title: [Nursing undergraduate education in relation to the death-dying process: perceptions in light of the complex thinking].
abstract: The objective of this study was to perceive the death-dying process from the perspective of nursing students. This is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research study. Data were collected between June and July 2013, from three focus groups with six nursing students at a University Center located in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The meetings were organized with an approach to increase discussions about the death-dying process from the perspective of the complex thinking. Data were analyzed by means of the Strategic Focal Analysis, and three categories were created: Death: a process of rupture or continuity?; Recognizing weaknesses in the undergraduate educational process; and Outlining strategies to broaden academic discussions. It is possible to conclude that the death/dying process is minimally discussed in undergraduate courses, and when it is discussed, it happens in a fragmented and disjunctive manner, without integrating it into the human living process. Descriptors: Death. Education, nursing. Attitude to death.
authors.forename: Matheus Viero
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Dirce Stein
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Backes
authors.forename: Edison Luiz Devos
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Barlem
authors.forename: Marli Terezinha Stein
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Backes
authors.forename: Valéria Lerch
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: Martha Helena Teixeira
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Souza
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*