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Integrality of care: challenges for the nurse practice

Cuidado integral: desafío de la actuación del enfermero

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to understand the role of the nurse in the collegiate management model of a teaching hospital, in the integrality of care perspective.

Method:

a single case study with multiple units of analysis, with the theoretical proposition "integrality of care is a result of the care offered to the user by multiple professionals, including the nurse". Data were obtained in a functional unit of a teaching hospital through interviews with 13 nurses in a non-participant observation and document analysis.

Results:

from the analytical categories emerged subcategories that allowed understanding that the nurse promotes integrality of care through nursing management, team work and integration of services.

Final considerations:

the theoretical proposition was confirmed and it was verified that the nursing management focus on attending to health care needs and is a strategy to provide integrality of care.

Descriptors:
Health Systems; Comprehensive Health Care; Nursing; Hospitals, Teaching; Hospital Administration

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