...Communication is a vital part of everyday life. Without communication we would not be allowed to express feelings, needs or even wants. Communication is more complicated than just speaking to one another. Some families suffer from the lack of communication and it is most important to keep a good communication flow through families. Effective communication is an important characteristic of strong, healthy families. Family communication is the way verbal and non-verbal information is exchanged between family members (Epstein et al.,1993). Communication involves the ability to pay attention to what others are thinking and feeling. In other words, an important part of communication is not just talking, but listening to what others have to say. Communication within the family is extremely important because it enables members to express their needs, wants, and concerns to each other. Open and honest communication creates an atmosphere that allows family members to express their differences as well as love and admiration for one another. It is through communication that family members are able to resolve the unavoidable problems that arise within the family. Just as effective communication is almost always found in strong, healthy families. Poor communication is usually found in unhealthy family relationships. Marriage and family therapists often report that poor communication is a common complaint of families who are having difficulties. Poor communication is unclear and indirect...
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...Communication with Families When working with a diverse collection of families, it is essential to ensure that sensitivity is utilized whenever possible. In the provided “Back-to-School Night” speech, there were three instances that stood out where the teacher demonstrated sensitivity to the parents. First, the teacher enlisted the help of a translator to assist those whose native language is not English. Second, the teacher provided a wide variety of information to the parents to outline expectations and assignments, including state guidelines. Third, the teacher adjusted his/her schedule in order to be available until 8:00pm one night per week for parents who work and cannot make it to the school during normal hours. These instances of sensitivity can have a great impact on the parents. The hiring of a translator can impact the parents by assisting those who do not speak English to have a greater understanding of what is being said and what the expectations are for their children in the classroom. “Language differences may cut parents off from important information and prevent them from sharing their own knowledge with the professionals who are involved with the family.” (Mendoza, 2003) In addition, providing information to the parents and explaining what the information is can help to foster open communication. When teachers encourage communication and the exchange of information, they are more likely to form a cooperative relationship and get the parents more...
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...Communication in marriage Research: Communication In Families Communication is a vital part of everyday life. Without communication we would not be allowed to express feelings, needs or even wants. Communication is more complicated than just speaking to one another. Some families suffer from the lack of communication and it is most important to keep a good communication flow through families. Effective communication is an important characteristic of strong, healthy families. Family communication is the way verbal and non-verbal information is exchanged between family members (Epstein et al.,1993). Communication involves the ability to pay attention to what others are thinking and feeling. In other words, an important part of communication is not just talking, but listening to what others have to say. Communication within the family is extremely important because it enables members to express their needs, wants, and concerns to each other. Open and honest communication creates an atmosphere that allows family members to express their differences as well as love and admiration for one another. It is through communication that family members are able to resolve the unavoidable problems that arise within the family. Just as effective communication is almost always found in strong, healthy families. Poor communication is usually found in unhealthy family relationships. Marriage and family therapists often report that poor communication is a common complaint of families who are...
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...my work as a Family Advocate, I work with families on the daily basis. I feel I have confidence and control while talking with family. The family beliefs that I have the knowledge to assist them when they come to me to ask for information. I am excited to talk to them because I want to help them. I want to explain the details so they understand what they need to do. I am speaking my mind without hesitation because I know I have some power to people to make them do what I want. When working within a hierarchical structure, the power balance is uneven because of the relationship between superiors and subordinates. Most of the time, I have less power when talking with management. I can discuss certain things with my manager, but I feel I...
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...Max is a two-year-old Caucasian male. He is thirty-four inches and weighs twenty-four pounds. Max lives with his mother, father, and his five-year-old sister. Max’s mother stated that they are involved in church regularly and every evening they had family night. She works from home to have quality time with Max. During the day, she stated Max has a daily routine of getting up, having a bowl of cheerio’s, dancing to the Wiggles, and plays in living room most of the day. He likes music, books, and a brown bear he sleeps with at night (Childs mother, personal communication, June 5, 2018). Their home is in Oakleaf, FL. It is a three-bedroom, one story with a big front yard with a walkway leading to the front door. The living room had a...
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...SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Scope and limitation Focus sa 3 family na active user sa Facebook With the growing popularity of the Internet and World Wide Web, there is increasing interest in the impact these new communication technologies have on our society and social institutions. Computers have evolved from the bulky, expensive and mysterious equipment owned by large corporations to affordable, functional tools for work and fun, at the office or at home. As a consequence of technological developments that enabled computers to exchange data using regular telephone lines, a revolutionary medium of communication has emerged. Computers, connected to the global telecommunication network, have become powerful tools of instantaneous communication around the world. Two distinct functions of this connectivity are: (1) online media--new agents of information and entertainment, similar to traditional media such as television, radio and print, and (2) computer mediated communication (CMC)--new channels for interactive, two-way communication that rival telephone conversations in their capacity to sustain conferencing and asynchronous communication. For the purposes of this study, the researchers treat online media and CMC as online media. Traditionally, families and households have been defined as social systems. However, modern households possess an additional technological dimension brought about by several media technologies--television sets, videocassette recorders, telephones, answering...
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...Means of communication has made a large impact on family life In this essay I am going to explore the importance of family life and how it is being largely disrupted by the means of communication which is largely being used by the younger generation and not quite understood by the older generation, so this creates a wall between the communication of the different generations. Every age has different views on family life, as we grow up we seem to distance ourselves from our families because we don’t need them as much as we did when we were younger. When kids hit their teen that’s when the communication with their parents is at its least as they rely more on their friends for support and share their problems with them instead of discussing it with the family, this is one way on how relationships between kids and parents grow apart. Kids will feel less close to their parents and more close to their friends as they may think they can understand what they are going through as they are the same age. Communication between the younger generation is completely different to how the middle aged and elder generation interact with each other. Families used to be the main source of entertainment and information as there was no electronic devices to keep us informed and entertained, families would gather together to play family games such as monopoly, chess, draughts, snakes and ladders etc. but the younger generation in this day and age have been introduced to electronic devices such...
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...Family Diner Marketing Communications Plan Dawn G. Smith Grantham University BA330: Marketing Communications Angela Au December 1, 2015 Family Diner Communication Plan Executive Summary The Family Diner’s mission is to ensure that no family goes hungry, that each and every family has an enjoyable dining experience and the food served is of the finest quality to help build strong healthy families in the community. Along that line the Family Diner is committed to buying locally grown produce supporting the farm to fork movement in the area, providing an atmosphere that promotes family togetherness and that each family member leaves the diner feeling full and satisfied. The Family Diner’s staff supports the diner’s mission by greeting each customer as they are part of the family, supporting the homey atmosphere and treating each customer as if they never left the comfort of their own dining room. The Family Diner was founded by the Smith family in the early 1950’s and has been located in the same spot off of Route 66 ever since. The original owners have since passed away and left the diner to relatives. The relatives have never owned a diner before; however, they are keeping all of the former employees which consists of one cook who has been with the diner The Family Diner was acquired by the new owners due to a death in the family. Even though the new owners have no formal training in the restaurant business...
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...diagnosed and fit with hearing aids. Her family has been receiving early intervention services since Zoey was 5 months old. Zoey and her family have an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) to help best treat Zoey’s hearing loss. At 15 months, Zoey’s hearing results were consistent with her 3 month thresholds. At 17 months, Zoey had her hearing levels retested, and her thresholds were below what they were at 15 months....
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...The organization that I chose for my service learning was helping at Fannin County Family Communications center. It was a fun experience that led me to seeing that people need help. I picked this place base on how many people I could help. This place serves as many things for people. It is a shelter and a food bank that gives out free food to people. This center has many goals, but above all they want to help as many people as possible. They take in many of the homeless people in Fannin and Polk county. They also provide food boxes for families that cannot afford to buy food. There is a large need this service in the community because the government has cut many people’s food stamps. With the cost of food rising, many people cannot afford food on their set incomes....
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...Patient-Centered Care and Communication in Critical Care Pikes Peak Community College Patient-Centered Care and Communication in Critical Care Introduction Communication is a key component in nursing care. As nurses we must communicate with our patient’s, patients’ families, and a wide variety of healthcare team members. Communication can be vital to patient’s lives, informative to physicians, and calming or educational to families. The communication method, or theme, that a nurse uses as part of her care can positively, or negatively, affect every aspect of patient care. Communication plays a huge role in the way I care for patients and their families. Without positive, supportive communication I would have a very difficult time building a trusting relationship with my patients. My nursing career goal is to one day become a critical care nurse. I chose this article to further educate myself about affective communication and how I can apply this knowledge in a critical care setting. As a nurse working in the Intensive Care Unit, communication has a critical role in patient-centered care. The objective of this study was to perform a qualitative analysis of nurses’ communication behaviors to develop interventions that will improve patient-centered communication in the critical care setting. The theoretical model of patient-centered care contains five domains. The five domains include: the biopsychosocial perspective; the patient-as-person; sharing power and responsibility;...
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...Communication Theory Communication Theory Communication processes within a nursing facility are complex, possessing strong communication skills are essential. The skilled nursing facility where I am employed is no different. Every shift brings new opportunities to hone ones communication skills and become a better communicator. This paper will examine several communication processes that one can find within the walls of a skilled nursing facility and how different situations and individuals affect these communications. Shift Report Each shift begins with a report by the head nurse from the previous shift. The shift report informs the nurses, med techs, and CNAs coming on duty, what occurred in the previous shift. The information given includes patient care, medication administration, communication with other health care providers, and any new physician orders. During the report, the caregivers discuss and ask questions on the information given and share any observations. This communication is among the most important and a must for the proper ongoing care of the residents residing in the facility. When I first joined this facility shift reports were given in the resident dining room. Residents frequently came by and wanted to join the group, not understanding the meetings were confidential. For this reason, shift report was moved into a conference room to avoid personal health information being overheard by residents or family members who happened by...
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...Team Paper – A Communication Plan for Malaysia by Team 2 No one could have predicted on March 8, 2014, Flight MH 370 would vanish off the face of the earth’s vast and sophisticated satellite network system without so much as a trace of physical evidence left behind. Tragically, it took the lives of 239 passengers and crewmembers within its chambers. To the families of these missing people, the youngest just 2 years old and the oldest just 76, the wait has been nothing short of a nightmare. While (an audience): of family members, a dozen countries with citizens aboard the flight, members of the world’s new media organizations and the rest of the world’s population, turned to the Malaysian Government Officials for answers, it became very clear, the government was ill prepared to handle a crisis of this magnitude. Malaysia reminds us why a communication plan matters. This crisis required (a goal): to carefully, caringly and consistently share credible information, even when there is little information to come by, for (the purpose): of comforting those in need, releasing only necessary and documented (communication messages): of what is known and admitting when something is unknown, through (channels): of confidential communications with family members and then using news and social medial to communicate non-sensitive information to the rest of the world, and in doing so, establishing trust with its targeted audience. This never happened and as a result, the Malaysian government...
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...Audience Paper and Communication Release BCOM/275 Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Knowing your audience is a very important aspect any time a company communicates information to a group or organization. Knowing the audience is even more important when a company has to deal with the fallout following a disaster. The disaster of the Chilean copper mine in South American is one example of where knowing your audience was a very important factor. In a Chilean copper mine, an unfortunate collapse in one of the shafts of them mine had left 33 miners trapped 310 meters (1017 feet) below the ground. The reactions of the company and their response to the disaster would ultimately determine how the world (their audience) would view them. It became very important that the company representatives who would release information and updates to the public know their audience well. The audience the company would be presenting to would consist of the releases to the press, news correspondence and most important, the families of the victims. Not only would the representative of the company have to keep the reputation and outlook of the mining company intact, they would have to release accurate and truthful information and that would not always be in the best interest of the company’s reputation. The collapse would not only affect the 33 miners trapped underground, the family members of those 33 men would have to wait in agony waiting on word of their family members fate...
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...different types of communication methods for the health care organization described in the scenario. * * The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication * The effects of HIPAA and other regulations on the use of these media for health care communication As the Nursing Home Administrator for (The Bay Nursing Home and Skilled Nursing Home Facility) our beloved local nursing home. I now am in transition, as our nursing home has been acquired by a national group. The result of the new policies that were implemented with regards to the new organization are many of our residents will be displaced. Sadly some of our residents have difficulty with communication, no local families for support, and have indicated that they do not approve the release of their medical information. However, with that said as the administrator I still need to make arrangements that are appropriate for each of our residents. This has been made more difficult for my staff and I as most of these residents have been with us for many years. The act of relocating, residents with limited to no communication skills will not be taken lightly by anyone working directly or non-directly in our home. The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic and social media in order to better service our residents. I will also go over the effects of HIPAA plus other regulations as it relates to health care communication, and the media...
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