The human condition of the nursing worker from the perspective of Hannah Arendt

Abstract

Objective: This study intends to analyze how the human condition of the nurse is established in the context of Psychosocial Care Centers (Caps). Method: theoretical-reflexive study, anchored in three essential parts: 1) Theoretical and philosophical conception of the human condition from Hannah Arendt’s perspective; 2) The nurse’s work in the Caps; and 3) Human condition to think about the work of the nurse. Results: in the context of the Caps, the work can be represented by the psychic significations; the work, through the production of nurses’ practice of care; and the action by the relations established between worker and institution, worker and user. Final considerations: the understanding of the vita activa allows to reflect on the human condition of the nurse in their work context and (re) considers a better understanding about the impact of the work on the life of these mental health workers in the contemporaneity.

Vulnerabilidade em saúde, educação e liberdade: reflexão à luz de Hannah Arendt

“…Diversos conceitos foram trabalhados por Arendt, contudo, o mundo comum e a condição humana aparecem como ponto inicial em seus discursos. A condição humana representa características da existência do homem em determinado espaço e é retratada pela vita activa, constituída por três atividades humanas fundamentais: labor, obra e ação, essenciais à vida 7 . A condição humana, que caracteriza o sujeito como ser social, torna improvável erradicar a vulnerabilidade.…”