Social imaginary of the nursing role: perception of nursing students first semester: Social imaginary nursing role

Abstract

Background: prestige, credibility and social consideration, which are undoubtedly essential components for the advancement of the profession, have an impact on the structuring of the nursing image. Objective. to know the social imaginary of the nursing role from the perception of the students of the first semester in Cartagena. Methods: qualitative ethnographic study with content analysis technique, a semi-structured interview was used for the collection of information and applied to 28 participants. The approach to the research topic was developed in the natural environment and from the internal logic of the subject, also within the secondary collection technique, the texts were analyzed taking into account semiotics as it is the interpretation of texts and speeches of the participants. Results: a first semester student population, female sex predominated, and average age ranged between 16 and 23 years old. It is evident that from the beginning of the career there is a lack of interest in studying nursing as a first option, since there were very few participants who described that they liked it or that they were passionate about it, the rest, which was in greater proportion, expressed choosing it because they did not pass in the public university, for being part of health and because later they would move to the career of medicine. Conclusions: the students have a negative perception in relation to the image of the nursing professional in the self, in the labor field and in their performance with other disciplines.