Knowing of patients name and touch to them by nurses and doctors during communication

6^th World Nursing and Healthcare Conference

August 15-17, 2016 London, UK

Gul Gunes Celik, Ismet Eser and Ayca Gurkan

Ege University, Turkey

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

The study was conducted in order to define states of knowing of patientsâ�?�? name and touch to them by nurses and doctors during communication and patientsâ�?�? opinion about this issue. The research was held at 13 services of a university hospital, between the dates of 1st May-1st August, 2015. The research was applied to 288 patients. â�?�?Data Collection Formâ�? was used by researcher. This form was created by using literature. 52.1% (n=150) of the patients were female and 42.4% (n=122) of the patientsâ�?�? educational level was primary school and lower than primary school. 29% (n=86) of patients knew the names of nurses while 82.3% (n=237) of them knew the names of doctors. However, most of the nurses (89.9%) and doctors (88.2%) knew the names of patients. In terms of communication by touching it was detected that 26% (n=75) of the nurses and 42.4% (n=122) of the doctors touched their patients. It was detected that only 2.8% (n=8) of the patients felt disposed because of the nurses touching and 2.4% (n=7) of the patients felt disposed because of the doctors touching them. As a consequences of study it was seen that when healthcare workers know the names of their patients and touch them during communication the patients feel positively and their satisfaction increases.

Biography :

Gul Gunes Celik is a MSc student at the Ege University. She is also working as a Research Assistant at the same university in Fundamentals of Nursing Department since 2014.

Email: gulgunescelik@gmail.com