This article offers an epistemological, poetic, and ontological reading of the ways of knowing regarding mental disorders that are characteristic of the traditional healers ( curanderas and curanderos) of an Indigenous group in Mexico. The study is based on ethnographic interviews with traditional Purépecha (Tarascan) healers in rural Michoacan. Interviews focused on local conceptions of emotional and mental illness, especially Nervios, Susto, and Locura (nerves, fright, and madness). We discuss the conceptual structure of these Indigenous illness notions, the nature of the associated imagery and notions of the soul, as well as the general sense of meaningfulness and reality implicit in Purépecha curanderismo. The highly metaphorical modes of understanding characteristic of these healers defy analysis in purely structuralist terms. They do, however, have strong affinities with the Renaissance “episteme” or implicit framework of understanding described in The Order of Things, Michel Foucault's classic study of modes of knowing and experiences of reality in Western thought—a work profoundly influenced by Heidegger's interest in the historical and cultural constitution of what Heidegger termed “Being.” After examining the individual illness concepts, we explore both the poetic and the ontological dimension (the foundational sense of reality or of Being) that they involve, with special emphasis on supernatural concerns.

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Objetivo: Visibilizar el papel de los hombres en el desarrollo de la enfermería desde una perspectiva histórica-narrativa. Metodología: Revisión integrativa de la literatura en ocho bases de datos con la siguiente pregunta: ¿cuál ha sido el rol de los hombres en enfermería y sus aportes al desarrollo disciplinar? Los elementos seleccionados fueron analizados por los autores de manera detallada para dar respuesta a la inquietud planteada. Resultados: Después de aplicar los criterios de inclusión y exclusión, se seleccionaron y analizaron veinticinco artículos que posibilitaron explorar, describir y discutir de manera amplia sobre el rol de los hombres en enfermería a partir de una mirada histórica-narrativa. Conclusiones: La revisión permite reflexionar sobre el rol que han desempeñado los hombres dentro de la enfermería, a través de la historia y la importancia de su presencia a nivel disciplinar en términos de igualdad de género, tomando como referentes los planteamientos de exponentes de las ciencias sociales y de la enfermería.

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Objective. This work sought to describe the adaptation process by men to the nurse role. Methods. Secondary analysis of data from a collective case study that had as participants 12 male nurses working in the city of Medellín, with ages between 28 and 47 years and average time of professional experience of 11 years. Information collection was carried out through in-depth interviews. The analysis was conducted through Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM), reading of the interviews, identification of RAM’s components, grouping of fragments, assignment of tags, construction of a matrix and classification. Results. The analysis performed accounts for the coping processes and adaptation by male nurses and the ineffective responses (control of emotions and emotional silencing) when practicing a role considered feminine. Conclusion. In this study, it was possible to establish that, to achieve adaptation within nursing, men use strategies related with changes in bodily appearance, management of physical strength, and management of emotions.