El Holismo un nuevo paradigma de la ciencia Enfermera

Abstract

The Knowledge of nursing nowadays requires of a clear definition in its concepts and theories that base the science of nursing care not only for research, the forming and the practice. This work suggests analyzing Holistic care as scientific paradigm, which has a great importance for disciplinary construction and the consolidation of a professional identity.

Holism is implied in the critical phenomenology paradigm due to the characteristics  of humanistics social sciences, this consideration allows to get answers to interpretations of reality, it parts from the consideration of a person as an integrated whole, as an integrated total, when recognizing psychosocial, cultural, biophysiological and spiritual dimensions.

Giving holistic care currently, constitutes a professional ethical commitment that cannot be postponed. This must be considered by the nurses as a fundamental part in their training and professional practice.

Critical phenomenology as a paradigm, privileges integral research, in which the understanding of the person’s languages, groups and communities, the meaning they give to their health, and life experiences; for this, it is necessary to investigate the values and beliefs of each social group and be able to construct the “nursing human care” itis a goal that the nurses go into the investigation of this phenomenon  whose purpose is to rescue the values which characterize mankind collectives’ culture and their specific context which have allowed them to solve health problems, and which are relevant to the care nature.