Explain Communication Theories & How the Nurse Uses the Communication in Their Roles

Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication process is complete once the receiver has understood the message of the sender. Different types of Communication are :--

1.Verbal Communication
Communication is at the heart of any relationship, be it familial, business, or friendly. While there has been significant advances in how we understand body language and other forms of communication, verbal communication continues to be the most important aspect of our interaction with other people. It’s important to understand both the benefits and shortcomings of this most basic communication.

2.Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal communication is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) messages.
Messages can be communicated through gestures and touch , by body language or posture, by facial expression and eye contact. Meaning can also be communicated through object such as clothing,hairstyles or architecture. Speech contains nonverbal elements known as paralanguage, including voice quality, rate, pitch, volume, and speaking style, as well as prosodic features such as rhythm,intonation and stress. Likewise, written texts have nonverbal elements such as handwriting style, spatial arrangement of words, or the physical layout of a page. Dance is also regarded as a form of nonverbal communication.

3.Informal Communication
Informal communication includes all the various methods of relaying information or messages between people. It often is called “the grapevine” as messages