A relaxed posture and active listening are helping to convey an empathetic response to the patient or gaining their confidence by simply holding their hand, as part of the SOLER (identify by Egan(1982) and cited in Burnard and Gill(2009)).
"Nurses and nursing staff are at the heart of the communication process" states the fifth Principle Of Nursing Practice and one of the basic goals for nursing staff is that their patients and clients and those for whom they care experience effective communication (Departament of Health (DH) 2010a).
It was demonstrated that a good communication has a huge impact on the outcome of the patient's treatment in a positive way and also in increasing patient's satisfaction and decreasing recovery time. This outcome is also related to the aspect of cost saving for the healthcare authorities which is actually a benefit for all of