SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ON SYSTEMATIZATION OF CARE TO HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN

Abstract

The present study aimed to obtain insight on the core of social representations of nurses who provide care to children on the Systematization of Nursing Care. This is an exploratory and descriptive study of a qualitative nature, focused on the theoretical-methodological foundation of Structural Approach, applied to the Theory of Social Representations, and data was collected in May 2015. Participants were 45 nurses caring for children in two university hospitals in the state of Mato Grosso. An interview based on the word association test was administered and then analyzed using software Evoc 2000. The results showed that the words “care”, “nursing” and “organization” were the most frequently mentioned and therefore, are likely to be the central core of social representation.

Keywords

• Nursing assistance
• Nursing care
• Child health
• Child care
• Humanization of care