scholarly journals REPRESENTAÇÃO SOCIAL DE IDOSOS INSTITUCIONALIZADOS SOBRE OS BENEFÍCIOS E MALEFÍCIOS DAS VACINAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Oliveira Lima Araújo ◽  
Geovana Brandão Santana Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Post Vaccination ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa

Objetivos: Conhecer e analisar a Representação Social dos idosos residentes em Instituições de Longa Permanência (ILPI) sobre os benefícios e malefícios das vacinas. Metodologia: Pesquisa qualitativa, exploratória, descritiva, utilizando-se a Teoria das Representações Sociais. Realizada em duas ILPI situadas em uma cidade mineira, com a participação de 31 idosos. Realizouse entrevistas semiestruturadas e utilizou-se Análise de Conteúdo. Obteve-se duas categorias de análise: Representação Social dos idosos sobre vacinas; Representação Social dos idosos sobre os benefícios e malefícios das vacinas e suas motivações para a vacinação. Artigo elaborado segundo as diretrizes do Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR). Resultados: Os idosos compreendem que a prevenção contra doenças é o principal benefício das vacinas e apontam as reações pós-vacinais como malefícios causados pelos imunobiológicos. Conclusão: Ações de educação em saúde realizadas por profissionais da área, principalmente pela Enfermagem, são eficazes para a construção de conhecimentos pelos idosos, acerca do que é importante para a manutenção da saúde.Descritores: Idoso; Enfermagem; Vacinação.SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY ON THE BENEFITS AND HARMS OF VACCINESObjectives: Knowing and analyzing the Social Representation of the elderly in long-term institutions (LTCF) about the benefits and harms of vaccines. Methodology: descriptive exploratory qualitative research using the Theory of Social Representations. It was held in two LTCF’s located in a Minas Gerais’ town, with a participation of 31 elders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and Content Analysis was used. Two categories of analysis were obtained: Social representation of the elderly about vaccines; Social representation of the elderly about the benefits and harms of vaccines and their motivations for vaccination. Article developed according to the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) guidelines. Results: The elderly understand that prevention of diseases is the main benefit of vaccines and they point to post-vaccination reactions as harms caused by immunobiologicals. Conclusion: Health education actions carried out by professionals in the area, mainly by nursing, are effective for the construction of knowledge by the elderly, about what is important for the maintenance of health.Keywords: Aged; Nursing; Vaccination.REPRESENTACIÓN SOCIAL DE ANCIANOS INSTITUCIONALIZADOS SOBRE BENEFICIOS Y MALEFICIOS DE LAS VACUNASObjetivos: Conocer y analizar la representación social de ancianos que viven en instituciones de larga permanencia (ILPI) sobre los beneficios y maleficios de las vacunas. Metodología: Investigación cualitativa, exploratoria, descriptiva, aplicando la Teoría de Representaciones Sociales. Realizada en dos ILPI situadas en una ciudad mineira con la participación de 31 adultos mayores. Por lo tanto, se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas aplicando análisis de contenido. Se obtuvieron dos categorías de análisis: Representación Social de los ancianos sobre vacunas; Representación Social de los ancianos sobre los beneficios y maleficios de las vacunas y sus motivaciones para la vacunación. Articulo elaborado según las directrices de Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR). Resultados: los ancianos comprenden que la prevención contra enfermedades es el principal beneficio de las vacunas e destacan las reacciones post vacunas como maleficios causados por inmunobiológicos. Conclusión: las acciones de educación en salud, realizadas por profesionales del área, principalmente por enfermería, son eficaces para la construcción de conocimientos en ancianos, acerca de los que es importante para la manutención de la salud.Descriptores: Ancianos; Enfermería; Vacunación.

scholarly journals La vejez y el deporte como objeto de representaciones sociales (The old age and the sport like object of social representations)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 118-121
Author(s):  
Luis Javier Ruiz Cazorla ◽  
José Luis Chinchilla Minguet ◽  
Manuel Ruiz Cazorla
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Social ◽  
El Sistema

En el presente trabajo analizamos la función social de la Educación Física y el deporte respecto a las personas mayores. Se trata de una relación mediatizada por las representaciones sociales que los agentes implicados poseen sobre la vejez, el cuerpo, la salud y el deporte, no exentas de estereotipos y prejuicios que condicionan sus prácticas sociales. Constituye un problema social y a la vez un reto para las instituciones erradicar las prácticas sociales de exclusión a que dan lugar. Para ello resultan imprescindibles dos pasos. En primer lugar denunciar los contenidos de las representaciones sociales sobre la vejez y las actividades físico-deportivas que favorecen la exclusión social, especialmente desde el Sistema Educativo y los medios de comunicación. En segundo lugar promover los medios materiales y condiciones estructurales necesarias para el cambio social.Palabra clave: Vejez, deporte, educación física, representación social, función social.Abstract: In the present work we analyzed the social function of the Physical Education and the sport with respect to the elderly people. One is a relation hyped by the social representations that the implied agents own on the old age, the body, the health and the sport, nonfree of stereotypes and prejudices that condition their social practices. It constitutes a social problem and simultaneously a challenge for institutions to eradicate the social practices of exclusion to that they give rise. For it two steps are essential. In the first place to denounce the contents of the social representations on the sport old age and activities physical that favor the social exclusion, especially from the Educative System and mass media. Secondly to promote the average materials and necessary structural conditions for the social change.Key words: Old age, sport, physical education, social representation, social function.

scholarly journals Representações Sociais dos estudantes de Administração sobre o ensino universitário: estudo em uma universidade pública de Paranavaí

Revista Foco ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Waldir Colli ◽  
Priscilla Borgonhoni Chagas
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
Management Students

O objetivo deste artigo é compreender as representações sociais dos estudantes universitários do primeiro e do último ano de Administração sobre o Ensino Superior, em uma Universidade Estadual em Paranavaí, no Estado do Paraná. O estudo fundamentou-se na Teoria das Representações Sociais e apresentou os seus principais conceitos e como são construídas as representações com base no senso comum. A pesquisa é caracterizada como qualitativa e utilizou como instrumento de coleta de dados a entrevista semiestruturada, realizada com quatorze acadêmicos e analisadas por meio da análise de conteúdo. Os principais resultados da pesquisa indicam que o curso de Administração é visto pelos acadêmicos como uma forma de oportunidade no mercado de trabalho e ascensão profissional. Entretanto, aponta também para um mercado competitivo, o qual exige que haja qualificação profissional de forma continuada. O estudo aponta que há demandas que são parcialmente atendidas na formação dos administradores, sobretudo no que diz respeito ao aspecto prático da profissão, refletindo em uma visão limitada dos acadêmicos em relação às funções e possibilidades de atuação de um administrador na atualidade. The aim of this paper is to understand the social representations of undergraduate Management students about higher education in an university, in Paranavaí. The study was based on the Social Representation Theory and presented its key concepts and how representations based on common sense are built. The research is characterized as qualitative and semi-structured interviews were conducted on fourteen students and analyzed using content analysis. The main results of the research indicate that the course is seen by management students as a way of opportunity in the labor market and career advancement. However, it also points to a competitive market, which requires that there be professional skills continuously. The study points out that there are demands which are partially assisted in the formation of managers, especially with regard to the practical aspect of the profession, resulting in a limited view of academics in relation to functions and administrator possibilities of action today.

scholarly journals Social representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 1349-1355
Author(s):  
Brígida Maria Gonçalves de Melo Brandão ◽  
Rebeca Coelho de Moura Angelim ◽  
Sergio Corrêa Marques ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Regina Célia de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Representational Content ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The City ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the representational content about HIV/AIDS among seropositive elderly people. Method: a qualitative study carried out from April to May 2017, in the city of Recife/PE, with 48 seropositive elderly people, through a semi-structured interview. The Social Representations Theory was used as theoretical framework and the method of lexical analysis through IRAMUTEQ software. Results: it was observed that the social representation of HIV is structured around the proximity of death and that it is a disease of restricted groups, leading to feelings of sadness. On the other hand, it is evident a transformation of the representation linked to the reified knowledge, leading to the process of naturalization of the disease. Final considerations: it is concluded that the elderly living with HIV, when they undergo a process of reframing about the disease, become more flexible to deal with their condition of seropositivity.

scholarly journals Representações sociais de mulheres transexuais sobre o hiv/aids

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 805
Author(s):  
Paula Daniella de Abreu ◽  
Ednaldo Cavalcante De Araújo ◽  
Eliane Maria Ribeiro De Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Transgender Persons ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reference Hospital ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Hiv Aids

RESUMOObjetivo: identificar as representações sociais de mulheres transexuais jovens, acometidas por HIV/aids, na construção das condutas preventivas. Método: estudo qualitativo, descritivo, exploratório. A população será composta por mulheres transexuais. O cenário do estudo será um hospital de referência para pessoas com HIV/Aids, localizado na cidade do Recife (PE), Brasil. Para a produção dos dados serão realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas, que serão analisadas com o auxílio do software Iramuteq. Resultados esperados: as mulheres transexuais vivenciam contexto de vulnerabilidade ao HIV/aids resultante da exclusão social, marginalização e estigma. Neste contexto a representação social está associada a ideia de morte desmerecedora, intenções e possibilidades subjacentes às condutas preventivas. Descritores: Teoria Social; Educação em Saúde; Pessoas Transgênero; HIV; Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida; Enfermagem.ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the social representations of transsexual women, young people affected by HIV/aids, in the construction of preventive behaviors. Method: a qualitative study, descriptive, exploratory. The population will consist of transsexual women. The scenario of the study will be a reference hospital for people with HIV/Aids, located in the city of Recife (PE), Brazil. For the production of data will be conducted semi-structured interviews, which will be analyzed with the aid of the software Iramuteq. Expected results: transsexual women experience context of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS resulting from social exclusion, marginalisation and stigma. In this context the social representation is associated with the idea of death without deserving, intentions and possibilities underlying the preventive behaviors. Descriptors: Social Theory; Transgender Persons; Health Education; HIV; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Nursing.  RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar las representaciones sociales de las mujeres transexuales, jóvenes afectados por el VIH/SIDA, en la construcción de conductas preventivas. Método: un estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, exploratorio. La población estará compuesta de mujeres transexuales. El escenario del estudio será un hospital de referencia para las personas con VIH/SIDA, ubicado en la ciudad de Recife (PE), Brasil. Para la producción de los datos se realizaron entrevistas semi-estructuradas, que serán analizadas con la ayuda del software Iramuteq. Resultados esperados: la experiencia de las mujeres transexuales contexto de vulnerabilidad al VIH/sida resultante de la exclusión social, la marginación y la estigmatización. En este contexto la representación social está asociada con la idea de la muerte desmerecedora, intenciones y posibilidades subyacentes a los comportamientos preventivos. Descriptores: Teoría Social; Personas Transgénero; Educación en Salud; VIH; Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida; Enfermería.

scholarly journals Social aspects of resources management through process of understanding the social representations

2021 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 11035
Author(s):  
Yana Vinogradova ◽  
Svetlana Gurieva ◽  
Ludmila Pochebut ◽  
Vera Chiker
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Sentence Completion ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
Completion Test

The main use of our study is to highlight the concept of resource management through process of deep understanding the social representations in our society in different situation. The study traced the main differences in the concept and social representation of the phenomenon of betrayal in two age samples. Methodology: Projective methods are the main: semi-structured interviews, modification of the Sentence Completion Test. To obtain information on the actual attitude to the phenomenon we conduct the survey. The texts processed content analysis method. Selected differences in social perceptions in the studied groups of different ages reflect the boundaries of the concept. The analysis of structural components shows the dynamics of social representations. Emotional and rational styles of behaviour in a social situation, typical for a middle-age group, have been singled out. Behavioural styles differ in average values of “possibility of betray”. Applications of this study: the results of the research are applicable both in training courses on the psychology of communication and in educational programs on forming a metacognitive assessment of the social situation. The show features of the actual attitude toward to social representations and possibility to analyse the main aspects of resources management.

scholarly journals Representações Sociais e Identidade Docente: um estudo com professores-alunos do PROFEBPAR/UFMA

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Suely Sousa Lima da Silva ◽  
Maria Núbia Barbosa Bonfim
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Student Identity ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teaching Identity ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
The Social ◽  
Thematic Units ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
Object Of Study

Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as contribuições do curso de Pedagogia do PROFEBPAR/UFMA de Vargem Grande – MA na construção da identidade de professores-alunos à luz da Teoria das Representações Sociais – TRS. Fundamenta-se no referencial teórico das representações sociais, por favorecer a compreensão do objeto na sua integralidade. A discussão aqui realizada é de abordagem qualitativa e os sujeitos da pesquisa são 20 (vinte) professores-alunos do curso de Pedagogia do PROFEBPAR/UFMA de Vargem Grande - MA. A partir da Técnica “Quem Sou eu? aplicada percebe-se que as respostas predominantes indicam que a maioria dos participantes da pesquisa se considera professor, alegre e amigo do que se infere que o curso de Pedagogia contribuído positivamente para que os sujeitos incorporem a docência em sua formação acadêmica. A análise de conteúdo adotada permitiu a sistematização dos dados coletados por meio de questionário de perfil, entrevistas semiestruturadas e a compreensão do objeto de estudo. Foi possível, assim, elencar duas Unidades Temáticas para a pesquisa: Sou professor e o PROFEBPAR/ UFMA em tudo isto. Assim, o estudo sugere ampliar o debate sobre a construção da identidade dos professores-alunos em cursos de graduação.Palavras-chave: Identidade docente. Representações Sociais. ROFEBPAR/UFMA. Social Representations and Teaching Identity: a study with teachers-students of PROFEBPAR / UFMAABSTRACTThis paper aims to analyze the contributions of the PROFEBPAR / UFMA Pedagogy course of Vargem Grande - MA in the construction of teacher - student identity in light of the Social Representation Theory - TRS. It is based on the theoretical reference of social representations, because it favors the comprehension of the object in its integrality. The discussion here is from a qualitative approach and the subjects of the research are 20 (twenty) professors-students of the Pedagogy course of PROFEBPAR / UFMA of Vargem Grande - MA. From the Technique “Who Am I? applied it is noticed that the predominant answers indicate that the majority of the participants of the research consider teacher, cheerful and friend. It is inferred that the course of Pedagogy contributed positively so that the subjects incorporate the teaching in its academic formation.The content analysis allowed the systematization of the data collected through a profi le questionnaire, semi-structured interviews and the understanding of the object of study. It was possible, therefore, to list two Thematic Units for the research: I am a teacher and PROFEBPAR / UFMA in all this. Thus, the study suggests expanding the debate about the construction of the identity of teachers-students in undergraduate courses.Keywords: Teaching identity. Social Representations. PROFEBPAR / UFMA. Representaciones Sociales e Identidad Docente: un estudio con profesores-alumnos del PROFEBPAR / UFMARESUMENEste trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar las contribuciones del curso de Pedagogía del PROFEBPAR / UFMA de Vargem Grande - MA en la construcción de la identidad de profesores-alumnos a la luz de la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales - TRS. Se fundamenta en el referencial teórico de las representaciones sociales, por favorecer la comprensión del objeto en su integralidad. La discusión aquí realizada es de abordaje cualitativo y los sujetos de la investigación son 20 (veinte) profesores- alumnos del curso de Pedagogía del PROFEBPAR / UFMA de Vargem Grande - MA. A partir de la técnica “¿Quién soy yo? se observa que las respuestas predominantes indican que la mayoría de los participantes de la investigación se considera profesor, alegre y amigo de lo que se infi ere que el curso de Pedagogía contribuido positivamente para que los sujetos incorporen la docencia en su formación académica. El análisis de contenido adoptado permitió la sistematización de los datos recolectados por medio de cuestionario de perfil, entrevistas semiestructuradas y la comprensión del objeto de estudio. Fue posible, así, enumerar dos Unidades Temáticas para la investigación: Soy profesor y el PROFEBPAR / UFMA en todo esto. Así, el estudio sugiere ampliar el debate sobre la construcción de la identidad de los profesores-alumnos en cursos de graduación.Palabras clave: Identidad docente. Representaciones Sociales. PROFEBPAR / UFMA.

scholarly journals Representaciones sociales acerca del narcotráfico en adolescentes de Tamaulipas

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (72) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariagor Manuel Almanza Avendaño ◽  
Anel Hortensia Gómez San Luis ◽  
Diego Nahúm Guzmán González ◽  
José Alfonso Cruz Montes
Keyword(s):  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
The Social

El objetivo de este artículo es comprender las representaciones sociales construidas por un grupo de adolescentes del estado de Tamaulipas, acerca del narcotráfico. Se empleó un diseño de estudio de caso intrínseco, y se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas para aproximarse al proceso deconstrucción de su representación social. Para analizar el contenido temático se utilizó el programa MAXQDA 11. Los resultados muestran que los adolescentes consideran al narcotráfico como una actividad delictiva, que se ha diversificado para incluir otros delitos asociados con la violencia y el daño a los demás. Es un estudio exploratorio y, pese al número reducido de participantes, recupera las voces de los adolescentes inmersos en comunidades donde hay narcotráfico, sin que participen directamente en él, también da cuenta de que la incorporación de los jóvenes en el narcotráfico se limita cuando lo perciben como un delito, y elaboran su identidad en contraposición a él.Social representations about drug trafficking among adolescents in TamaulipasThe aim of this article is to understand the social representations constructed by a group of adolescents of the state of Tamaulipas about drug trafficking. An intrinsic case study design was used and semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to explore the social representation construction process. For the purpose of analyzing the thematic content the MAXQDA 11 program was used. The results show that adolescents consider drug trafficking as a criminal activity that has become more diverse, including other crimes associated with violence and harming others. This is an exploratory study, which, notwithstanding the small number of participants, recovers the voices of the adolescents immersed in communities where drug trafficking is prevalent, without participating directly in it. Likewise, it explains that young people’s involvement in drug trafficking decreases when they perceive it as a crime, developing their identity as opposed to it.

scholarly journals Caring for institutionalized elderly: representations of managers and professionals

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Garcia Damaceno ◽  
Carlos Alberto Lazarini ◽  
Mara Quaglio Chirelli
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Main Ideas

ABSTRACT Objective: Analyze the social representations of professionals and managers of long-term care institution for the elderly about the care and the influence of this conception in the practice of caring. Method: This is a qualitative research carried out with twenty-nine professionals and four managers of a long-term institution for the elderly in a city in the interior of São Paulo. The data, collected in two phases through individual interviews and workshops, were analyzed through the techniques of the Collective Subject Discourse and Content Analysis in the thematic modality. Results: About their representations about care, three main ideas were identified for managers: "giving affection"; "Supply basic needs"; and "look broadened." For the professionals, the main ideas were "to help and to give affection"; "Supply needs"; and "extended care". It also identified that the representations of the elderly influence the care practice. Final considerations and implications for the practice: The maintenance of the caregiving vision of the care process and the charitable model of producing health in these institutions are reflections of the representations of the elderly. Thus, it is necessary to review the social roles of the elderly, recognizing them as protagonists of their care process aiming at a better quality of care for this population.

scholarly journals Covid-19 dans la ville de Kinshasa : Représentations sociales chez les fugitifs du confinement.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 12-30
Author(s):  
Mabakutuvangilanga Ntela Simon-Decap ◽  
Feti Kisiata Julien ◽  
Mukeba Nkashama Jacques ◽  
Munanga Kabasele Aimé ◽  
Ramazani Jean-Bosco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Virus Infections ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Images ◽  
Socioeconomic Crisis

Upon the announcement of lockdown of Kinshasa (The capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo) due to increase cases of corona virus infections, a wave of fear and concern arose among the population of the city causing a massive population’s displacement towards neighboring provinces. This is to contextualize a phenomenological qualitative study exploring the social representation of COVID-19, the motivations influencing the shift of population and the discourses of the subjects on the care strategies, or “therapeutic artifacts” proposed by this population of Kinshasa. The analysis of 19 semi-structured interviews highlighted the presence of five categories of representations of COVID-19: imaginary disease, disease for businessmen, invention for demographic purposes, war between states and, divine punishment. In addition, four types of motivation have influenced the movement of the population: socioeconomic crisis, insecurity, ban of churches and, easy access to traditional treatment. This study finally shows that the fugitive population uses traditional therapies (herbalists and traditional beliefs, including prayers and sorcery) to cope with this pandemic. Improving knowledge, strengthening the communication system and interventions aimed at changing social representations causing negative images of COVID-19 are recommended.

scholarly journals Nursing work in assisted human reproduction: between technology and humanization

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Beatriz Azevedo Queiroz ◽  
Renata Porto dos Santos Mohamed ◽  
Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos Moura ◽  
Ivis Emília de Oliveira Souza ◽  
Maria Cristina de Melo Pessanha Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Human Reproduction ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Care Practice ◽  
Assisted Human Reproduction ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The Social

ABSTRACT Objectives: To analyze the social representations of nurses who work with assisted human reproduction about the operation with reproductive biotechnologies. Methods: Qualitative approach, supported by the Theory of Social Representations, with sixteen participants. Individual, semi-structured interviews, analyzed through the Alceste software. Results: Pragmatic elements related to nurses’ performance from a professional, institutional, and public policy perspective in reproductive biotechnologies emerged, demonstrating the practical dimension of these representations. The characteristics of the professional to act in this area were addressed, showing the lack of information and search for scientificity; precarious perception of the organizational structure of health services; and attributions of nursing care arising from the health care practice in assisted human reproduction. Final considerations: Social representation is anchored in the link between technology/medicalization and humanization/reception regarding reproductive biotechnologies. Working in assisted human reproduction involves a new and challenging nursing care, requiring specific and ethical knowledge.

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