Journal of Nursing & Care

Maria de Lourdes de Souza

Publications

• Research Article
  Nursing as a Profession in Brazil: Sociological Contributions
  Author(s): Adriana Lima Pimenta, Maria de Lourdes de Souza and Flavia Regina de Souza RamosAdriana Lima Pimenta, Maria de Lourdes de Souza and Flavia Regina de Souza Ramos
  
  Aim: The objective was to analyze the content of Nursing Professional Practice Law and compare it to the content of papers addressing professional identity published in Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. Methods: Bibliographic and documental searches were conducted using qualitative analysis grounded on Eliot Freidson’s Sociology of Professions. The corpus consisted of texts published between 1983 and 2012, and Brazilian Legal Documents. Results: The thematic category "Contradictions of the nursing profession" emerged. A weakness of the professional project was identified, which is based on the fragmentation of work. This reductionist approach legitimizes the maintenance of nursing divided into professional and non-professional workers, restricting the practice of nurses. Conclusion: The c.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000354

  Abstract PDF