Experiencias del internado rotativo de enfermería con enfoque intercultural en los cantones Sucua y Macas período mayo-octubre 2018

Abstract

The rotating internship is the gateway to professional experience, at the same time a stage full of learning and service to the community. This research describes the experiences acquired from an intercultural approach by the nursing inmates of the Catholic University Sede Azogues and Cañar Extension. Quali-quantitative research, with narrative descriptive design, with a universe of 12 nursing interns, an interview was conducted with semistructured

questions and a survey to know the perception of the inmates about the experiences, the career and the institutions to which it belonged. . The results describe the experiences lived from an intercultural approach, such as working in parallel with agents of traditional medicine, acquiring new knowledge about this practice, among others; also evidencing the respect towards their culture and beliefs. However, the perception of the inmates regarding the experiences reflected a favorable result with 50%; in relation to the career, 50% and 75% respectively indicated that the information received prior to the internship was good; while the time used for the tutorials was regular, evidenced with 50% and 75% respectively. Conclusion: Performing the internship in places other than the usual allowed to understand the importance of an intercultural approach in the field of health, working simultaneously with people knowledgeable in traditional medicine provides greater confidence and safety to the patient, despite the knowledge imparted prior At the boarding school they were not satisfactory, they allowed them to adapt to a new system of work and coexistence with the users and health personnel.