Abstract
to know how autonomy is constituted in the nurse's professional practice in the hospital context. Qualitative analytical study, based on Foucault's methodological theoretical framework. The empirical material consisted of articles published in the Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem and narrative interviews conducted with 18 nurses from a public hospital in southern Brazil. Data collection took place between December 2017 and May 2018, being analyzed through Foucauldian discourse analysis. Autonomy in the professional practice of nurses goes through the core of knowledge, the political positioning and the working conditions. These factors are revealed as power instruments in the construction of nurse governability. Final Considerations: It is believed that the investment focused on the debate of the nurse's autonomy interfaces could raise new attitudes about professional practice and favor the transformation of nursing practice.
Highlights
Methodological theoretical referenceNurse’s professional autonomy is presented as a complex subject whose need for more detailed exploration comes from the current configuration of their work
Studies show that the professional autonomy of nurses is still limited and sometimes nullified within health organizations[1,5,6], being an objective to be achieved in the fight for professional achievements in the category[7]
This study aims to analyze the conditions of possibilities in which nurses’ behavior occurs in relation to professional autonomy in the hospital context, since, according to Foucault[8,9], in the relation knowledge and power, the knowledge is understood as political instruments that aid the mechanisms of power
Summary
Nurse’s professional autonomy is presented as a complex subject whose need for more detailed exploration comes from the current configuration of their work. Studies show that the professional autonomy of nurses is still limited and sometimes nullified within health organizations[1,5,6], being an objective to be achieved in the fight for professional achievements in the category[7] From this perspective, this study aims to analyze the conditions of possibilities in which nurses’ behavior occurs in relation to professional autonomy in the hospital context, since, according to Foucault[8,9], in the relation knowledge and power, the knowledge is understood as political instruments that aid the mechanisms of power. What constitutes autonomy in nurses’professional practice in the hospital context?
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