Nursing Miscommunications

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Miscommunication is a common existing problem in today’s nursing context and healthcare settings. It is essentially the failure to relate relevant nursing information to the specific individual in the team that can result in malpractice and minor errors. Miscommunication can occur between a nurse leader and subordinates or just amongst staff nurses themselves. Nurse leaders are expected to have skills in non-verbal communication, listening and personal relationships. Miscommunication appears as a result of false assumption where nurse leader interprets subtle non-verbal clues or any complex situation instead of direct enquiries. Non-verbal communication is about 93% of messages conveyed in tone, posture, facial expressions and so on and sometimes,