Anyone know a good site for studying nursing communications?

I honestly can't think of a website that has these. I do have several web links to websites that have information on therapeutic communication, but it doesn't sound like that is what you are looking for. Have you looked for a workbook at any of the online bookstores on this? You might try looking under counseling techniques as well as therapeutic communication techniques. We had already done some work in a Communications class in my BSN program that was not connected to the nursing program and I think that might be another route you can pursue for practice exercises. Most of the people studying communications (as in the broadcast industry) also learn some forms of active communication and therapeutic listening although it may not be labeled that.

My school experience with these is that we were given statements and had to identify if they were validating a person's feelings, expressing disapproval, reflecting, acknowledging the person's thoughts and feelings--that sort of thing. Or we might have been asked to identify if comments were devaluing or defensive. Outside of that, we had to do a process recording each quarter on one patient from one of our clinical visits and it had to be extensively analyzed and footnoted.

Here are the links I do have on information regarding therapeutic communication:

• http://www2.nemcc.edu/RLansdell/web/Communication%20test-taking%20strategies_files/frame.htm - a really nice slide show on therapeutic communication. Includes techniques, scenarios and blocks to communication.
• http://www.childbirths.com/euniversity/therapuetic.htm - Therapeutic Communication. A discussion about therapeutic communication that includes a nice listing of examples of appropriate open-ended responses to make to patients to get them to talk.
• http://faculty.mc3.edu/rbenfiel/NUR109/NUR109Communication/sld001.htm - Communication. A slide show (18 slides)
• http://www.education4skills.com/thecom/Contents.html - therapeutic communication skills tutorial – page of links to subjects covered
• http://monsoon.he.net/~eri/realaudio/therapeutic/thera.htm - a lecture series on therapeutic communication and the nursing process on CDs that you can access at this website from Education Resources, Inc. You need a real player to view the video.