[Research in nursing as an instrument of change in practice and in the training of human resources].
Nursing in Latin America faces the challenge of integrating with both the international and local scientific nursing communities. This dual purpose cannot be accomplished in disregard of the factors that bear on the health sector and the socioeconomic situation. The crisis in the health sector derives from the world crisis. The present care model in the countries emphasizes hospital services; in proposing its replacement with a primary care strategy, the goal of Health for All by the Year 2000 offers nursing an opportunity to redefine and expand its function, but the fact is that it ultimately leads to loss of control of the situation. On the other hand, there begins a phase of transition from community nursing to social nursing focusing on the human being, with a body socially invested by work and occupying different positions in society. Although from this standpoint research must be a factor for the improvement of nursing practice, what is seen is a severance of the connection between them. This article describes the development of nursing research in Brazil, the historical settings, and its present status. It highlights the importance of circulating knowledge and the difficulties of incorporating it into practice and manpower training. Finally, the article considers the transforming function of nursing research as a social practice.
D003906:Developing Countries; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006266:Health Education; D006295:Health Resources; D006296:Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007843:Latin America; D008523:MEDLARS; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012108:Research Personnel; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D014944:World Health Organization
La investigación en enfermería como instrumento de cambio en la práctica y en la formación de recursos humanos.