The present study aimed at analysing a nurse-patient interaction through a non-directive approach, centred in the care to patients in the stage of re-socialization. It was based on Rogers’ studies and their application in nursing by Braga and Rodrigues. A new project of re-socialization of patients from a state hospital was followed. A patient participating in this program agreed to be interviewed with a nurse. The non-directive relationship was registered and analysed, focussing on the nurse’s feelings, as well as her interventions considering verbal and non-verbal communication. The anxiety of the nurse was identified especially regarding technical application and the patient’s anxiety reflected the consequences of her adaptation outside the hospital environment.
re-socialization; psychiatric nursing; interpersonal relationship