The bed bath according to the undergraduate nursing students' perspective

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Objective: The aim was to identify the meaning of bed bath for the undergraduate nursing students as well as their feelings when performing it. Method: This is a descriptive study, with qualitative approach. The scenarios were a public hospital and a state university. The participants were 14 nursing students. Data was collected through a questionnaire and treated according to the Thematic Content Analysis. Results: Several meanings of the bed bath for the participants were identified, such as "care", "interpersonal relationship", "assessment of the general state", "privacy invasion" and "identification/fulfillment of human basic needs", provoking both positive and negative feelings/sensations. Conclusion: Bed bath needs to be done by trained personnel with a therapeutic approach through the use of sensitivity, avoiding a mechanistic practice and aiming wellness and faster recovery of the patient.

Object Details

• Alternative title: O banho no leito na óptica de estudantes de graduação em enfermagem ; El baño en la cama desde la perspectiva de los estudiantes de graduación en enfermería
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 5087-5094
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8(4)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Krankenpflege ; Pflegedienst ; Student ; Hygiene ; Krankenpfleger ; Emotionalität ; Patient

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dias, Joana Angélica Andrade ; Souza, Deusélia Moreira de ; Azevedo, Bruno Del Sarto ; Andrade, Isis Souza ; Nery, Pablo Yan Gonçalves
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i4.5087-5094
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53668-3
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST