title: [Nursing procedure: a dimension of the communication with the newborn].
abstract: This article approaches the perceptions of the nursing staff about the procedure's role in communicating with the newborn. Such theme was identified in a qualitative, exploratory/descriptive study developed with the nursing staff of the neonatal unit of an University Hospital in Porto Alegre/RS. The article explores the procedure's implications to the caregiver and methodological aspects of the study. It approaches the caregiver's perceptions about the communication that is due to skin stimuli; the feelings involved in performing the procedure; the relation between the inflicted pain and communication; as well as the opportunity to teach and learn through the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Depto. de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil, Núcleo de Estudos Culturais e Sociais do Cuidado em Saúde, da Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. emendes@hcpa.ufrgs.br
authors.forename: Eliane Norma Wagner
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia Lourenzi
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: de Bonilha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000523:psychology*; D009359:Neonatology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology; D009736:Nursing Process; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D014110:Touch