Produção científica sobre centro cirúrgico em teses e dissertações: estudo bibliométrico

Abstract

Objective: To identify the academic production coming from dissertations and theses about surgical centers by nurses who have completed master’sdegrees and doctorates in Brazil. Method: Bibliometric, descriptive and retrospective study, with documentary research in three Brazilian databases,using the publications of 11 higher education institutions, from 2005 to 2016. Results: A total of 40 academic productions were identified. Of these, 13 aretheses (32.5%) and 27 are dissertations (67.5%). The years with the most publications (17.5%) were 2009 and 2013. The University of São Paulo and theUniversity of São Paulo — Ribeirão Preto are the institutions with the highest number of studies, with 32.5 and 25.0%, respectively. The methodologicalapproach most adopted by the researchers was the quantitative one (40.0%) and the main theme dealt with perioperative care (60.0%). Conclusion: The scientificproduction in this area has presented incipient, when compared to the total number of post-graduation publications stricto sensu on nursing in thenational scenario. However, what has been published is aimed at hospital care, showing correlation of the studies with the practice of perioperative nursing.