# How the hemotherapy nursing team perceives touch during the transfusion procedure

**Authors:** Francisco Gleidson de Azevedo Gonçalves, Sílvia Teresa Carvalho de Araújo, Albert Lengruber de Azevedo, Priscila Brigolini Porfirio Ferreira, Danelia Gómez Torres, Fernanda de Nazaré Almeida Costa, Kelly Cristina Freire Doria, Kevin Vida Cabanelas, Francisco Gleidson de Azevedo Gonçalves, Sílvia Teresa Carvalho de Araújo, Albert Lengruber de Azevedo, Priscila Brigolini Porfirio Ferreira, Danelia Gómez Torres, Fernanda de Nazaré Almeida Costa, Kelly Cristina Freire Doria, Kevin Vida Cabanelas

PMC · DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0252 · Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem · 2026-01-09

## TL;DR

This study explores how nursing teams use touch during blood transfusions and how it affects patient care.

## Contribution

The study introduces a qualitative analysis of tactile communication in hemotherapy nursing, using Hall’s proxemic theory.

## Key findings

- Touch is perceived as a sensitive aspect of nursing care during transfusions.
- Three categories of tactile communication were identified in transfusion practices.
- Touch positively influences the emotional dimension of patient care.

## Abstract

to identify how the nursing team perceives tacesic nonverbal communication during transfusion and describe how this perception influences hemotherapy care.

a descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach, anchored in Hall’s proxemic communication theory. Participant observation and interviews were carried out with 25 nursing professionals in a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The data collected between April and December 2022 were analyzed using thematic content.

three categories emerged: Meanings of touch for the hemotherapy nursing team during the transfusion act; Nonverbal tacesic body signals and expressions emitted during nursing care in the transfusion act; and The different types of touch in hospital transfusion nursing practice.

touch marks the sensitive quality of the nursing team’s care and has a positive effect on the client’s affective dimension during the transfusion act.

identificar como a equipe de enfermagem percebe a comunicação não verbal tacêsica durante o ato transfusional e descrever como essa percepção influencia no cuidado em hemoterapia.

estudo descritivo e exploratório com abordagem qualitativa, ancorado na teoria da comunicação proxêmica de Hall. Realizaram-se observação participante e entrevista com 25 profissionais de enfermagem em um hospital público no Rio de Janeiro. Os dados coletados entre abril e dezembro de 2022 foram analisados mediante conteúdo temático.

emergiram três categorias: Significados do toque para a equipe de enfermagem da hemoterapia durante o ato transfusional; Sinais e expressões corporais não verbais tacêsicas emitidas durante o cuidado de enfermagem no ato transfusional; e Os diversos tipos de toque na prática da enfermagem da transfusão hospitalar.

o toque demarca a qualidade sensível do atendimento da equipe de enfermagem e apresenta efeito positivo sobre a dimensão afetiva do cliente durante o ato transfusional.

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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