Examination of the level of knowledge nursıng students regardıng therapeutıc touch

Keywords: Therapeutic touch, nursing student, knowledge level INTRODUCTION Complementary and integrative therapies, whose purposes are to enhance the effectiveness of medical treatment, relieve of symptoms, to increase the quality of life of individuals, and to provide physical and emotional support to the individuals [1]. The effects of TT on reducing pain, anxiety, depression, and fatigue, increasing quality of life, regulating blood pressure and heart rate have been proven by randomized controlled trials [5,7,8]. According to the survey results for evaluating the knowledge about TT of nursing students that participated in the study, 40.4% of students stated that TT is a practice within Alternative Medicine Systems (Table 6). In our study, participating students stated that the treatment should be stopped when the Patient expresses discomfort, but there is no need to terminate the treatment when the practitioner cannot focus on the Patient. Since all living organisms share the same life energy and the principles of this method can be applied to all kinds of life forms, TT has a universal application area [10].