Discourse about human anatomy in the integrated curriculum of nursing

Abstract

Objective: Identify the integration of anatomical knowledge to semiotechnique in university education in nursing. Method: The method used was qualitative and data collection was conducted through a semistructured interview which included signature of nursing students from a private University Center located in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro. Results: From the production three categories that allowed the discussion of human anatomy in the nursing curriculum, understand the challenges and potentials in the integration of morphological knowledge with the fundamentals of nursing, especially those that guide professional practice modules. Conclusion: The human anatomy emerges in an expressive form in the initial periods of training, this makes it difficult the integration with the components of semiotechnique of fundamental nursing, however the integrated curriculum about the perspective of the constructive spiral was presented as a powerful pedagogical component to facilitate integration among areas.