Training for integral care: perception of Nursing teachers and students

Abstract

Objective: To know how the teachers and students of an undergraduate nursing course perceive the approach to the comprehensive/integrative care in the teaching-learning process. Methods: Exploratory-descriptive research, with qualitative approach, performed with seven teachers and six students of the Nursing Course of a Higher Education Institution in Rio Grande do Sul. Collected data, through the focus group technique, were submitted to content analysis in thematic modality. Results: Data analysis enabled the construction of the collective synthesis of a large topic: Training of the nurse for comprehensive/integrative care, of which two subthemes were originated: Allowing the transformation: the training of the nurse from the standpoint of students; Training for the (dis)organization: the training of the nurse from the standpoint of teachers. Conclusion: It is considered essential to expand the comprehensive/integrative care in the teaching-learning process, starting at the first semesters.