The document discusses techniques of communication in nursing. It outlines the SMCR model of communication which includes a sender, message, channel and receiver. It also discusses the purposes of communication in nursing which include awareness, interest, evaluation and adoption. Finally, it lists therapeutic communication techniques used in nursing such as sharing observation, sympathy, hope and humor, using touch and silence, asking questions, providing information, paraphrasing, clarifying, focusing and self-disclosing.