%0 Journal Article %T O cuidar institucional da enfermagem na l¨®gica da p¨®s-modernidade %A Girondi %A Juliana Balbinot Reis %A Hames %A Maria de Lourdes Campos %J Acta Paulista de Enfermagem %D 2007 %I Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0103-21002007000300021 %X this article critically analyzed the process of nursing care according to michel maffesoli's post-modern sociological paradigm. the goal of this analysis was to understand the diversity and individuality that encompass a hybrid process of rationality and sensibility through reflections about the complexity of the relationships among caregiver-being-care during the process of nursing care. this was not an easy task to accomplish due to contemporary societal complexity. this analysis suggests that nurses' role according to the post-modern sociological paradigm must be consistent with a professional performance that respects people's lifestyle and daily activities. %K nursing care %K nursing %K humanization of assistance. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-21002007000300021&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en