REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS DOS ENFERMEIROS DE HOSPITAL GERAL DIANTE DO PACIENTE ALCOOLISTA

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Cely de
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Vargas, Divane de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/24644
• topic: Nursing; Hospital; Alcoholism.; Enfermería; Hospital; Alcoholismo.; Enfermagem; Hospital; Alcoolismo

This study, with a qualitative approach, aimed to analyze the social representations held by nurses in ageneral hospital, regarding the alcoholic patient. The data was collected in March 2008 from 20 nurses in three generalhospitals in a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, through self-recorded records, and was submitted to Content Analysisguided by the theoretical-methodological framework of social representations. The results indicate that the nurses conceivethe alcoholic patient as a sick person, therefore, alcoholism is shown as an illness without, however, considering otherexplanatory models for the use of alcohol – a representation which is linked more to folk knowledge than to technicalscientificknowledge. This points to the need for better preparation and training of the healthcare professionals in relationto the use of alcohol and alcoholism itself, as the shortage of knowledge may contribute to care which is fragmented andbased on the moral considerations which permeate folk knowledge.