Group process: reflections of a nursing team

The objective of this qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study was to analyze the group process of a nursing team at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), under the light of Pichon-Rivière's Operative Group Theory. Data collection took place in 2008, using a semi-structured questionnai...

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Published inRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P Vol. 45; no. 6; p. 1412
Main Authors Cardoso, Adriana Serdotte Freitas, Dall'Agnol, Clarice Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil 01.12.2011
Subjects
Group Processes
Humans
Nursing, Team
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Summary:The objective of this qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study was to analyze the group process of a nursing team at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), under the light of Pichon-Rivière's Operative Group Theory. Data collection took place in 2008, using a semi-structured questionnaire and focal group. The group work concept is one of the four categories that resulted from the study, and is the object of approach in the present article. It was found that the knowledge about the group process must be shared, disseminated and discussed since the undergraduate studies and developed across the professional career. As the team learns and is able to identify the main indicators of the group process, it becomes possible to improve operatively, considering not only the outcomes but mainly the course covered until achieving the goal, aiming at group learning.
ISSN:0080-6234
DOI:10.1590/S0080-62342011000600019