The nursing care system from a Luhmannian perspective

Authors

  • Dirce Stein Backes Centro Universitário Franciscano
  • Marli Stein Backes Centro Universitário Franciscano
  • Camila Biazus Dalcin Centro Universitário Franciscano
  • Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000500008

Keywords:

Nursing Care, Nurse's Role, Social Responsibility, Nursing Research

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the socially-relevant communication of the nursing system from the Luhmannian perspective. METHOD: the investigation process was based in grounded theory. The data was collected between February and September 2011, through interviews carried out with nurses and student nurses at a university in the South of Brazil. RESULTS: The central phenomenon - recognizing nursing care as an all-embracing interactive and associative phenomenon - resulted from the inter-weaving of three categories: learning the context of care as a whole, organizing the environment for the other professionals, and visibilizing interactive and associative care. CONCLUSION: investing in a socially relevant communication for nursing entails developing a code for functional differentiation, which may strengthen health promotion and healthy living for individuals, families and communities.

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Published

2012-10-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 5 (2012)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

The nursing care system from a Luhmannian perspective. (2012). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 20(5), 873-879. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000500008