Percepção de estudantes de graduação em enfermagem acerca do recebimento do toque terapêutico

Objective: herein, the goal has been to know the perceptions of nursing undergraduate student about receiving the therapeutic touch. Methods: it is a descriptive-exploratory research with a qualitative approach, which was carried out with 10 nursing students from a federal university from the southern region of brazil. For data collection, which was performed over october 2015, a semi-structured interview was used and the data were analyzed according to the discursive textual analysis. As a result, the following category emerged: the importance of caring for oneself and for others. Conclusion: the students reported a reduction of the signs of stress and pain, and an improvement in the sleep quality, leading to greater well-being. Hence, when people begin to consider subtler instances of life, it is possible to use strategies, such as the therapeutic touch, in order to provide a better quality of life for themselves, and later for the other.