"A study to assess English Communication Skills among Student Nurses of Selected School of Nursing, New Delhi"

Introduction: Communication is an important aspect of behavior; human communication is affected by all factors that influence human behavior. Effective communication helps to prevent problems from occurring and plays a role in conflict resolution. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of communications skills in General Nursing & Midwifery (G.N.M) Students. Objectives: The objectives of this study are to assess the English Communication Skills among Nursing student, to find out the association between English Communication Skill and selected demographic variable and to suggest School authority on improving English Communication of the students as per the result. Method: The study was conducted using Quantitative approach with descriptive research design on 131 sample, G.N.M Nursing Students of Apollo School of Nursing, New Delhi, by using purposive sampling techniques. A Structured Knowledge Questionnaire on “Communication Skills” was used for collecting data. Data analysis was done by descriptive & inferential statistics. Result: The result reveal that, 79(60.3%) student nurses had average communication skills, 51(38.9%) were had poor communication skill and 1(0.7%) had good communication skill. Conclusion: The study concluded that, most of the student nurses had average skill on English communication and factors responsible to have poor & average communication are, lack of knowledge about grammar, inadequate vocabulary, not able to speak fluently and incorrect pronunciation.