Abstract
to analyze the normative bases that guide the nurse technician's practice, clarifying how the performance of this category happens. this is a qualitative study of exploratory and descriptive nature and of documentary type, held on the basis of the resolutions of the Brazilian Federal Nursing Council (Cofen). From a total of 364 resolutions published from 1975 to 2018, 15 accounted for the objective of the study and were therefore selected. this study systematized two analytical categories: areas of practice of the nurse technician, according to Cofen resolutions; and description of the professional's activities based on the resolutions. the analysis of the normative bases that guide the nurse technician's practice leads to the conclusion of a possible frailty of theoretical and normative content to justify the practice of these professionals.
Highlights
The institutionalization of nursing as a profession is characterized by the division of labor, marked by discipline and hierarchy, with the participation of several active agents, among which we can cite the nurse, the nurse technician, the nursing assistant, and the nursing attendant
In Brazil, the nurse technician education was defined in the promulgation of law No 5.692/71, and became part of the Educational System of the country in technical level, being regulated by resolution No 07/77 of the Brazilian Federal Education Council[3]
The profession is inscribed in that featured in decrees, opinions, and resolutions concerning the Professional Education at a Technical Level, based on the law that established new guidelines and bases for national education, the Law of Guidelines and Bases (LDB) No 9.394/ 17(4), and in harmony with the law of the professional practice of Nursing ruled by the Brazilian Federal Nursing Council (Cofen), since that, if dissociated from the rules governing the professional practice, causes conflicts between the different professional levels of nursing and promotes the illegal exercise of the profession
Summary
The institutionalization of nursing as a profession is characterized by the division of labor, marked by discipline and hierarchy, with the participation of several active agents, among which we can cite the nurse, the nurse technician, the nursing assistant, and the nursing attendant. It is important to note that, despite the establishment of a legislation that guides the nurse technician’s practice, one has to consider the existence of social, cultural, political and economic factors that define this professional practice, which cannot be reached if detached from the Brazilian health context. These factors are often responsible for the deficiency of human and material resources, lack of training policies, among others, that can interfere with the professional practice and in the quality of the assistance provided[5]
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