INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRONIC RENAL PATIENT IN HEMODIALYSIS AND NURSING: An EXPERIENCE REPORT

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease is a problem that grows in Brazil and in the world and one of its treatments is hemodialysis. This prevails in national care and is characterized by the patient's stay in the dialysis clinic for hours and at least three times a week. All this routine creates and strengthens an interpersonal relationship between the nursing team and the patient. The article in question seeks to report an experience lived by a nursing student during the voluntary internship in a hemodialysis clinic, aiming at establishing the interpersonal relationship between chronic kidney patients and those who assist them. This is a descriptive research - an experience report, experienced by the nursing academic in the daily life of an internship in hemodialysis, from August 2021 to January 2022, in the interior of the city of Rio de Janeiro. In addition to the perception of respect for the theme, we sought to discuss studies that included the nursing consultation in hemodialysis. This report highlights the contribution of nurses in hemodialysis. They pointed to the externalization of the bond between nursing professionals and renal patients; link built within a dialysis clinic; and observation of the nephrologist nurse as a factor that intensifies the interpersonal relationship. Interpersonal relationships are recurrent in nursing care and directly influence quality. The interpersonal relationship established between the nursing team and the hemodialysis patient is solid, based on friendship and respect, achieving resilience and resistance in the context of nephrology.