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PESQUISA
“To be a nurse”: a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):428-434
01-01-2016
Resumo
PESQUISA“To be a nurse”: a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):428-434
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690303i
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Objective:
to analyze the factors that influenced the choice for nursing made by graduates from the first class of the Undergraduate Nursing and Obstetrics Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in the 1970s and to understand the senses and meanings of being a nurse when choosing this profession.
Method:
a qualitative socio-historical study was performed, using oral history to collect data.
Results:
the analysis generated the following categories: "To be a nurse: a professional choice" and "The ideal of being a nurse: senses and meanings". The senses of "being a nurse" are associated with graduates' perspective of this profession and the meanings included the traditional conceptions that have historically affected it.
Conclusion:
professional choice was influenced by family and work expectations and the nursing course had an effect on the construction of nurses' professional identity.
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Resumo
PESQUISA“To be a nurse”: a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):428-434
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690303i
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Objective:
to analyze the factors that influenced the choice for nursing made by graduates from the first class of the Undergraduate Nursing and Obstetrics Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in the 1970s and to understand the senses and meanings of being a nurse when choosing this profession.
Method:
a qualitative socio-historical study was performed, using oral history to collect data.
Results:
the analysis generated the following categories: "To be a nurse: a professional choice" and "The ideal of being a nurse: senses and meanings". The senses of "being a nurse" are associated with graduates' perspective of this profession and the meanings included the traditional conceptions that have historically affected it.
Conclusion:
professional choice was influenced by family and work expectations and the nursing course had an effect on the construction of nurses' professional identity.
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RESEARCH
Critical incidents in nursing academics: discovering a new identity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):219-227
01-01-2015
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RESEARCHCritical incidents in nursing academics: discovering a new identity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):219-227
01-01-2015DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680206i
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Objective:
a qualitative study that followed the principles of the grounded theory in order to analyze the professional identity of nursing academics through the analysis of the most disturbing critical incidents.
Method:
semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven nurses who worked as professors and researchers in a private university in Barcelona.
Results:
the resulting empirical material was organized into two categories: characterization of critical incidents and responsiveness to the incident.
Conclusion:
the professional identity of nurses regarding the academic area is still under construction and inexperience is the major obstacle in the management of critical incidents in the teaching career.
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RESEARCHCritical incidents in nursing academics: discovering a new identity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):219-227
01-01-2015DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680206i
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Objective:
a qualitative study that followed the principles of the grounded theory in order to analyze the professional identity of nursing academics through the analysis of the most disturbing critical incidents.
Method:
semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven nurses who worked as professors and researchers in a private university in Barcelona.
Results:
the resulting empirical material was organized into two categories: characterization of critical incidents and responsiveness to the incident.
Conclusion:
the professional identity of nurses regarding the academic area is still under construction and inexperience is the major obstacle in the management of critical incidents in the teaching career.
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