[The communication process in the care of patients during echocardiography]. / O processo de comunicação no cuidado do paciente submetido ao eco-stress: algumas reflexões.

The article reviews some aspects of the communication process, its basic concepts, how it is approached in the theories of the nurses, and proposes to make reflections on the communication in the context of the patient undergoing the stress-echo study. Our goal is to emphasize and to rescue some important aspects related to the communication in health allies area, which is practiced in a constant manner in the daily practices of the nurse. Finally, this paper wishes to emphasize the importance of the knowledge of this process, incorporating it to the practice.