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• This report is based on the following scenario -
• You are a second year student on clinical practice and your buddy RN has asked you to complete a simple wound dressing for your patient. As you are completing the dressing, your buddy RN storms into the room and glances at what you’re doing. She says “You’ve got it all wrong, just stop what you’re doing! I’m so sick of having to watch you do everything, having a student is such a pain and I really don’t have time to deal with your incompetence!” The buddy RN then storms out of the room and leaves you to try to calm down your patient who seems very upset. As you leave the room, you try to find your buddy RN to discuss what has just happened.

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This paper is based on the following question on the given scenario -
Communication within nursing practice is often challenging and nurses need to be equipped with strategies to respond effectively in these situations. Select one of the communication scenarios presented and write a 1600 word essay that draws upon communication frameworks and concepts (for example: communicating in situations of crisis/grief/loss, managing aggression, assertive communication and managing conflict) and analyses the scenario in relation to these concepts.
The 1600- word essay should cover the points below:
• Introduction (150 words): State an overview of the chosen scenario and the communication framework/concepts you will use in your essay. This first paragraph should provide the thesis statement and the overview of main points or brief plan for what is included in your essay.
• Communication Framework/Concepts (200 words): Discuss your chosen communication framework/concepts. Briefly explain how it relates or is relevant to your chosen scenario. Why it is suitable and are there any relevant positive or negative aspects of the framework/concepts that are important considerations for nurses. Write one paragraph here with the first sentence of the paragraph providing the main point – the communication framework and its relationship to the scenario. The rest of the paragraph explains why it is suitable and its positive and negative aspects for nurses, using evidence from the literature.
• Analysis of the Communication Scenario (700 words): Analyse the communication scenario and identify the elements that reflect ineffective interpersonal communication. Draw upon some literature to support your analysis of the communication scenario. Use at least three paragraphs here with each paragraph’s main point relating to a particular element. The rest of each paragraph will explain and support the main points by referring to the evidence and relating it to the scenario element using examples.
• Apply your Chosen Communication Framework (400 words) Use your chosen framework/concepts to discuss effective communication within the chosen scenario and support and justify your discussion with reference to evidence based literature. Use at least 2 paragraphs here with each paragraph’s main point explaining an area of effective communication. The rest of each paragraph will explain and support the main points by referring to the evidence and relating it to the scenario using examples.
• Conclusion (150 words): Briefly restate the case scenario and your chosen communication framework and summarise how it was relevant, your main analysis findings and the main ways you applied your framework to suggest effective communication within the chosen scenario. Use one paragraph for this conclusion, restating your thesis, providing an overview of main points and providing a concluding sentence or two that rounds out your learning from the assignment.