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Background: Communication is a basic tool in nursing, a crucial element of care. The quality of the interactions that take place between the nurse and the user/family influence their satisfaction and security felt with the care received. Objectives: To identify the communication skills and interpersonal relationship of nursing students in health care; identify the sociodemographic and academic variables influencing communication skills and interpersonal relationship of nursing students in health care. Methodology: Quantitative study, cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire with questions concerning the socio-demographic and academic characterization; basic skills of interview and clinical communication in health care; learning of clinical communication skills and range of communication skills and interpersonal relationship. The sample consisted of 374 nursing students from two Portuguese schools. Results: The majority were female (80.5%), in the age group of 18-21 years. The students recognize the importance of clinical communication skills and interpersonal relations in nursing practice (82.4%); agreed on the teaching methods of communicational skills (54.3%). Evaluated their training in the area as good (71.7%). Age, semester and school influenced communication skills and interpersonal relationship of students (p <0.5) Conclusion: The results obtained allow us to state that the education / training of nursing student in the relational context is of fundamental importance in building capacity for competent professional practice.
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Clinical communication skills Interpersonal relations Nursing student Habilidades de comunicação clínica Relações interpessoais Estudantes de enfermagem
Citation
Ferreira, M., Silva, D., Pires, A., Sousa, M., Nascimento, M., & Calheiros, N. (2016). Clinical skills and communication in nursing students. The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences EpSBS, 13, 51-60. Doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.07.02.5
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Future Academy