Língua brasileira de sinais: um desafio para a assistência de enfermagem

Resumo

Communication is a process of messages exchange that helps understanding the world and the relationships between individuals. The aims of this study were established considering the complexity of the hearing deficiency,: to discuss the relevance of non-verbal communication in the relationship between professional and client and to identify the perception of the use of the Brazilian Language of Signals - LIBRAS by students of assistant and technical nursing courses when assisting the hearing deficient client. It is a qualitative study having students of assistant and technical nursing courses as its focus population. A questionnaire was used for the collection of data. The findings show that nonverbal communication is an important means of exchanging information and that LIBRAS enables contact with the hearing deficient client. In conclusion, effective communication is a humanizing factor because it contributes to the quality of human interaction and facilitates the satisfaction of the clients needs.

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Comunicação, Enfermagem, Humanização, LIBRAS, Communication, Nursing, Humanizing

Citação

BARBOSA, Maria Alves; OLIVEIRA, Márcia Arimatéa de; SIQUEIRA, Karina Machado; DAMAS, Keyti Cristine Alves; PRADO, Marinésia Aparecida do. Língua brasileira de sinais: um desafio para a assistência de enfermagem. Revista Enfermagem UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, v. 11, p. 247-251, 2003.