La crisis de los cuidados: Percepciones del cuidado en los estudiantes de enfermería

Abstract

The dismantling of the welfare state has not only renewed interest in the concept of care. It has highlighted also the crisis of care as a manifestation of social and political failure to ensure the welfare of large sectors of the population. This article examines the impact of this crisis in a profession focus on care: nursing. It is an exploration of the conception of nursing students about care (in this professional and social dimension). Used an interpretative qualitative methodology from data collection through a questionnaire of open questions and discussion groups. The results are articulated from four categories of analysis: care, obstacles, ethical dimension and social dimension. The crisis of care, registered in a crisis of values, affects perceptions of students in aspects such as patient accountability in obstruct care or effacement of the social dimension of nursing.