Discovering roads: the relationship nurse-family in rural communities of the Peruvian Amazon

• Main Authors: Rocío Elizabeth Chávez Álvarez, Margareth Angelo, Luiza Akiko Komura Hoga
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Alicante 2012-06-01
• Series: Cultura de los Cuidados
• Subjects: Relaciones profesional-familia; Salud de la familia; Enfermería de la familia; Enfermería en salud comunitaria; Salud rural
• Online Access: https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/2011-n30-descubriendo-caminos-la-relacion-enfermera-familia-en-comunidades-rurales-en-la-amazonia-peruana

From the experience lived by one of the authors as a community nurse in Peru, this reflection had as aim to describe and to understand the meaning and sense found in the relationship between nurse and families in rural communities. The Interpretative Interacionism permitted us the analysis of the experience, where “Discovering roads” was the main component of the experience. The valorization of nurse-family relationship, in a comprehensive and humanized way, allowed to carry out the basic actions with the families. The steps followed were: Inserting in their world; Knowing their reality, Perceiving their vulnerability; Understanding their concerns; Perceiving their ways of acting; Sharing the activities. In the description of the meanings attributed to the experience, contextual aspects, actions and intentions of the nurse and the feelings emerged during the implementation of the activities with the families, were explored. This work enabled us to understand the meaning of the experience, rescuing the importance of nurse-family relationship, making appropriate use of communication, observation and interaction, as well as, the use of strategies to achieve walking toward cultural maturity and humanized care, together and, in order to solve some crucial problems and needs that emerge in this context.