Entrepreneurial Nursing interventions for the social emancipation of women in recycling

Abstract

Objective: To implement and signify entrepreneurial interventions in Nursing, with a view to the social emancipation of women working in an Association of Recyclable Materials. Method: Action-research with an intervention process based on an action alluding to Mother’s Day, carried out in a pandemic period, with the participation of 28 women from a Recycling Association. Results: The reflexive thematic analysis, which enabled the systematic recording of ideas, insights and the meanings of the intervention, gave rise to two categories: From apparent isolation to professional reinvention and from invisibility to dignity and the feeling of social equality. Conclusion: The interventions carried out in an Association of Recyclable Materials in a pandemic period provided, for its female workers, a sense of life, survival, dignity and empowerment, when they expected little or nothing. Enabling a social identity for the women of a Recycling Association implies, in short, overcoming linear interventions focused on assistance.

Nursing care as a systemic and entrepreneurial phenomenon

“…The concept of entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in different areas of knowledge. While some portray entrepreneurship out of necessity or opportunity, others focus on social entrepreneurship that aims to promote social, cultural, economic and environmental quality of life from the perspective of sustainability (7)(8)(9) . In addition to these conceptions, nursing entrepreneurship may be related to the quality of life, the values and principles of a post-pandemic sense of life and human living (10) .…”

O cuidado de enfermagem como fenômeno sistêmico e empreendedor

“…A concepção de empreendedorismo vem sendo amplamente discutida nas diferentes áreas do conhecimento. Enquanto alguns o retratam por necessidade ou por oportunidade, outros centram-se no empreendedorismo social que visa a promoção da qualidade de vida social, cultural, econômica e ambiental sob a ótica da sustentabilidade (7)(8)(9) . Para além dessas concepções, o empreendedorismo da enfermagem pode estar relacionado à qualidade de vida, os valores e princípios de um sentido de vida e viver humano pós-pandêmico (10) .…”