This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills, and knowledge required to communicate effectively with people, families and carers, and with other health care professionals, in health care settings.
Communication in nursing practice requires using information technology as well as interpersonal skills applied therapeutically in nursing care and small group discussions.
This unit applies to enrolled nursing work carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses, and under supervisory arrangements aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) regulatory authority legislative requirements.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian Standards, and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification, or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.