The Uses of Himself In A Human Milk Bank: An Analysis From An Activity Point of View

Objective: To analyze the uses of itself in work situations of nursing professionals inserted in a human milk bank (HMB) located in a capital of southeastern Brazil. Method: In order to produce research data, we followed some procedures: documentary survey; participant observation in HMB for a period of 3 months with generation of field diary; fourteen individual and semi-structured interviews with the participating professionals, besides the accomplishment of a discussion group with the participants who made themselves available. Result: Based on the analytical categories, we became able to understand the dramatic uses of itself in the actions, the values involved and the experiences lived by these employees and what guided their actions, in addition to highlighting the re-normalizations held to execute the activities proposed to them. Remembering that all the names cited are fictitious. The research revealed the importance of the uses made by HMB nursing workers aiming at providing a quality and humanized health service. Conclusion: Professionals re-normalize their activities in an environment of many technical prescriptions, justifying it as a necessary means to achieve the expected results. Such re-normalizations are the result of the use of themselves by the professionals who are engaged in the activity, doing what they think is the best for the other, either it is a nursing professional or patient of the organization. For this purpose, they use their perceptions, preferences and values, as envisaged by the Analytical Ergology