The (re)construction of own identity in nurses’ work in Brazil: exploratory study - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The (re)construction of own identity in nurses’ work in Brazil: exploratory study

INTRODUCTION

The nurse’s work is a social practice since it uses instruments and techniques produced and used in the profession as well as integrating social, political, economic, and cultural issues (). It is, therefore, in a certain structured historical context that influences the professional trajectory, the organization of work processes, shaping, and reshaping their identity.

Professional identity, according to the theoretical framework of Claude Dubar () – on which we this study -, consists of a specific process of socialization, which unites elements such as career choice, training, employment movements, and practices, either within health institutions or in other social collectives. These constant interactive processes derive self-recognition as a professional in successive configurations and reconfigurations of identity.

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