Identidade profissional do enfermeiro na atenção básica: percepção da equipe mínima da Estratégia de Saúde da Família.

Abstract

In nursing, the professional identity of the nurse appears linked to the conscience of the individual, in the relation of another with himself. This relations is built little by little in the environment the subject is interacting, reflecting in the way the nurse sees himself and the others, as well as the role they must practice and the final result of their work. The study aimed at investigating the perception of a minimum family health team about the professional identity of the nurse of the Basic Attention. This way, it is a descriptive field study with a qualitative approach. It was done a research with 29 health professionals, having among it 09 doctors, 10 nursing technician, and 10 community heath agents from the Family Health Strategy from the district of Cajazeiras, Paraíba. It was also used to collect data a semi-structured interview, which was used between July and August of 2016, after the approval of the Research and Ethics Committee n°1.610.409. For the data analysis it was chosen the Discourse of the Collective Subject proposed by Lefèvre e Lefèvre, obtaining 05 themes and 13 speech. All the stages of the research followed faithfully the Resolution 466/2016 of the National Health Council. During the speeches was possible to see the superficiality of the nurse`s knowledge about the professional identity of the nurse in the Basic Attention scenario, emphasized in the speeches of the participants of the interview. It was also clear the weakness of the minimum health team about the knowledge of the specific role of the nurse, generating identity conflicts on this professional, as well as the loss in formation of its identity. In addition to that, it could be seen that the members of the health team linked the professional identity to their particular clothing, as well as those who do everything in this level of attention. This study also distinguished the importance of the nurse in the Basic Attention scenario, being considered fundamental to an overall good health service. Therefore, there is a need to strengthen the specific competences of nursing, diminishing the existing gaps about such identity in the practical scenario of Basic Attention. Besides that, it can lead to reflections of how the job is seen and as a result build strategies to cause the approach of the nurses to the schools, being recognized by what they are, and not by just what they do.