Weaving meanings from the deliberative process of collegiate management in nursing

Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2014 Mar-Apr;22(2):269-76. doi: 10.1590/0104-1169.3346.2412.
[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: to understand the meanings of the collegiate deliberations attributed by its members on an undergraduate nursing course.

Method: Grounded Theory, interviews being held with 30 participants, making up 4 sample groups, between January and June 2012, in a public higher education institution.

Result: 5 categories emerged, indicating the phenomenon and weaving the paradigmatic model: Understanding the experience of the complex relationships and interactions in the deliberations of collegiate management in nursing: intertwining divergences, convergences, dialogs, collectivities and diversities. This deliberative process presents various meanings involving discussion, and divergent, convergent and complementary positions, through dialog, commitment and negotiation.

Conclusion: the deliberations in the collegiate of nursing, intertwining dialogs, collectivities and diversities, mold the complex relational fabrics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brazil
  • Education, Nursing / organization & administration*