THE ART OF EXPRESSING THE MEANING OF FAMILY – AN EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING AND EXTENSION IN NURSING

Authors

  • Luzia Wilma Santana da Silva
  • Emanuelle Caires dias Araújo Nunes
  • Lucas Amaral Martins
  • Camila Fabiana Rossi Squarcini
  • Franck Nei Monteiro Barbosa

Keywords:

meaning of family, systemic thinking, extension action.

Abstract

This study reports the experiences of students and teachers of Nursing Course of Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia. It was developed from dynamic and group discussion in the Family Health discipline, which integrates nursing students in the extension project Interdisciplinary Center of Studies and Extension in the Family Dealing with Chronic Diseases – NIEFAM. The dynamics produced drawings that expressed the understanding of the meaning of family. Then, there were reflections under the light of Systemic Thinking, theoretical and methodological foundation provided by the discipline that aims to develop family care skills/abilities in its complexity and multidimensionality. The experience resulted in reflections that contributed to achieve the discipline goal: to understand family as a systemic, dynamic and inter-relational unit and the context of its social, cultural and environmental relations, focusing on the family system care and on the knowledge gained by teaching, research and extension.

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Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2011): Janeiro-Junho de 2011

Section

ARTIGOS

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