Interpersonal communication and its implication in nursing

• Published in: Cultura de los cuidados Vol. 23; no. 53; pp. 230 - 238
• Main Authors: Barbara Pereira, Lara Freitas, Aline Gonçalves, Raul Santos, Sueli Vilela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Alicante 01.06.2019
• Subjects: comunicação; Comunicação Interpessoal; enfermagem; saúde
• ISSN: 1699-6003
• DOI: 10.14198/cuid.2019.53.22

Introduction: Communication is a creative action, used to promote interaction, to understand social and psychological factors among individuals. It permeates human evolution. Objective: To search for studies that applied the interpersonal communication in the health area and to discuss how it is applied in the area of nursing. Method: This is a theoretical-reflexive study due to its characteristic of being problematizing, anti-dogmatic without, however, dispensing with logical-methodological rigor with coherence of argumentation and critical spirit. Barnlund's Theory of Transactional Communication was used as a reference. Result: Aiming to enable greater understanding and discussion, we chose to discuss interpersonal communication in three thematic categories: Barnlund Transactional Communication Theory, Characterizing Communication and Interpersonal Communication in Nursing. Conclusion: In nursing, the difficulty of interaction and communication between the professionals and the patients is also evidenced, a fact that proves that this difficulty compromises the integral attention to the individual, also compromising the quality of life of the same.