Numbers of nursing theoretical perspectives exist for enhancing the understanding
of nurse-patient communication. Examining their underlying philosophical assumptions
allows us to determine which theories can be integrated with the communicative aspects
of the nurse-patient relationship. Two theories, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
(Peplau, 1952) and Theory of Human Caring (Watson, 1979), have the most application
for the current discussion. Both are consistent with the Interactionist genre of
communication and the philosophical world-view of Symbolic Interaction. In
Interactionist theories, communication is used as the vehicle by which social interactions
occur and whereby meaning is derived (Littlejohn, 1999). Interactionist theorists believe
that without communication, social structures would not exist because the processes of
communication enables meaning to occur between and among people in society.
Numbers of nursing theoretical perspectives exist for enhancing the understandingof nurse-patient communication. Examining their underlying philosophical assumptionsallows us to determine which theories can be integrated with the communicative aspectsof the nurse-patient relationship. Two theories, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing(Peplau, 1952) and Theory of Human Caring (Watson, 1979), have the most applicationfor the current discussion. Both are consistent with the Interactionist genre ofcommunication and the philosophical world-view of Symbolic Interaction. InInteractionist theories, communication is used as the vehicle by which social interactionsoccur and whereby meaning is derived (Littlejohn, 1999). Interactionist theorists believethat without communication, social structures would not exist because the processes ofcommunication enables meaning to occur between and among people in society.
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