Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to Barnum

The nursing theories have an important role in understanding the Nursing practice as a professional tool which brings autonomy and visibility. According to this, the elaboration of a reflexive theoretical study and analysis was chosen based on Barnum (1988) and targeted to develop researches to the...

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Main Authors: Francisco Stélio Sousa, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2008-10-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.uff.br/objnursing/index.php/nursing/article/view/j.1676-4285.2008.1802
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author Francisco Stélio Sousa
Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes
Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes
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description The nursing theories have an important role in understanding the Nursing practice as a professional tool which brings autonomy and visibility. According to this, the elaboration of a reflexive theoretical study and analysis was chosen based on Barnum (1988) and targeted to develop researches to the adaptation process in mastectomised women. The main objective was the verification of the term Body Image as a convergence criterion with reality, elaborated by Roy in the Adaptation Model and having as corpus the Rodrigues dissertation (1999). Its possible to identify concepts that fit to the term proposed by Roy and Andrews (1999) and that integrate the study analysis of the adaptation process of mastectomised woman through stimulus, answers and adaptation levels in the mentioned phenomenon. Experiences like this lead an important theoretical deepening in nursing theories, making it able to accurate sights for a practical application.
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spelling doaj.art-b6d59a3bf0ef45858b0a9f584b7e78892023-09-02T15:28:27ZengUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso CostaOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing1676-42852008-10-010703Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to BarnumFrancisco Stélio SousaMarcos Venícios de Oliveira LopesAna Fátima Carvalho FernandesThe nursing theories have an important role in understanding the Nursing practice as a professional tool which brings autonomy and visibility. According to this, the elaboration of a reflexive theoretical study and analysis was chosen based on Barnum (1988) and targeted to develop researches to the adaptation process in mastectomised women. The main objective was the verification of the term Body Image as a convergence criterion with reality, elaborated by Roy in the Adaptation Model and having as corpus the Rodrigues dissertation (1999). Its possible to identify concepts that fit to the term proposed by Roy and Andrews (1999) and that integrate the study analysis of the adaptation process of mastectomised woman through stimulus, answers and adaptation levels in the mentioned phenomenon. Experiences like this lead an important theoretical deepening in nursing theories, making it able to accurate sights for a practical application.http://www.uff.br/objnursing/index.php/nursing/article/view/j.1676-4285.2008.1802nursing theory
spellingShingle Francisco Stélio Sousa
Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes
Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes
Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to Barnum
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
nursing theory
title Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to Barnum
title_full Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to Barnum
title_fullStr Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to Barnum
title_full_unstemmed Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to Barnum
title_short Convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman: reflexive analysis according to Barnum
title_sort convergence with the reality of the body image term in mastectomised woman reflexive analysis according to barnum
topic nursing theory
url http://www.uff.br/objnursing/index.php/nursing/article/view/j.1676-4285.2008.1802
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