Perception of nurse in the art of care

• Autores: Reina, Rosa, Cardenas, María Hilda
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad María Auxiliadora
• Repositorio: Agora
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistaagora.com:article/95
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistaagora.com/index.php/cieUMA/article/view/95
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: percepción; enfermera; arte; cuidar; perception; nurse; art; caring

Introduction: Nursing care as art requires particular skills, knowledge and skills to establish meaningful links, guide the appropriate course of caregiving action, giving meaning to the everyday, for patient satisfaction. Objective: To understand the nurse's perception of the art of caring; an epistemological contribution that contributes to strengthen the professional practice and the component of the aesthetic knowledge that surrounds the material object of Nursing, the art of caring. Materials and Methods: The technique of gathering information by in-depth interview and interpretive observation, to nurses of the Medicine, Surgery and obstetric and gynecological services, which agreed to participate in the study, keeping the confidentiality agreed upon in the informed consent. The theoretical-explanatory contribution was determined by two (2) categories: The art of caring is knowledge and the way of doing things and Individual care based on needs. Results: As closure considerations, the study of the art of caring allowed to understand the meaning assigned to the art of caring for a group of nursing and patient professionals in their daily performance, as well as to understand the overall meaning of the practice of care and its complexity All of which allows us to assume and feel protagonists as agents of change in the ways of taking care of our profession. Conclusion: Nursing care research is enriched with the production of knowledge, which the nurse can assume and use to strengthen the role of caregiver as a companion in the processes of development and growth of human civility.