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Simulated scenes: a pedagogical experiment to reflect about conflict management in nursing care
1Universidade Federal de Roraima. Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil.
Objective:
To describe simulated scenes on conflict management in nursing care, created by university students; and to identify the skills and attitudes needed by the nursing student to manage conflicts in health care.
Methods:
This is a qualitative study conducted with 28 university nursing students from a public college located in the city of Boa Vista, Roraima. The strategy adopted for the production of data was the simulation of scenes of conflict. The data were analyzed according to Bardin's methodology.
Results:
Four conflict scenes were produced, involving nurses and nursing technicians, health managers, multiprofessional health teams, and patient care. In this context, 274 record units were identified regarding skills and attitudes for nurses to manage conflicts.
Final Considerations:
The skills and attitudes essential for conflict management were: effective verbal communication, body language observation, knowing how to listen, negotiate, make decisions, be neutral, impartial, and how to lead democratically.
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