Experiencing the choice of undergraduate nursing course in the perspective of social phenomenology
International Journal of Development Research
Experiencing the choice of undergraduate nursing course in the perspective of social phenomenology
Received 25th December, 2017; Received in revised form 26th January, 2018; Accepted 21st February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Carla Regiani Conde et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To understand the reasons that led graduates of the Undergraduate Nursing Course to choose the profession. Method: Qualitative study with theoretical and methodological reference of the Social Phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. Ten graduates from a private institution in the interior of São Paulo State participated. Data collection was performed between February and March of 2013, through audio recorded interviews. The statements were numbered from one to ten, analyzed individually and globally. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu. Results: In the process of choosing the profession, graduates revealed the "reasons for" and "reasons why", and when analyzing the reasons, the typical situation experienced by the social subject was described in five concrete categories: nursing care, family influence, labor market, professional reaffirmation and professional satisfaction. Conclusion: Social phenomenology enabled exposing the experiences of graduates throughout life, reaffirming values and meanings according to their biography in an economic, cultural and social scenario.
