Topics

A complete index of every communication topic covered by Health Student Mentor. Each page covers a specific clinical conversation, the six habits that make it work, and a link to the full field-card script.

Chiropractic Communication

• Chiropractic Patient Retention: The Three Conversations That Decide It
• The Chiropractic New-Patient Consultation: The Six-Habit Script
• The Chiropractic Report of Findings: What to Say at the Second Visit
• The First Adjustment Conversation: A Script for the Ninety Seconds Before You Adjust
• Cash-Practice Chiropractic Conversations: How to Handle the Insurance Question
• Pediatric Chiropractic Communication: Talking to Parents in the Treatment Room
• The Chiropractic Referral Network: How to Introduce Yourself to Other Providers
• Hard Conversations in Chiropractic Practice: A Framework
• Team Communication for the Solo Chiropractor
• Public Speaking for Chiropractic Students

Physical Therapy Communication

• Physical Therapy Patient Outcomes: The Three Conversations That Decide Them
• The First Evaluation in Physical Therapy: A Six-Habit Framework for DPT Students
• How to Explain Pain to a Patient: A Pain Science Framework for Physical Therapists
• The Home Exercise Program Conversation: How to Get Patients to Actually Do Their HEP
• Fear Avoidance in Physical Therapy: How to Treat the Patient Who's Afraid to Move
• Working with the Medical Team: How DPT Students Should Talk to Physicians, Nurses, and Case Management
• Return to Sport and Return to Work: The Clearance Conversation for Physical Therapists
• The Plateau in Physical Therapy: When Progress Stops and What to Say Next
• Cash-Pay Physical Therapy: How to Handle the Insurance Conversation

Nursing Communication

• Nursing Patient Safety: The Three Conversations That Decide It
• Giving a Nursing Handoff That Doesn't Get Dismissed: SBAR for New Nurses
• Speaking Up When You're a New Nurse: The Two-Challenge Rule and How to Be Heard
• When You Make a Nursing Mistake: How to Disclose, Document, and Protect Your License
• Discharge Teaching for Nurses: How to Use Teach-Back and Prevent Readmissions
• Walking Into an Agitated Patient's Room: De-Escalation for Nurses
• Talking to Families in Crisis: How Nurses Communicate Without Overstepping
• The First Time You're With a Dying Patient: A Framework for New Nurses
• Translating Through an Interpreter: How Nurses Communicate Across a Language Barrier

From the desk of Nikolai Lee, DC. Communication training for healthcare students and early-career clinicians.