The teaching-learning-understanding-experience process of Spirituality and Phenomenology by Nursing students

Abstract

Introduction: The study presented reflections of Nursing students on learning, teaching, understanding and experiencing Spirituality and Phenomenology as a process during graduation. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, in the experience report modality, based on interviews with five students from a public university in the city of Niterói-RJ. The interviews took place online, through the GoogleMeet platform. Results: The students pointed out: the relevance of experiencing Spirituality to be able to teach it; the importance of experiencing it in the daily life of internships and practices; Spirituality has no direct and exclusive correlation with religion; need to increase the frequency of addressing these topics in disciplines. Discussion: The participants explained how important the thematization of Spirituality is in formation; It is their experience both in practice in internships and in everyday life. Phenomenology was little commented on because it did not appear so much in disciplines. Although it is little addressed in the disciplines of internship practices, the importance of the internship environment being welcoming and of preparing oneself technically and spiritually for the practice activities was also brought up so that such experiences do not become sickening. Final Considerations: The study provided the opportunity to problematize and thematize both the experience of Spirituality in the daily life and during the academic training of future nurses, as well as the presence of Phenomenology in daily life as a reflective method and facilitator of contact with reality.

Keywords: Spirituality; Philosophy; Phenomenology; Students, Nursing; Teaching; Training Spupport.