Representações sociais de enfermeiros sobre a espiritualidade na assistência a pacientes oncológicos

Abstract

Introduction: The relationship between spirituality and religiosity is always the subject of long discussions, both in the academic environment and in the social context among the community in general. However, it is known that spirituality harbors experiences of a universal nature, cultural and intimate values of a certain group of individuals, while religiosity is linked to doctrine, relationships with the supernatural and with the sacred. Therefore, the relationship between spirituality and nursing is linked to integrality during hospital care and, in this way, is shown to be positive and associated with a predisposition to improve the clinical condition when feelings such as: anguish, fear and questions about life are experienced. is the death. The social representations made it possible to familiarize the social phenomenon of spirituality in a hospital environment and in the context of nursing. Objective: This work aims to understand the social representations of nurses about spirituality and its implications for the nursing care provided to cancer patients. Method: It is a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach and that uses the bases of the Theory of Social Representations (TRS). Results: The procedural aspect of the French school of social psychology, defended by Serge Moscovici and Denise Jodelet and collaborators, was used. The understanding of social representations about nurses' spirituality in patients was presented through the technique of free association of words and the thematic analysis of Braun & Clark. Final Considerations: It was soon possible to understand the social representations and the nurses' experiences about the psycho-spiritual needs and the implications for nursing since it is linked to the changes in this process in oncological patients.