PROGRAM STUDI S1 KEPERAWATAN FAKULTAS KEPERAWATAN UNIVERSITAS ANDALAS April 2014 Name : SILVIA ANGGRAINI No. BP : 1210326030 Relationship Communication Terapeutic Nurse With The Level Anxiety In Patients Pre Operative in Irna Bedah RSUP Dr. M.Djamil Padang Preoperative anxiety in patients is a preoperative psychological reactions as a new experience for patients undergoing surgery. Therapeutic communication is communication with a nurse who carried a particular technique which has a healing effect, and provide a sense of security and comfort so as to reduce anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of therapeutic communication with the nurse patient preoperative anxiety levels. This type of research is a descriptive analytic by design cross sectional study. In this study the sample size was 62 patients in Irna Bedah RSUP Dr.M.Djamil Padang in August 2013 to April 2014. The results showed preoperative patient anxiety mild anxiety (33.9%), moderate anxiety (46.8%), and severe anxiety (19.4%), while the nurses were good therapeutic communication (56.5%) and therapeutic communication nurses unfavorable (43.5%). The test results showed no statistically significant association between the therapeutic communication nurses with patients preoperative anxiety level with p = 0.006. The results of this study recommend the hospital institution that therapeutic communication can be implemented in hospitals to reduce patient anxiety, especially preoperative therapeutic communication in the working phase. Keywords : Anxiety, Preoperative, Therapeutic Communication Bibliography : 24 (1996- 2013)