THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF NURSING STUDENTS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS TEAMWORK: A CASE FROM TURKEY A relação entre habilidades de comunicação de estudantes de enfermagem e suas atitudes em direção ao trabalho em equipe: Um caso da Turquia Relación entre las habilidades comunicativas de los estudiantes de enfermería y sus actitudes hacia el trabajo en equipo: Un caso de Turquía


Güneşer R., KIRIMLIOĞLU N.

Acta Bioethica, vol.31, no.1, pp.65-78, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.4067/s1726-569x2025000100065
  • Journal Name: Acta Bioethica
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Fuente Academica Plus, EMBASE
  • Page Numbers: pp.65-78
  • Keywords: communication skills, nursing students, socio-demographic factors, teamwork
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Effective communication and teamwork have a critical role in nursing. This study aims to determine the relationship between nursing students’ communication skills and attitudes toward teamwork (n=334). The communication skills (104.82±11.47) and teamwork attitudes (120.41±13.28) scores of the students were found to be at a high level. The total scores of the communication skills scale (p=0.007) and the scores of the communication principles and basic skills (p=0.001), effective listening, and nonverbal communication (p=0.008) sub-dimensions of the students who received training on teamwork were higher than those of the students who did not receive training. The total scores of the teamwork attitudes questionnaire (p=0.024) and the sub-dimension scores of team structure (p=0.020) and situation monitoring (p=0.048) of the students who received training on teamwork were higher than those who did not receive training. It was found that the scores of male students in the mutual support sub-dimension of the teamwork attitudes questionnaire were significantly higher (p=0.026) compared to female students. There was a moderate positive correlation between the scores of communication skills and teamwork attitudes (r= 0.467, p<0.001). Nursing students had high communication skills and attitudes toward teamwork, and the relationship between them was significant.