Albert Lengruber de Azevedo, Sílvia Teresa Carvalho de Araujo, Paulo Sergio da Silva, Francisco Gleidson de Azevedo Gonçalves
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Abstract
Objectives: to understand nursing students' perceptions of nonverbal communication using chronemics in surgical settings.
Methods: a qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study, based on Edward T. Hall's theory of nonverbal communication. Thirty nursing students from a public institution in northern Brazil participated. Data were collected in May and June 2025 through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic content analysis.
Results: chronemics was perceived as a central element in surgical settings. The accelerated pace generated strangeness, anxiety, and insecurity, hindering learning. The waiting period revealed the team's priorities, indicating who receives attention in the care flow. The nursing staff's time management highlighted the conflict between task efficiency and availability for teaching, establishing itself as a training model.
Final considerations: chronemics constitute an essential dimension and a crucial element of communication in nursing education and in healthcare teams.
期刊介绍：
The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem created in 1932, March 20 is the official publication of the Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brazilian Nursing Association) has as purpose to disseminate the scientific production from different nursing interest areas of knowledge, including those which express the political project of the Association. The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem is the oldest journal of the Brazilian nursing. Its first title was "Annaes de Enfermagem" from 1932 to 1941, being entitled Anais de Enfermagem" until 1955, when its title was changed to the current.
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