Improvement of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Skills of Nursing Students through Self-Objectification

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-objectification process through video watching on interview process on the improvement of verbal and nonverbal communication skills of nursing students. The study method was an experimental study through pre-post test of the control group. The subjects were 52 nursing students in C city. The results showed that the linguistic and nonverbal communication skills of the experimental group were significantly improved before and after the experiment. These results suggest that applying an objective assessment of their interview process is an effective way to improve communication skills in the field of nursing education.