Nursing teachers in clinical training areas: a phenomenological focus

Abstract

During theoretical and practical activities in clinical training areas, nursing teachers provide the bases needed for the development of future professionals. The goal is to understand the experience of nursing teachers with nursing students in clinical training areas. Therefore, a phenomenological qualitative method was chosen, and Martin Heidegger's philosophical framework was used to support data analysis. Five faculty from a Chilean university participated in the study. The analysis permitted discovering the following themes: being a faculty at the hospital, contact with nurse practitioners and being a faculty in care teaching.The study demonstrated that teaching/care integration is a constructive element that facilitates the teaching and learning process, aiming to prepare nursing professionals who incorporate the bases of authentic care into their activities. El docente de enfermería en los campos de práctica clínica: un enfoque fenomenológicoEl docente de enfermería en el desarrollo de las actividades teórico-prácticas en los campos de práctica clínica proporciona las bases necesarias para el desarrollo del futuro profesional. El objetivo propuesto es comprender la vivencia de los docentes de enfermería junto a los estudiantes de enfermería, en los campos de práctica clínica. Para ello se optó por una metodología cualitativa fenomenológica, y para fundamentar el análisis de los datos, se utilizó el marco filosófico de Martín Heidegger. Cinco docentes de una universidad de Chile participaron del estudio. El análisis posibilitó descubrir los siguientes temas: ser docente en el hospital, la convivencia con enfermeras clínicas y ser docente en la enseñanza del cuidado. El estudio demostró que la integración docente/asistencial es un elemento constructivo y facilitador del proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje, que busca la formación de profesionales de enfermería que incorporen en su actuación las bases de un cuidado auténtico.

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