Nurse-patient communication while performing home dialysis: the patients' perceptions.
This study aimed at describing patients' perception of their communication with nurses when performing home dialysis. Data were collected from interviews guided by the question: "What is communication like, between you and nurses, during home dialysis treatment?" Results show participants' perception of treatment during home peritoneal dialysis [Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)]; relationship with nurses and family and the effects of treatment on one's existence. Patients can be self-caring and they learn to value the autonomy in their own care. However, some are unable to assume the responsibility for self-care. It was discovered that the connotation of "inspection" that some participants attributed to the nurse's visits, led to an alienation from the education process in the CAPD education. Findings suggest that effective communication and the development of the relationship of a working partnership with patients is crucial. Improvement in the nurses' communication, aiming at adapting it to the characteristics, limitations and specific needs of each patient, is significant for achieving better outcomes.
Sadala
Maria Lúcia Araújo
ML
Nursing Department, Medical School of Botucatu Universidade Estadual Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil. sadal@uol.com.br
Miranda
Marcelo Guimarães
MG
Lorençon
Marisa
M
de Campos Pereira
Estela Pacheco
EP
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009398:Nephrology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D013041:Specialties, Nursing