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- Title
Contributions of the concept of vulnerability to professional nursing practice: integrated review.
- Authors
Ignacio da Silva, Daniel; Maris Peres, Aida; Gonçalves Wolff, Lillian Daisy; de Azevedo Mazza, Verônica
- Abstract
Objective: To identify contributions of the concept of vulnerability for professional nursing practice. Method: This is an integrative literature review conducted in the LILACS, MEDLINE and SCIELO databases, by using the descriptors Vulnerability, Vulnerability Analysis, Vulnerability Study, Social Vulnerability, Health Vulnerability, Vulnerable Communities, Vulnerable Population And Vulnerable Populations; being that they are all surveyed in combination with the descriptor Nursing. Results: Qualitative analysis generated the thematic categories as follows: Ongoing Nursing Education and Retraining of the professional nursing practice. The results point out that the concept of vulnerability mostly refers to determining factors of the individuals and communities illness beyond the individual dimension. Conclusion: There is a need of ongoing education strategies as well as the incorporation of contextual and socio-cultural elements in professional nursing practice in order to increment their diagnosis and intervention skills.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DATABASES; MEDLINE; NURSING practice; NURSING education; SYSTEMATIC reviews; QUALITATIVE research; PROFESSIONAL practice; THEMATIC analysis; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 2, p848
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i2.848-855