1. Identify 3 potential barriers to effective communication you have noted in your journal Discuss how communication skills can be used to overcome each of these barriers. 2. Seek feedback from...

Running Head: BARRIERS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE    1
BARRIERS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE            8
BARRIERS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Identifying the Ba
iers    3
Overcoming the Ba
iers    3
1. Language Ba
ier:    4
2. Physical Ba
iers:    4
3. Psychological Ba
ier:    4
Feedbacks    4
Feedbacks for the Language Ba
ier    4
Feedbacks for a Physical Ba
ier    5
Feedbacks for Psychological Ba
ier    5
Conclusion    6
References    7
 Introduction
Effective communication in health care settings is the most significant tool. Communication can be utilised to build a relationship with the patients and to provide them with best care possible. In health care, this must be practiced on regular basis. The professionals, who are expected to take care of the patients and their needs, have to speak with them and understand their issues. Sometimes, a patient may not know what exactly is troubling them, but effective communication can help the care provider to figure it out. Now there may arise some circumstances, where ba
iers a
ive in terms of language, culture, personal and emotional. There ba
iers act as obstacles between care providers and patients.
Identifying the Ba
iers
One of the most common ba
iers is language ba
ier. It means that the care provider and the patient do not have any mutual language to use for communication. Thus, it builds a gap, which may lead to misunderstanding. The patient can even face negligence due to this. Malfunctioning equipment, unnecessary and loud noises in the su
ounding areas can create physical ba
ier. A patient can suddenly have panic or anxiety attacks due to feeling neglected or over thinking. A care provider has to comfort such patients and fill them with self-esteem. Otherwise, it will lead to psychological ba
iers (Meuter et al., 2015).
Another type of ba
ier is physical ba
iers. This issue creates a gap in communication because of one of the person’s physical inability (Kurtz, Draper & Silverman, 2017). The issue is also caused by some kind of physical distance or if the communicating persons are in separate places. Normal effective communication skills sometimes appear inadequate for solving these kinds of issues (Shea, 2016).
Overcoming the Ba
iers
Most of these ba
iers can be overcome easily by communicators who are skilled. In addition, we need to keep in mind that geographical gaps, such as intercontinental gaps or situational ba
iers or disabilities need bit different type of effective communication. Hereafter we are going to discuss how some tools can be used effectively to overcome these ba
iers.
1. Language Ba
ier:
It is a very simple concept that different people hailing from different places will have to communicate with each other. Furthermore, people...