Socialization of nurses in the Family Health Strategy: contributions to professional identity

Abstract

Objective: To verify how socialization of nurses in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) influences their professional identity. Method: Exploratory, descriptive research, whose theoretical-methodological framework was dialectical hermeneutics, anchored in the premises of the Sociology of Professions. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 27 nurses from the FHS of the city of São Paulo. The resulting empirical material was subjected to Discourse Analysis. Results: The choice for Nursing was influenced by previous knowledge of the profession and by the affinity with care. Socialization was not limited to what was absorbed, including the search for an individual professional identity and collective sharing. Final considerations: Nursing care is built in daily practice, mobilizing the nurse for an action that includes herself, the relationship with the other and the conditions in which the work is performed, opening the opportunity for identity reconstruction, consistent with the concreteness of the work.

Towards abandoning the master’s tools: The politics of a universal nursing identity

“…Several authors present nursing identity as having multiple dimensions: a self‐concept versus conceptualization by others (Anderson et al., 2020; Goddard et al., 2019; Pereira & Oliveira, 2019), or a threefold frame of who I am, what I do, and where I do it (Frechette et al, 2020). It is also conceptualized as gendered (Dombeck, 2003; Parker, 2005), ethnocentric (Goopy, 2005), and performative or strategic (Pereira & Oliveira, 2019).…”

“…Benefits of a strong or positive nursing identity, or a successful socialization, are as follows: a commitment to nursing (Anderson et al., 2020; De Meis et al., 2007); increased work performance (Frechette et al, 2020; Landis et al, 2020; Willets & Clarke, 2014); empowerment (Landis et al, 2020; Roberts, 2000); retention (Frechette et al, 2020; Landis et al, 2020); and support for a professional status (Brewington & Godfrey, 2020; Fitzgerald, 2020; Goddard et al., 2019; Hite & Godfrey, 2019; Larson et al., 2013; Pereira & Oliveira, 2019; Silva et al, 2019; Watson, 1981; Willets & Clarke, 2014).…”

“…Nursing identity is seen to be influenced by public discourse (Anderson et al., 2020; Hite & Godfrey, 2019; Parker, 2005) or more generally socially mediated (Anderson et al., 2020; Dombeck, 2003; Goopy, 2005; Parker, 2005; Pereira & Oliveira, 2019; Roberts, 2000). It is conversely understood to be passive, unconscious and inevitable (Dinmohammadi et al., 2013), and also proactive and strategic (Dubar, 2005, as cited in Pereira & Oliveira, 2019). Some authors articulate an important connection between nursing identity and work role and role clarity (Anderson et al., 2020; Fitzgerald, 2020; Frechette et al, 2020; Goddard et al., 2019; Pereira & Oliveira, 2019).…”

Conocimiento y actitud de las enfermeras en la salud oral de infantes

“…Relación con la madre El profesional de enfermería aborda integralmente el cuidado del niño sano o enfermo buscando preservar y mantener la salud en general. La relación con la madre cumple un papel importante para fortalecer el conocimiento a través de un coloquio participativo que busca ayudar a la madre a reconocer los factores riesgo en salud oral y explorar con ellos las alternativas para solucionarlos o mejorarlos a través de un buen trato basado en el reconocimiento, respeto, valoración de la dignidad de la persona creando empatía y una comunicación efectiva para compartir genuinamente sus necesidades teniendo en cuenta sus características culturales, por consiguiente, mejora sus estilos de vida 35,39 .…”

The nurse’s professional identity on the Primary Health Care users perception

“…The dawn of Primary Health Care (PHC) as the support column of the SUS and as the setting where the health care model should be rerouted also had implications in the professional role and in the (re)construction of the identity of the nurse. This involves the reorganization of closer relations between user and nurse, and the increased number of competences (1)(2)(3)(9)(10)(11)(12) .…”