What kind of listening do you do?

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

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We listen to our hearts and guts when it comes to assessing patients. It takes skill, experience and knowledge to 'listen' to patients. What kind of listening do you do? It's probably different with different patients.

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i listen to my heart when assessing and work with clients and patients. listening entails full concentration and discernment of the right intervention to implement.

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Specializes in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Since I am but a lowly student my listening skills are continuing to develop but I am finding that each time I have ignored my "intuition" I find how true it is that it should never be ignored. :down:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Peds, Geriatrics, Home Health.

I listen to intuition, body language, common sense, experience. I find that my "heart" lies in my intuition.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Jillybean48,

Very good response!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Peds, Geriatrics, Home Health.
Jillybean48,

Very good response!

Well thank you very much!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

Being called everything under the sun because our frequent flyers can't get their q2h Dilaudid every 1 1/2 hours, I mainly do a lot of passive listening.:headphone:

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Specializes in EDUCATION;HOMECARE;MATERNAL-CHILD; PSYCH.

I listen to my patient by reading in-between the lines, and combined with hard facts, I am usually right. When a mom say that she feels like pushing and the fetal tracing is showing me earl decelerations, yep, a brand new baby is going to make an entrance:yes:

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