Multiple relationships of nursing care: the emergence of care "of the us".
The aim of this qualitative study was to comprehend the relationships of the care of the self, of care of the other, and of care "of the us" in the different dimensions of care, through an educational/reflexive/interpretative process with nursing professionals in a University Hospital, using the complexity perspective. The data were collected through workshops and submitted to content analysis. The following categories emerged: reflecting upon the meaning of care of the self, care of the other, and "of the us" for the "I - human being", and for the "I - nursing professional"; and reflecting and (re)constructing the meanings of the relationships of care for the self, care for the other, and care "for the us". The care "for the us" is an emerging theme, in construction, and impels a concern for the collective, as well as remits to the comprehension of the multiple and unending phenomenon of constant movement among the beings and between them and their environment, modifying, altering, and causing to be altered the networks of existent relationships.
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil. mariabaggio@yahoo.com.br
Maria Aparecida
MA
Baggio
Alacoque Lorenzini
AL
Erdmann
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D004777:Environment; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009732:Nursing Care; D015399:Nursing Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago