HUBUNGAN KOMUNIKASI TERAPEUTIK PERAWAT TERHADAP TINGKAT STRES PASIEN DI RUANG NEUROLOGI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM DAERAH DR M.HAULUSSY AMBON

Abstract

Someone who is sick tends to suffer from stress. This type of patient really needs a figure of nurse to reduce their stress level. Beside that’s, patient also needs a therapeutic communication. Therefore, a research is done in the Neurology Ward in M Haulussy General Hospital in Ambon with the purpose is to find out the therapeutic communication relationship of the nurses toward the patients’ stress level in the Neurology Ward in M Haulussy General Hospital in Ambon. The method used in this study is the correlation quantitative method. The correlation result of the nurses’ verbal communication toward the patients’ stress level is 0,498 with the significant point of 0,005 (p<0,05). And the result of the correlation nurses’ non verbal communication toward the patients’ stress level is 0,497 with the significant point of 0,005 (p<0,05). While the correlation result of the correlation test between the nurses’ therapeutic communication toward the patients’ stress level is 0,581 with the significant point of 0,001 (p<0,05). Therefore, Ho (there is no relation of therapeutic communication to patients stress level) is rejected and Hi (There is relation of therapeutic communication to patients stress level) is accepted . It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between the nurses’ therapeutic communication toward the patients’ stress level.