Demonstrating nursing care as a social practice

Authors

  • Dirce Stein Backes Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Andreas Büscher University of Bielefeld; Institute of Nursing Science

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000600010

Keywords:

nursing care, nurse's role, social responsibility, nursing research

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the meaning of nursing care as a social practice based on interactions and associations with complex-systemic thinking. Grounded Theory was the methodological framework used and 35 health professionals distributed in different sample groups were interviewed through a semi-structured questionnaire. Simultaneous data codification and analysis permitted the identification of the central category: "Evidencing nursing care as social practice". Nursing care as a social practice based on complex-systemic thinking constitutes a new paradigm of intervention, capable of strengthening social actions through interactive and associative networks, and of acting in a proactive, innovating and participative manner.

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 6 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Demonstrating nursing care as a social practice. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(6), 988-994. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000600010