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Primary socialization in the process of professional choice and identity of nurses: a Dubarian approach
Thaís Araújo da Silva1, Genival Fernandes de Freitas1
1Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objectives:
to analyze the experiences of management nurses over the primary socialization process that contributed to their professional choice and identity.
Methods:
qualitative and explanatory study grounded in Dubar's theory, carried out with 11 management nurses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed, and categorized by applying discourse analysis.
Results:
the motivations for the professional choice and identity of management nurses were found. They were related to family influence in childhood, nursing representations, perception of care practices experienced in a health-related situation in the family, choice of nursing given its academic titles, lack of knowledge about the nursing profession, and assertive choice of this profession.
Final Considerations:
professional choice was closely linked to initial social processes in people's lives and the idea of a socially and uniquely built professional identity.
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