Nurses and care delivery to elderly women: a social phenomenological approach

Authors

  • Sebastião Caldeira Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná; Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde
  • Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Luz Angelica Muñoz Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Selisvane Ribeiro da Fonseca Domingos Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Deíse Moura de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Faculdade de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000500010

Keywords:

Nursing, Health of the Elderly, Nursing Care, Comprehensive Health Care, Qualitative Research

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To understand how nurses see care delivery to elderly women. METHODS: In this phenomenological study, ten nurses working at Primary Health Care Units were interviewed between September 2010 and January 2011. RESULTS: In care delivery, nurses consider the elderly women's knowledge background and biographical situation, and also value the family's participation as a care mediator. These professionals have the acuity to capture these women's specific demands, but face difficulties to deliver care to these clients. Nurses expect to deliver qualified care to these women. CONCLUSION: The theoretical and methodological approach of social phenomenology permitted revealing that the nurse designs qualified care to elderly women, considering the possibilities in the context. This includes the participation of different social actors and health sectors, assuming collective efforts in action strategies and professional training, in line with the particularities and care needs of elderly women nurses identify.

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Published

2012-10-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 5 (2012)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Nurses and care delivery to elderly women: a social phenomenological approach. (2012). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 20(5), 888-895. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000500010