Perceptions of students on the physical exams in clinical nursing practice

Maria de Fátima Lima de Oliveira; Waldemar Brandão Neto; Andrea Rosane Sousa Silva; Ana Virgínia Rodrigues Veríssimo; Ana Márcia Tenório de Souza Cavalcanti; Estela Maria Leite Meirelles Monteiro

doi:10.15253/2175-6783.2016000200015

Autores/as

Maria de Fátima Lima de Oliveira
Waldemar Brandão Neto
Andrea Rosane Sousa Silva
Ana Virgínia Rodrigues Veríssimo
Ana Márcia Tenório de Souza Cavalcanti
Estela Maria Leite Meirelles Monteiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2016000200015

Palabras clave:

Physical Examination, Nursing Process, Clinical Competence, Nurse-Patient Relations, Education, Nursing.

Resumen

Objective: to understand the perceptions of students from an undergraduate course in nursing on the importance of physical exams in clinical nursing practice. Methods: a qualitative study with 12 students of a private institution. For data analysis, the method of interpretation of meanings was used, based on the hermeneutic-dialectic perspective. Results: directions have been identified which give the physical exam an objective dimension, in which the accuracy of propaedeutic techniques is essential, and a relational dimension in which to give meaning to human actions permeated by subjectivity, new forms of production clinical nursing care are used.Conclusion: the physical exam contributes to the development of critical thinking in nursing care for the safety of the patient and autonomy to act in the scope of the clinical practice.