PRODUÇÃO DE ESTUDOS EM ENFERMAGEM SOB O REFERENCIAL DA FENOMENOLOGIA

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the production of studies generated by graduate students and conducted in accordance with the phenomenology referential. Method: a retrospective documentary research, of a quantitative and qualitative nature, using the electronic version of the catalogues of the Center for Studies and Research in Nursing (CEPEn) of the Brazilian Association of Nursing (ABEN), published in the period 2003-2013. Results: a considerable number of studies were identified, carried out by researchers of the nursing area according to the philosophical thought of Alfred Schutz and Martin Heidegger, in which the investigation of possible ways of caring opens perspectives for a new look into nursing care. Conclusion: the quantitative of the publications generated by the graduate students reflects the interest for the theoretical referential, as well as the professional quest for improving the understanding of the human being through underlying phenomenological means. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]