Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Portuguese nursing: history of the life and activism of Maria Augusta Sousa
2016; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 50; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0080-623420160000400017
ISSN1980-220X
AutoresDeybson Borba de Almeida, Gilberto Tadeu Reis da Silva, Paulo Joaquím Pina Queirós, Genival Fernandes de Freitas, Aline Di Carla Laitano, Sirléia de Sousa Almeida, Victor Porfírio Ferreira Almeida Santos,
Tópico(s)Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
ResumoAbstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the history of the life and activism of Portuguese nurse Maria Augusta Sousa. METHOD Sousa's life story was obtained by means of semi-structured interview swith Sousa as the oral source of data. NVivo qualitative research software was used for data analysis. Content analysis focused on thematic analysis based on the theoretical and philosophical ideas of Michel Foucault, in particular, power and techniques of the self. RESULTS Alienation and political participation were revealed as pertinent issues. In techniques of production of activist subjects, the following were highlighted: the importance of the review of formal education; actions of involvement with the world, society and the profession; and finally, techniques of the self, techniques of constitution of activist subjects, professional identity and way of being. CONCLUSION The constitution of the nurse Maria Augusta Sousa as an activist came about through questioning of how to be, education in the context of her family, and political engagement in Catholic Youth. This impacted her trajectory of contributions to Portuguese nursing, as expressed in the following achievements: the integration of nursing training into higher education; the creation of the Regulation of Nurses Professional Practice; and implementation of the Order of Nurses.
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