Social representations of nurses on the field health

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the social representations of nurses in the Family Health Strategy on rural health. Method: this is an exploratory, qualitative study, based on the theory of social representations, carried out with 11 nurses who work in family health in rural communities. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were used, for data collection, semi-structured interviews were used, and for organization and processing, the Iramuteq software. We chose to use the similarity tree and the word cloud. Results: the nurses' representations are directly related to the problems and deficiencies experienced in the practice of the service and focus on the population's difficulty in accessing the health unit and services. They recognize the importance of their performance in rural health and dialogical relations and the historical differences between the rural and the urban. Conclusion: the representations are anchored in the health needs of rural populations and demand hard work from the Family Health Strategy.