[The nursing process at a burns unit: an ethnographic study].
This ethnographic study aimed at understanding the cultural meaning that nursing professionals working at a Burns Unit attribute to the nursing process as well as at identifying the factors affecting the implementation of this methodology. Data were collected through participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The findings indicate that, to the nurses from the investigated unit, the nursing process seems to be identified as bureaucratic management. Some factors determining this perception are: the way in which the nursing process has been taught and interpreted, routine as a guideline for nursing activity, and knowledge and power in the life-world of the Burns Unit.
Rossi
L A
LA
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. rizzardo@eerp.usp.br
Casagrande
L D
LD
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*