Category: Laughter

For human, laughter is found to be produced predominantly during social interactions (Provine, 1993). People were over 30 times as likely to laugh in social situations such as vocal communication and group activities than in solitary situations (Provine, 1997). In fact, laughter is so predominantly social that it almost disappears when people are in solitary…

If the metaphor laughter is the best medicine reigns true, there is no wonder why Nurse Ratched takes exhaustive measures to keep laughter out of her ward. In an effort to keep her ward under control, Nurse Ratched strips patients of comfortable environments, such as the environment to laugh in. When an individual is no…

This quality contributes to effective care as it increases the individual’s participation if you are understanding they would feel more comfortable to make have their voices heard. It provides reassurance to service users as they are trying to put themselves in that position and say and act according to that. This will reassure the service…