Production Of Nursing Knowledge Research Articles

Trends in nursing knowledge production regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

Objetivo: analisar as tendências investigativas de teses e dissertações sobre COVID-19 dos programas de pós-graduação da área da Enfermagem no Brasil. Métodos: estudo bibliométrico realizado no Catálogo de Teses e Dissertações da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, com análise de dados bibliométricos por meio do IRAMUTEQ. Resultados: 82 trabalhos foram selecionados, sendo a maioria dissertações (87,8%). Foram distribuídos em seis classes: 1) Saúde mental dos profissionais de enfermagem; 2) Saúde da mulher grávida e puérpera; 3) Adaptação do atendimento às pessoas em situação de vulnerabilidade; 4) Ser humano e ser enfermeiro: convivendo e enfrentando o vírus; 5) Reorganização do trabalho da enfermagem; e 6) Repercussões da COVID-19 para a enfermagem. Conclusão: as pesquisas estão concentradas nas condições de trabalho da enfermagem, na saúde mental e na reorganização dos fluxos de atendimento. Contribuições para a prática: o estudo promove visibilidade à produção de conhecimento em Enfermagem no contexto da pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil e identifica lacunas para futuros estudos.

The evolution of nursing research in Portugal

Introduction: The subject would merit a historical analysis as much as theoretical methodological and bibliometric analysis. Considering a short communication, we will focus quickly on the last two decades and the current situation, with a brief perspective of the future. We propose 4 subject analysis dimensions: referring to Nursing Education, the context of Nursing Care Practices, Epistemological understanding and Nursing and Health scientific policies. Nursing research: context of nursing education: “Nursing research is needed to generate new knowledge and advance nursing science, evaluate existing practice and services, and provide evidence that will inform nursing education, practice, research and management” [1]. Despite several reforms on education, including specialization courses and a recommendation for Nursing Schools could be converted into Nursing Higher Schools, Nursing stands outside national education system until 1988. In that year, nursing schools were integrated in Higher Education, in Polytechnic subsystem, and nursing course becomes bachelor degree. Today, basic education is in first cycle (since 1999), and nurses can access to master and PhD degrees in Nursing, connecting education, clinical practices and scientific development. Nursing research: context of clinical nursing: In the Regulation of the competency profile of the general care nurse it is stated that “In the decision-making process in Nursing and in the implementation phase of the interventions, nurses incorporate the results of the research into their practice” and the competences profile includes research in relation with quality of care. Should be clear that practice/clinical settings are not only “places of knowledge application”; it is on clinical contexts wherein nurse-patient encounters generate important data for building and produce nursing knowledge. Nursing research: nursing epistemology: Therefore, nursing knowledge production involves abstract thought and generation or refinement of nursing theory - reason why some authors are defending a «practice turn» on nursing epistemology. Nevertheless, nursing have several knowledge sources, including research (which generates scientific knowledge), tradition, experience sharing, experiential knowledge as well as intuition or intuitive perception; and intellectual operations that produce and develop knowledge, namely: reflection, imagination and heuristic thinking [2]. Nursing research: science policy: In its position on Nursing Research, the Ordem dos Enfermeiros (2006) identified four priority areas for research: “1. Adequacy of general and specialized Nursing care to the needs of the citizen (…) 2. Health education in capacity learnng (…) 3. Innovative management / leadership strategies (…) 4. Nursing in the development of competences” [3]. No matter this orientations, only last year Nursing was considered a scientific domain in our country, meaning can be evaluate and financed nursing research projects. Meaning, there is a strong relation between science national policy, funding and development. Bologna process and the implementation of European Higher Education Area affected education as well as European Research Area seems to affect research, access and transfer of scientific knowledge. Nowadays we have several units or research centers dedicated to nursing discipline. Tendencies (or conclusions): Nursing have some methodologies in common with Medicine and Health Sciences - the star model of knowledge transformation, evidence-based, knowledge production, synthesis, transfer and disseminate. As other disciplines and professions in health, face barriers to knowledge translation. However, in our own reality, research is very relevant and - in one hand, we are facing new knowledge increasing production (linked to research and doctoral studies) and, on the other hand, the main purpose of research is to expand knowledge, in order to improve the quality and results of interventions. So we could be facing the major challenge of transference and implementation processes, because probably, we have more knowledge and evidence-based- guidelines than we have been able to put in practice.

Care and culture: an interface in the nursing knowledge production

Objetivo: Caracterizar as produções científicas relacionadas à interface cuidado, enfermagem e cultura nos periódicos brasileiros nos últimos 26 anos.  Método: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura. A coleta de dados ocorreu em janeiro de 2013, nas bases de dados Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, Scientific Electronic Library Online e Literatura Internacional em Ciências da Saúde. Resultados: Denota-se o entendimento de que somos seres socioculturais, cujo comportamento é construído individualmente, sendo tal processo ininterrupto e inacabado, uma vez que as relações humanas são permanentemente reconstruídas. Conclusão: A interpretação cultural dos eventos da área da saúde permite entender seus significados e a que se relacionam, de forma que possibilita uma vivência qualitativa mais significativa da prática de enfermagem, tanto para as enfermeiras, quanto para os sujeitos de seus cuidados. 

A produção científica na graduação em enfermagem (1997 a 2004): análise crítica

This study aims to identify the profile of undergraduate scientific production in nursing presented at the University of Sao Paulo Scientific Initiation Symposia (SIICUSP) between 1997 and 2004, to describe factors that can influence the profile of this production and to make a comparison with the study by PEREIRA et al (1999), which studied the same event between 1993 and 1996. The methodology was based on the analysis of nursing abstracts in SIICUSP proceedings during the studied period, which were classified according to research types, addressed themes, funding agencies and institutions/departments of origin. We identified that most studies were funded by agencies, that non-experimental research predominated and that sociocultural aspects stood out among the research themes. Public institutions provided the greatest contribution to scientific knowledge production. These characteristics are similar to those found by Pereira et al (1999) between 1993 and 1996. The comparative analysis between the production from 1997 and 2004 and PEREIRA et al’s results (1999) also revealed a progressive rise in the number of presented studies, as well as the increasing participation of other colleges in SIICUSP (restricted to USP until 1996). Scientific initiation is an important step in research training and a space to develop a knowledge consumption and production culture. Attention is fundamental to avoid scientific initiation from moving away from current society’s needs and from the subjects that motivate students, with a view to guaranteeing the growth, quality and valuation of nursing knowledge production.

O cenário de aprendizagem na produção do conhecimento em enfermagem

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the meanings of the landscape of learning for undergraduate nursing students. Method: descriptive qualitative study, the scenario was a Private University Center, located in Rio de Janeiro. The subjects were 38 students of the first period of the course for undergraduate nursing. Data collection occurred in January 2009 with the implementation of a structured with open questions, the data were described in thematic units. Results: the results were analyzed and presented in five thematic units: the scenario of learning as an area of articulation between theory and practice, the scenario of learning as an area of expansion of knowledge, the scenario of learning as a space for reflection, the scene of learning as swap space - interaction. Conclusion: All units are strongly interlinked themes in learning, in a fair part of the training. Descriptors: nursing; learning; training.RESUMOObjetivo: identificar os significados do cenário de aprendizagem para os estudantes de graduação em enfermagem. Método: estudo qualitativo descritivo, cujo cenário foi um Centro Universitário Privado, situado no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Os sujeitos foram 38 acadêmicos do primeiro período do curso de graduação em enfermagem. A coleta de dados ocorreu em janeiro de 2009, com a aplicação de um instrumento estruturado com perguntas abertas, os dados foram descritos em unidades temáticas. Resultados: os resultados foram analisados e apresentados em cinco unidades temáticas: o cenário de aprendizagem como espaço de articulação entre a teoria e prática, o cenário de aprendizagem como espaço de ampliação dos conhecimentos, o cenário de aprendizagem como espaço de reflexão, o cenário de aprendizagem como espaço de troca – interação. Conclusão: todas as unidades temáticas estão fortemente imbricadas na aprendizagem, fazendo parte de forma equânime do processo de formação profissional. Descritores: enfermagem; aprendizagem; formação.RESUMENObjetivo: identificar los significados de la escena de aprender para los estudiantes de la graduación en el oficio de enfermera. Método: estudio cualitativo descriptivo, que escena un centro privado de la universidad, situado en el estado de Río De Janeiro, los ciudadanos habían sido 38 académico del primer período del curso de la graduación en el oficio de enfermera. La recogida de datos ocurrió en enero de 2009, con el uso de un instrumento structuralized con preguntas abiertas, los datos había sido descrita en unidades temáticas. Resultados: los resultados habían sido analizados y presentados en cinco unidades temáticas: la escena que aprende como espacio del empalme entre la teoría práctica y, la escena de aprender como espacio de magnificar del conocimiento, la escena de aprender como espacio de la reflexión, la escena de aprender como espacio del intercambio - interacción. Conclusion: todas las unidades temáticas fuertes son imbricadas en aprender, siendo equânime de la pieza de la forma del proceso de la formación profesional. Descriptores: enfermería; el aprender; formación.

Nursing knowledge production in tuberculosis control in Brazil

Brazilian nursing has been developing research related to the production of essential and priority knowledge for public health, particularly tuberculosis (TB), considering that Brazil is one of the countries responsible for 80% of TB cases in the world. The Millennium Development Goals set targets for the control of neglected diseases. New strategies have been developed to achieve them. Brazilian nursing follows the guidelines of the Global Plan to STOP TB in research and care, in which Human Resources emerge as one of the main challenges to expand the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course) strategy. Scientific nursing production in TB has expanded its scope of analysis in the last decade (1998-2008), incorporating new actors and innovations in the health care process, such as DOTS. The theoretical reference framework is based on vulnerability, humanization and adherence/abandonment concepts. Innovations in the management of the TB health care process are also addressed, inserted in the primary health care system. Another Nursing tendency is the coordination of collaborative research projects in tuberculosis, the Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network – (REDE TB) and the Latin-American TB Nursing Network. Research production on TB teaching in undergraduate nursing courses in Brazil is highlighted. Scientific nursing production in TB has contributed to generate new knowledge on social and political determinants, especially in understanding aspects related to the patient, the family and health services. The nursing area in TB has worked towards the construction of research competencies integrated with health practices in different scenarios, permitting advances in researchers’ qualification and knowledge production that contributes to TB care in Brazil.

The care as a conceptual mark for dissertations and theses of a graduate program - a bibliographic review

The human care as a conceptual mark is a theme not developed in the nursing researches. This constatation made the authors establish as objective of the documental research the analysis of the cientific production of a post-graduation course in the northeast about the theories and concepts related to care. The study was developed through bibliographic survey from studies conducted from 1998 to 2004,accounting abstracts from 150 dissertations and 52 Doctoral theses. The Sample, however, was composed of thirteen dissertations and nine theses selected according to the theme. The results showed that the care is a theme not well explored, because only 22 defenses were related to the subject. We concluded that it is relevant to conduct studies that evaluate the scientific production of post-graduation programs, so that we can identify difficulties and possible contributions, guaranteeing a better life quality in the production of nursing knowledge aiming at the humanization of the assistance given.

Trends and priorities in nursing research

This document initially presents an introduction to the global scenario in which nursing research is set today. Next, the main nursing research priorities are described in accordance with the agendas of international health and nursing organizations on different continents, as well as the characteristics of nursing research in Latin America until the end of the XXth century, based on studies and publications in which the main thematic tendencies are identified. Finally, the author reflects on the priority definition process in nursing knowledge production, with a view to attending the need for foundations of the subject area as well as public health needs.