INTEGRATION OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN NURSING TRAINING: STUDENTS PERCEPTION

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https://doi.org/10.5354/2452-5839.2020.58694

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Complementary Therapies;, Nursing Students;, Nursing Education

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Objective: To understand the meaning of undergraduate nursing students taking a course based on complementary practices. Methodology: Descriptive qualitative research based on Krippendorff's thematic content analysis. A self-report questionnaire conducted with 80 nursing students who participated in the optional course "Complementary Health Care", between 2014 and 2018, where they asked: "What did it mean for you to participate in a course based on therapies? Complementary?”. The researchers' transcribed narratives were subjected to inductive qualitative content analysis, revealing the categories after their saturation. Results: The meanings that the students attribute to their participation in the course are: Expand my knowledge about complementary therapies, Become aware of our life, Be an instance of personal growth, Consider the incorporation of complementary therapies in nursing and Value the comprehensiveness of medicines. Conclusions: The course allowed students to become aware of their self-care and transform the experience into an instance of personal growth. Besides, students consider it necessary to learn about complementary therapies in undergraduate and thus, acquire tools that allow them to integrate both medicines to care for the person and the community.

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2020-09-28

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Abarca Gonzalez, E., Ibarra Torres, I., Lara Segovia, V., & Vega Vega, P. (2020). INTEGRATION OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN NURSING TRAINING: STUDENTS PERCEPTION. Revista Chilena De Enfermería, 2(1), 37–62. https://doi.org/10.5354/2452-5839.2020.58694

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020)

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