A contribuição do estágio curricular supervisionado no desenvolvimento da dimensão ética da competência de graduandos em enfermagem / The contribution of the supervised curricular internship in the development of the ethical dimension of the professional competence of nursing graduates
This is an exploratory qualitative study aimed at analyzing the impact of supervised curricular internship (SCI) in the development of the ethical dimension of nursing graduates professional competence. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 28 students, teachers and nurses, employees of a public higher education institution in the state of Sao Paulo, from October 2010 to March 2011.The obtained empirical material was submitted to the discourse analysistechnique and resulted in the following empirical categories preservation of autonomy; social responsibility and respect in intersubjective relations in health careproduction and in the process of teaching and learning; therapy and care from the ethical dimension; public responsibility and social justice. Regarding the development of attitudes and values to work in health care, the discourse analysis resulted in two other empirical categories concerning the tools to be used in the teaching and learning process in ethics a critical reflection in and on action from the viewpoint of human value and possibilities of actions and attitudes from the analysis of examples. It was concluded that the SCI is an ideal opportunity for integration and development of the technical, esthetic, political and mainly ethical dimensions. At the initial training, the formation of values is as necessary as knowledge acquisition, as they both influence decision-making and quality of those decisions. In the teaching of ethics, the scope,depth and exploration of values regarding the micro sphere of preservation of autonomy, responsibility and respect should be in close contact with the macro values of public responsibility, equity and social justice.