ABSTRACT
Objective:
analyze the knowledge of hospital nurses about the ethical and legal aspects in nursing care for domestic violence victims.
Method:
qualitative research, involving 34 nurses at two hospital in the city of Rio Grande-RS (Brazil). The data were collected between May and August 2014 through semistructured interviews and analyzed by means of the software Analyse Lexicale par Contexte d’un Ensemble de Segment de Texte, which groups the lexicons with similar roots, constituting the classes according to the function of the words in the text.
Results:
the class generated two subclasses: the nurses’ (lack of) knowledge on the legal competences, in which the confusion between a police compliant and a mandatory report was observed; and (lack of) knowledge on the ethical competences, in which they mention the need for secrecy, advice and privacy in the care process. Continuing education empowers the professionals, which entails the visibility of the violence in the health area.
Conclusion:
the attention of instutucional managers for training the professionals is necessary. The reified knowledge on the phenomenon, associated with the relational care, point towards humanized and emancipatory nursing care to the victims.
DESCRIPTORS:
Domestic violence; Violence against women; Ethics, professional; Liability, legal; Nursing care; Professional training
