SELF-CAREAMONG NURSING PROFESSIONALS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF BRAZILIAN DISSERTATIONS AND THESES

Authors

  • Adão Ademir SILVA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA-RS
  • Marlene Gomes TERRA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA-RS
  • Mariam Oliveira GONÇALVES UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA
  • Valquíria Toledo SOUTO UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to identify and analyze the Brazilian scientific production in nursing on self-care issues from dissertations and theses of graduate programs in Brazil. Material and Methods: This is a narrative literature review based on searches using the key-words self-care and taking care of oneself in the electronic database of the Coordination for the Improvement of the Higher Level Personnel (CAPES) as well as in the files of the Center for the Study and Research in Nursing (CEPEN). Results: A total of 274 articles were found, of which 32 were selected according to the eligibility criteria. The analysis was conducted by means of statistical mapping and thematic content analysis. By reading the abstracts of theses and dissertations we could observe the meanings expressed in the studies through the co-occurrence of the following broad categories: self-care and care for the other as an essentially human and interrelated activity; difficulty of nursing professionals to take care of themselves; influence of the biomedical model in caring for others and self-care. Conclusion: The findings indicate that self-care is a complex issue. It encompasses the physical, mental and spiritual care related to the needs of human beings to live harmonically as part of a group; it is a search for self-knowledge, which happens in the encountering with the other one, placing the human being as a being of relationships. DESCRIPTORS Nursing.Nursing Care. Nursing, Team.

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Author Biographies

Adão Ademir SILVA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA-RS

Enfermeiro, Mestre em Enfermagem pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Enfermeiro do Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Santa Maria -RS, Brasil.

Marlene Gomes TERRA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA-RS

Enfermeira, Doutora, Docente do Departamento e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Pesquisadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Cuidado a Saúde das Pessoas, Famílias e Sociedade (PEFAS), Santa Maria – RS, Brasil.

Mariam Oliveira GONÇALVES, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA

Enfermeira. Especialista, Modalidade Residência Integrada em Saúde Mental Coletiva – Escola de Saúde Pública (ESP/RS).Enfermeira do Pronto Atendimento Cruzeiro do Sul – Porto Alegre/RS.

Valquíria Toledo SOUTO, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA

Enfermeira. Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Cuidado à Saúde das Pessoas, Famílias e Sociedade (PEFAS), Santa Maria – RS, Brasil.

Published

2015-10-14

How to Cite

SILVA, A. A., TERRA, M. G., GONÇALVES, M. O., & SOUTO, V. T. (2015). SELF-CAREAMONG NURSING PROFESSIONALS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF BRAZILIAN DISSERTATIONS AND THESES. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Da Saúde, 18(4), 345–352. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/rbcs/article/view/15263

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