TITLE:
Model of Verbal Communication with Blind Patient: Application in Nursing Appointment
AUTHORS:
Kátia Nêyla de Freitas Macêdo-Costa, Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca, Antonia Ferreira Alves Sampaio, Paulo César de Almeida, Cristiana Brasil de Almeida Rebouças
KEYWORDS:
Communication, Nursing, Visually Impaired Patients, Disabled Patients, Humanization of Assistance
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.6 No.15,
August
6,
2014
ABSTRACT: It was aimed at validating the applicability of the Model of Verbal Communication with blind people in nursing appointment in the stages of the nursing process. A methodology of quantitative study was used with 30 nurses and 30 blind people who participated in the study, divided in control and experimental groups. 30 nursing appointments took place; they were recorded and analyzed by three judges. The experimental group had excellent performance in following protocol (95.6%); taking notes informing the reason for silence (93.4%); and avoiding long silence (100%). In interventions, it presented excellence in all the items, in the evaluation stage, there were no bad/terrible actions. In none of the actions the control group presented better performance than the experimental one. The use of the Model is recommended in nursing appointment with blind patient.