title: Nursing communication in nursing care to mastectomized women: a grounded theory study.
abstract: The goal was to understand the nurse/patient communication process, emphasizing nursing care to mastectomized women. Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory were used to interview eight nurses from a referral institution in cancer treatment, using the guiding question: how do nurses perceive their communication process with mastectomized women? Data analysis allowed for the creation of a central theory: the meaning of communication in nursing care to women, constituted by three distinct but inter-related phenomena: perceiving communication, the relationship nurse/mastectomized woman and rethinking the communication nurse/mastectomized woman. With a view to satisfactory communication, professionals need to get involved and believe that their presence is as important as the performance of technical procedures that relieve situations of stress.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Universidade de Fortaleza, Brazil. ilianama@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Iliana Maria
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: de Almeida Araújo
authors.forename: Raimunda Magalhães
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Isabela Melo
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Bonfim
authors.forename: Ana Fátima Carvalho
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care; D009742:Nursing Theory