Non-verbal communication at nursing admission: perceptions of HIV/AIDS patients
International Journal of Development Research
Non-verbal communication at nursing admission: perceptions of HIV/AIDS patients
Received 23rd February, 2019; Received in revised form 17th March, 2019; Accepted 09th April, 2019; Published online 29th May, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Raquel Tiheko Hidaka Veloso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study aims to identify the not verbal perceptions that pacientes with HIV/Aids do about body expressions in nursing admission. It is a descriptive and transversal study with a qualitative approach. The research was performed with 10 patientsn the Center for Health Care in Infectious Diseases –Casa Dia. Reference in multidisciplinary care in the testing, counseling and treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS, in the city of Belém, Pará. Data analysis was performed through content analysis of Bardin. When analyzing the data of the research it was possible to know the reality and the afflictions of the patients attended at Casa Dia. The results indicated that the value of non-verbal communication contributes to improve care, contributing to a close relationship of trust, which is essential for the patient-nurse relationship. It was concluded that non-verbal communication in nursing care with patients with HIV / AIDS brought many questions. It has been noticed that most of the time the non-verbalized reading is understood, however, it is not absorbed.
