HUBUNGAN KARAKTERISTIK PERAWAT DENGAN PRAKTIK KOMUNIKASI TERAPEUTIK PERAWAT KLIEN DI PUSKESMAS MALILIKAB. LUWU TIMUR TAHUN 2016
Nurses are required to carry out therapeutic communication in performing nursing actions so that patients or their families know what actions will be performed on patients by means of nurses must introduce themselves, explain the actions to be taken, make a time contract to take further nursing actions. Analyzing the relationship of what factors are related to the practice of therapeutic communication of the nurse client in the Malili District Health Center. East Luwu. The design in this study is descriptive correlation with cross sectional design. Data collection methods using data questionnaires were analyzed by Chi Square Statistical Test. The results of the study used the Chi Square test and the calculated value for the relationship between nurses' age and therapeutic communication practices obtained p value 0.702 greater than p 0.05, gender with therapeutic communication obtained p value 0.425, education with therapeutic communication obtained p value 0.259 and the role of therapeutic communication obtained p value 0.702 or there is no relationship on the factors of age, sex, education and the role of therapeutic communication. Research suggestions to nurses to apply therapeutic and caring behaviors so that nursing care services can be carried out better and more professionally.