (IP) evidence based patient-centered communication intervention (PCCI), delivered by trained nurses in collaboration with Speech Language Pathologists, on patient outcomes in an active stroke rehabilitation setting.

Design And Methods: The setting constraints imposed the use of a single-group pretest and post-test design to determine the influence of the intervention on patient outcomes. Validated tools measured patient quality of life (QOL), depressive symptoms and satisfaction with care.

Patient-centred communication intervention study to evaluate nurse-patient interactions in complex continuing care.

Background: Communication impairment is a frequent consequence of stroke. Patients who cannot articulate their needs respond with frustration and agitation, resulting in poor optimization of post-stroke functions. A key component of patient-centred care is the ability of staff to communicate in a way that allows them to understand the patient's needs.

Focus on communication: increasing the opportunity for successful staff-patient interactions.

Objectives: This study reports on a pilot study examining the feasibility of a Patient-Centred Communication Intervention. Aims of this study include: assessing the implementation of the communication care plans; identifying staff perceptions of the intervention; exploring changes in patients' perceptions of care and psychosocial functioning; and exploring changes in nurses' knowledge of and attitude towards communication with patients.

Background:   More than 50% of stroke survivors have speech and language impairments.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of communication interventions for health care providers caring for patients in residential care settings.

Objectives: This systematic review will describe the theoretical grounding, components, duration, mode of delivery, and outcomes of communication interventions for health care providers delivering care in residential care settings and will evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions.

Methods: We conducted a comprehensive literature search of multiple databases published from January 1985 to the first week of December 2007, supplemented by a hand search of the references in all relevant articles, to find studies that met the inclusion criteria. Intervention details were extracted, and the studies' validity was evaluated independently by two researchers using a standardized data collection form based on Cooper and Hedges' (1994) approach to quality assessment.