Multidisciplinary

30-minute research and evidence-based practice presentation

Therapeutic Communication Training for Forensic Nurses: A Quality Improvement Project (Code 8)

Primary Presenter(s)

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  Natalie Brooks, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, SANE-A

  Forensic Nurse Examiner
  INOVA Ewing FACT Department
  Falls Church, Virginia

Gain strategies for implementing the evidence-based Gap–Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form to improve therapeutic communication with your forensic patients.

Learning Outcome(s). Increased knowledge about:

• the importance of therapeutic communication as a forensic nursing skill.
• the use of the Gap–Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form as a tool to evaluate and improve therapeutic communication skills in forensic nurses.
• how to teach, and later assess, therapeutic communication in a SIM lab setting.