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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

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Demonstrating nursing care as a social practice.

Dirce Stein Backes¹, Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann, Andreas Büscher

¹Centro Universitário Franciscano, UNIFRA, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. backesdirce@ig.com.br

Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem

|February 4, 2010

Summary

This study reveals nursing care as a social practice, emphasizing complex-systemic thinking. This new paradigm enhances social actions through proactive, innovative, and participative networks.

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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

Nursing Science
Social Sciences
Systems Theory

Background:

Nursing care is traditionally viewed through individual patient interactions.
A gap exists in understanding nursing care as a broader social practice.
Complex-systemic thinking offers a novel lens for analyzing healthcare interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the meaning of nursing care as a social practice.
To investigate the role of complex-systemic thinking in nursing care.
To identify a new paradigm for nursing intervention.

Main Methods:

Grounded Theory methodology was employed.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 35 health professionals.
Data were simultaneously codified and analyzed.

Main Results:

The central category identified was 'Evidencing nursing care as social practice'.
Nursing care is understood as a social practice integrating complex-systemic thinking.
Interactive and associative networks are key to this practice.

Conclusions:

Nursing care as a social practice represents a new intervention paradigm.
This paradigm strengthens social actions via networks.
It enables proactive, innovative, and participative approaches in nursing.