The power of communication
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The power of communication

Gareth Taylor Second-year nursing student, The University of the West of England

Taking the time to ask questions is essential to understanding – and therefore helping – patients, as Gareth Taylor found

In my first year of training I was on placement on a neurology surgical ward where I helped to care for a patient who I will call George.

Nursing Standard. 32, 12, 36-36. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.12.36.s30

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