Abstract
To discuss the contribution of nursing theories in the conceptual expansion of good practices in the area for the construction of the unified health system (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS). Theoretical production of reflection, based on the neomodern framework of philosophy of science. The knowledge and political, social and epistemological commitments of nursing are discussed, highlighting the relationship of the theories with good practices for the construction and application of knowledge in the area in the context of the Brazilian health care system. Reflection on how middle-range theories can help in solving dichotomies between discipline, theory, practice, producers and consumers of knowledge is made. Original reflections on the contributions of disciplinary and professional knowledge of nursing theories to the creation of SUS are presented, defending a creation through the academy-service partnership, in which the theories start being incorporated into a new concept of nursing practices aligned to neomodern principles of science.
Highlights
Technological and knowledge advances in the health field that result in new drugs, diagnostic methods and treatments have been observed, in addition to being realized changes in the pattern of population ageing and in its life style, impacting their work, social security and everyday life as a whole
In the social context, such relational changes interfere with health care and with the formation of complex adaptive health systems whose components interact in unexpected ways in unpredictable relations, requiring participants to continuously adapt and learn(1)
Neomodernism applied to health understands scientific theory as a cooperative process involving the scientist, the technician and the user as knowledge partners, taking the role of producers, of strict consumers of the knowledge produced by others(4)
Summary
Technological and knowledge advances in the health field that result in new drugs, diagnostic methods and treatments have been observed, in addition to being realized changes in the pattern of population ageing and in its life style, impacting their work, social security and everyday life as a whole. Good practices can be regarded as the set of techniques, processes and activities that are understood as the best available to perform a certain task, being consistent with the values, goals and evidences of health promotion and conscious of the environment in which they are developed(2). Good practices require theoretical basis, environmental consciousness and observance of ethical principles, values and beliefs of the providers and consumers of the actions and the services related to them(3). Joining practice and theory would be, essential to adopt them
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