ABSTRACT
Objective:
to understand the experiences of violence among young nursing students in the their professional training course and the repercussions of this phenomenon on their corporeity.
Method:
an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study conducted between June and August 2013 with 21 young nursing students at a public university in Santa Catarina. The production of the information occurred based on the Creative and Sensitive Method, mediated by Creativity and Sensitivity Dynamics. Hermeneutics was used with the support of the theoretical-philosophical reference of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Results:
two themes emerged: situations of violence experienced by young students in the nursing training process and repercussions of violence on the student’s corporeity. The results reveal the symbolic violence present in the relationships of authority between teachers and students and in the conflicts between health professionals and academics. The young people understand that violence is a natural occurrence in their lives and that it interferes with their corporeity by disturbing their existence, provoking feelings of absence, distancing and indifference, which have repercussions on their health and their care practices.
Conclusion:
the violence present in the nursing training process interferes with the corporeity by the way of being and the construction of the young person as a being who provides care. The research revealed important elements to reflect on regarding the violence present in the context of nursing education as well as the need to support the actions of the teachers, health and nursing professionals who work in the clinical scenarios.
DESCRIPTORS:
Violence; Adolescent; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing students
