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This study examined the levels and relationships between interprofessional therapeutic communication subscales and humanistic practice ability among undergraduate nursing students and determined the accounted variance of therapeutic communication after controlling for demographic and academic variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross\u2010sectional correlational design was used.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study was conducted with 323 second\u2010year undergraduate nursing students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Participants completed validated self\u2010administered measures of interprofessional therapeutic communication and humanistic practice ability. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, one\u2010way ANOVA, post hoc comparisons, and hierarchical multiple regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Students reported high levels of interprofessional therapeutic communication and humanistic practice ability. Humanistic practice ability was positively correlated with all therapeutic communication subscales except potential barriers (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.53\u20130.65,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Students with advanced English proficiency demonstrated significantly higher humanistic practice ability than those with elementary and intermediate proficiency (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.01). In the hierarchical regression model, demographic and academic variables explained 7.3% of the variance in humanistic practice ability, with English proficiency showing a high association. After adding therapeutic communication subscales, the explained variance increased significantly to 48.7% (\u0394\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.414,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Communication skills (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.233,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.014), patient\u2010centred communication (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.253,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001), and English proficiency (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.095,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.036) were significantly associated with humanistic practice ability.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Therapeutic communication, particularly patient\u2010centred and relational skills, is a central determinant of perceived humanistic practice ability. Language proficiency appears to enable effective communication and humanistic care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Interprofessional therapeutic communication was strongly associated with humanistic practice ability among Saudi nursing students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for Nursing<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Curricula should integrate longitudinal, competency\u2010based communication training.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for Nursing Policy<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Education standards should emphasize communication competencies and language support to strengthen patient\u2010centred care outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Public Contribution<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nursing students participated voluntarily in the study by completing the survey. 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