Percepção do enfermeiro sobre o cuidar do homem: uma perspectiva de gênero

Abstract

The objective of this study was to understand how the nurse perceives the care of the man from a gender perspective and the following guiding questions: What is the nurse's perception about the care of the man from a gender perspective? Considering this gender perspective, how can the nurse promote the integrality of care when caring for the man? Objective: To analyze the nurses 'perception about caring for the male population and specific objectives: to describe the nurses' understanding of caring for the male population, to reveal the perspective of the nurse related to caring for the male population and its particularities from a gender and discussing the promotion of integrality in caring for man in the light of the Humanist Theory of Paterson and Zderad. This is an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The study scenario was a university hospital located in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, in clinical and surgical hospitalization units. The participants were 20 nurses from the established inclusion criteria. In the treatment of the testimonies we used the content analysis according to Bardin whose results were discussed in light of Paterson and Zrad's Humanistic Theory. It was observed that, although the concept of gender is at the center of the National Policy of Integral Health Attention to Men, health professionals still find it very difficult to insert them and contextualize it both in their personal practice as well as in their professional practice. Such deficits may be associated with a lack of professional qualification from college as well as in continuing care services. Nurses verbalized that the caregiver's gender may interfere with care. Some particularities expressed by nurses in the care of the male population were identified. Regarding Integrality, the respondents presented difficulties in answering on how to take care of the man completely. They pointed to the nursing consultation as a factor of great relevance. Highlighting the link and non-verbal communication as essential for the promotion of individualized and comprehensive care for the male population. Conclusion: The present study made it possible to expand the debate about the subjectivity of the masculine universe, reflecting on the recognition of its relative particularities and its implications for nursing care. The results of this research will provide nurses with the necessary tools to improve nursing care planning aimed at the promotion, maintenance and restoration of human health. This contributing to an individualized care that truly satisfies the specific demands of man, inserting them as the protagonist of care, attending them in their integrality. It is hoped that this study will contribute to and stimulate further research on the subject, as well as broaden the debate about gender and its implications for care, especially with regard to human health.