Regional nursing council of Santa Catarina (1975-1986): importance for the profession

Abstract

Socio-historical and qualitative study aiming to rescue the establishment process of the Regional Nursing Council of Santa Catarina and characterize its importance to the profession. It presents its theoretical support on the ideas of Eliot Freidson and New History. In the method, oral history and documentary research were used, involving eight nurses who implemented the representative organization in the referred time frame. The principles of Content Analysis guided data analysis, which were organized according to the mandates of the Regional Nursing Council of Santa Catarina from 1975 to 1986. During the implantation of the professional Council, there was a fragile notion about the objectives of the council and a slow supervision process. It is concluded that the importance of the establishment of the profession Council was known by the leaders and little understood by all professionals in the state. DESCRIPTORS:Nursing. Sociology. History of nursing. Social organization. Investigación histórico-social con enfoque cualitativo realizada con el objetivo de rescatar el proceso de implantación del Consejo Regional de Enfermería (Conselho Regional de Enfermagem) de Santa Catarina y de caracterizar su importancia para la profesión. Se apoya teóricamente en las ideas de Eliot Freidson y en la Historia Nueva. Como metodología se utiliza la historia oral temática y la investigación documental con la participación de ocho enfermeras(os) que formaron parte del órgano representativo durante el corte temporal establecido. Os preceptos del Análisis de Contenido orientaron el análisis de los datos, que se organizaron según las gestiones del Consejo Regional de Enfermería de Santa Catarina desde 1975 hasta 1986. Durante la implantación del Consejo se puso de manifiesto el frágil conocimiento de la categoría acerca de los objetivos del órgano regulador y la lentitud del proceso de fiscalización. Se concluye que la importancia de la creación del Consejo para la profesión sí era comprendida por los líderes, pero poco por el conjunto de profesionales del estado. CONSELHO REGIONAL DE ENFERMAGEM DE DESCRIPTORES:Enfermería. Sociología. Historia de la enfermería. Organización social.

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“…The historical process marked by nursing is highlighted, due to its different ages and professional identities experiences, as well as the importance of these entities in the course of this process. [29][30] The regulation results from a sequence of struggles and movements in different social contexts, sometimes by the labor entities and sometimes by nursing. In understanding this process, we question the reasons that led to the publication of Law No.…”

Nursing societies in Santa Catarina state (1975-2018)

“…The first problem encountered was the dichotomy related to its creation. Despite the discussion previously held within the association, there were still questions about what the new entity's real roles would be with regard to representation and its relationship with ABEn (5) . This issue was mediated by legal limits and by urgency of time.…”

“…Despite starting gradually, the registration of nursing professionals, to exercise their function, is mandatory. The result of the expansion in training new professionals and the way of registering them brought exponential economic growth for COFEN (5) .…”

“…Through interviewees' statements, it is clear that the results of the fragmentation of national representation, verified since the 1970s, still persist today. This reflects in an old struggle of MP, the unitary entity, as a way to overcome the fragmentation experienced (5) . It is important to note that the unitary entity is not the only way to overcome historical differences between entities that respondents raised.…”

“…When the first group of nurses graduated, one of the oldest nursing schools in Brazil, the School of Nurses of the Brazilian National Department of Public Health (EE/DNSP), currently Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery (Anna Nery School of Nursing), the first organizational entity was born, which subsequently, after various changes in structure and name, it was established as Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (ABEn -Brazilian Nursing Association) in 1954 (4) . ABEn is organized into state sections in order to strengthen representation and promote closer ties with the reality of each region of the country; thus, ABEn -Santa Catarina Section emerges in 1962 (5) .…”