All Entries Tagged With: "Communicate"
How to Communicate with Your Child
You and your child communicate with each other in many different ways, depending on your child’s age and stage of development. As a baby, your child’s main form of communication is through body language, in which she uses smiles, tears, howls, and leg and arm movements to convey her emotions. You also use body language [...]
How to Communicate with a Confused Patient
Temporary confusion may occur if a patient has a high temperature or is suffering from mental illness; in the latter case the confusion may arise as a result of the illness itself or of the treatment given. Most confused patients, however, belong to the older age groups. A confused patient may not know where he [...]
How to Help a Patient to Communicate His Needs Effectively
Communication is an essential social process. People need to communicate: to express their anxieties and their emotions, to make known their wants, and to go about their daily lives. As a volunteer you should be sensitive to all the ways in which a patient may try to communicate, whether these are verbal or non-verbal. In [...]