The use of medicinal plants as a therapeutical resource: from the influences of the professional formation to the ethical and legal implications of its applicability as an extension of nursing care practice

Authors

  • Neide Aparecida Titonelli Alvim Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Anna Nery School of Nursing
  • Márcia de Assunção Ferreira Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Anna Nery School of Nursing
  • Ivone Evangelista Cabral Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Anna Nery School of Nursing
  • Antonio José de Almeida Filho Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Anna Nery School of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692006000300003

Keywords:

nursing, nursing care, plants, medicinal

Abstract

This qualitative research aimed to analyze the biomedical influence in the context of nurses' formation and professional activities; to reflect about ethical and legal implications of using medicinal plants in nursing care; to argue about the need to configure and delimit this resource as a legitimate instrument for expanding nursing care practice. We used the creative-sensible method and developed dynamics with a group of nurses to produce data, analyzed in the categories "the biomedical influence in the academic-professional orientation of nursing" and "ethical and legal implications in the applicability of medicinal plants in care". Results indicated the need to advance in studies on the nursing diagnosis that implies the prescription of medicinal plants, so that the client is well taken care of by nurses, thus legitimizing it as an extension of their professional practice. Not as an exclusive territory, but as shared and interdisciplinary health care action.

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Published

2006-06-01

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2006)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

The use of medicinal plants as a therapeutical resource: from the influences of the professional formation to the ethical and legal implications of its applicability as an extension of nursing care practice. (2006). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 14(3), 316-323. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692006000300003