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[The truth value in nursing education: a phenomenological study]
Gilberto de Lima Guimarães1, Ligia de Oliveira Viana, Selme Silqueira de Matos
1Departamento de Enfermagem Básica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. drgilberto.guimaraes@hotmail.com
Unlabelled:
This article is based on the value theory. Nursing possesses a set of values that are used to develop a scale that directs and justifies professional action.
Objective:
To understand the act of educating of the nurse-professor, the truth value and discuss it in light of Max Scheler's assumptions. The methodology is qualitative,focusing on phenomenological approach. Study participants were seven nurses-teachers from three institutions of higher nursing education, located in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The study was conducted from May to June 2008. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed comprehensively.
Result:
Truth emerged in the speech of the nurse-professor in the act of educating. FINAL THOUGHTS: It was through the act of educating that nurses presented the truth value to the student, ratifying it as the establishment of nursing assistance praxis.
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