Author(s): Oliveira, Maria de Fátima Lima de ; Neto, Waldemar Brandão ; Silva, Andrea Rosane Sousa ; Veríssimo, Ana Virgínia Rodrigues ; Cavalcanti, Ana Márcia Tenório de Souza ; Monteiro, Estela Maria Leite Meirelles
Date: 2016
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Physical Examination; Nursing Process; Clinical Competence; Nurse-Patient Relations; Education; Nursing.
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.
