Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills: Integration of Standardized Client Simulation in an Associate Degree Nursing Program

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5-15-2016

Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills: Integration of
Standardized Client Simulation in an Associate Degree Nursing
Program
Kristine Weber
University of Nevada, Las Vegas,

Timothy Farrell
University of Nevada, Las Vegas,




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,DEVELOPING THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

INTEGRATION OF STANDARDIZED CLIENT

SIMULATION IN AN ASSOCIATE

DEGREE NURSING

PROGRAM




By


Timothy J. Farrell

Kristine M. Weber



A doctoral document submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the


Doctor of Nursing Practice



School of Nursing
Division of Health Sciences
The Graduate College



University of Nevada, Las Vegas
May 2016

,Copyright by Timothy J. Farrell & Kristine M. Weber, 2016

All Rights Reserved

, Doctoral Project Approval
The Graduate College
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas


March 10, 2016


This doctoral project prepared by


Timothy Farrell &
Kristine Weber


entitled


Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills: Integration of Standardized Client
Simulation in an Associate Degree Nursing Program


is approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of


Doctor of Nursing Practice
School of Nursing




Carolyn Sabo, Ed.D. Kathryn Hausbeck Korgan, Ph.D.
Examination Committee Chair Graduate College Interim Dean

Susan VanBeuge, D.N.P.
Examination Committee Member

Merrill Landers, Ph.D.
Graduate College Faculty Representative




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