SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN NURSING IN THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE TEACHING STAFF AND OF THE STUDENTS

Abstract

Objective: Understanding the meaning of scientific research in nursing for students and teachers with sights to construction of scientific knowledge in education and in professional practice. Method: It’s a qualitative research and used phenomenological approach of Alfred Schutz. The sample was composed of thirteen teachers and ten students from of nursing course of a public federal institution of the city of Rio de Janeiro. When using Alfred Schutz’s phenomenology approach, the following categories came up: scientific research as a process and product; scientific research as a result of building up knowledge in nursing; scientific research as one of the elements which propitiates the construction of scientific knowledge in nursing. Results: Through categories, it was possible to verify that both segments converged on the understanding research as a way to broadened knowledge and improve professional practice. Conclusion: Yet finding great comprehension of research as the result of report making being pointed as an imperative in its diffusion for the socialization of knowledge. Descriptors: Build Up – knowledge – research in nursing – nursing.