GENERAL HOSPITAL NURSES’ SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ALCOHOLIC PATIENTS

Authors

  • Cely de Oliveira universidade de São Paulo
  • Divane de Vargas Escola de enfermagem da universidade de são paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i3.24644

Keywords:

Nursing, Hospital, Alcoholism.

Abstract

This study, with a qualitative approach, aimed to analyze the social representations held by nurses in a
general hospital, regarding the alcoholic patient. The data was collected in March 2008 from 20 nurses in three general
hospitals in a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, through self-recorded records, and was submitted to Content Analysis
guided by the theoretical-methodological framework of social representations. The results indicate that the nurses conceive
the alcoholic patient as a sick person, therefore, alcoholism is shown as an illness without, however, considering other
explanatory models for the use of alcohol – a representation which is linked more to folk knowledge than to technicalscientific
knowledge. This points to the need for better preparation and training of the healthcare professionals in relation
to the use of alcohol and alcoholism itself, as the shortage of knowledge may contribute to care which is fragmented and
based on the moral considerations which permeate folk knowledge.

Author Biographies

Cely de Oliveira, universidade de São Paulo

Enfermeira Mestranda em Ciências da Saúde na área de Concentração em Enfermagem Psiquiátrica pelo Departamento Enfermagem Psiquiátrica da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo

Divane de Vargas, Escola de enfermagem da universidade de são paulo

Professor Associado do Departamento de enfermagem Psiquiátrica da Escola de enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo

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Published

2012-09-29

How to Cite

Oliveira, C. de, & Vargas, D. de. (2012). GENERAL HOSPITAL NURSES’ SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ALCOHOLIC PATIENTS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i3.24644

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2012)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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