title: [The perception of surgical nursing caregivers regarding care given to patients with mental disorder].
abstract: The following study aimed to understand the meanings on the discourse of a Nursing Surgical team regarding the care given to patients with mental disorders submitted to surgical procedures. For such comprehension, a theoretical-philosophical referential by Maurice Merleau-Ponty has been examined. Concerning a methodological approach Paul Ricouer's hermeneutics has been used. Eight nursing caregivers from a public hospital in southern Brazil were interviewed from August to September 2008. The results showed the necessity of stimulating nursing caregivers in the reflective process in acting, thinking, and observing care given to patients with mental disorder; as well as to offer emotional support for them. The caregivers displayed the necessity of understanding the human being receiving care in order to be able to give thorough care as a being-in-the-world.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. anniejbl@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Annie Jeanninne Bisso
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lacchini
authors.forename: Helena Carolina
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Noal
authors.forename: Stela Maris de Mello
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Padoin
authors.forename: Marlene Gomes
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Terra
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009746:Nursing, Team; D013527:Perioperative Nursing