coat of arms
Coat of Arms Coat of arms is a collection of symbols that indicates the trait of a family, profession etc. In nursing, the coat of arms is intended to capture the key qualities of what nursing profession means. The purpose of this paper is to explain the six different nursing qualities and discuss why each quality was chosen to represent ‘Nursing’. It will also provide a rational for the symbols that represent each quality in the coat of arms. The idea of placing each symbol in different locations of the coat of arms will also be the part of discussion. Communication is life long learning skills for nurses. Communication can be in different forms. It can be verbal or non verbal. Communication is important for nurses because I believe that it helps to bring the clients closer to nurses and help nurses to build a strong professional nurse-client relationship. “Effective communication skills have been shown to improve health outcomes, patient compliance, and patient satisfaction” (Kameg, Mitchell, Chlochesy, Howard & Suresky, 2009). The purpose of learning good communication skills is that it makes nurses able to get as much information from the clients as possible, which helps nurses to assess the client better and get the best outcome for them. Another importance of communication skills in nursing profession is that it enables nurses to build trust and a comfortable working environment with client. Stethoscope is the symbol chosen for communication in the coat of arms. As it was discussed earlier, communication can be verbal and non-verbal. Communication is not always speaking, but it is also listening. When a nurse is taking the client’s vital signs such as blood pressure, he/she has to listen very carefully to the stethoscope in order to get the correct data. Similar to this, nurses must use listening as a part of communication to listen to their clients very carefully in order to obtain correct data. A quite environment is