Humanization is a term that is commonly used in association with technological resources and patient individuality, which considers patient's holistic and uniqueness needs. Humanization of nursing care has being emphasized in healthcare. Communication is a key factor that allows the healthcare team to understand the hospitalized patient's needs. Thus, there is a need to reflect upon the relevance of communication to provide quality humanized nursing care. Focusing on these aspects of nursing care, the objective of this bibliographic study was to describe the relevance of communication as basic instrument in providing humanized nursing care for the hospitalized patient. The study emphasizes the importance of communication as a fundamental component of humanized nursing care.
Humanization of assistance; Nursing; Communication