Concepts of Health in Nursing Education in Undergraduate Schools of Brazil and Portugal

Authors

  • Cláudia Regina Lima Duarte da Silva Universidade Regional de Blumenau; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Maria Arminda da Silva Mendes Carneiro da Costa Unidade de Investigação e Formação sobre Adultos e Idosos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000600011

Keywords:

Health, Nursing, Education

Abstract

This article represents an extract of my PhD research regarding the concepts of health present in undergraduate schools of nursing of Brazil and Portugal. The objective of this research was to comprehend how the concepts of health are explicit in the documents of undergraduate courses and how they are expressed in the discourses of the nursing professors and students. For this, thematic content analysis was used to analyze the professional education of the nurses and the concepts of health present in the nursing courses. The presentation of the results was performed using the Collective Subject Discourse technique. The results showed that in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil, the concepts of health follow the National Curriculum Guidelines and there is an emphasis directed towards reflection on the Brazilian National Health System (SUS); while in the city of Porto, in Portugal, these concepts follow the Study Plans of the Nursing courses and emphasize nursing care both for the healthy and the sick person. The data also reveal a concern in the construction of the concept of people-centered healthcare.

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Published

2010-12-01

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 6 (2010)

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Original Articles

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How to Cite

Concepts of Health in Nursing Education in Undergraduate Schools of Brazil and Portugal . (2010). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 18(6), 1115-1122. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000600011